The first group of Somali nationals who fled the conflict in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum have arrived in Ethiopia, Somali officials said. Twenty-seven Somalis, including four women have arrived in Ethiopia after crossing at the border town of Metema on Friday, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told VOA Somali. One of them...
More than 100 people have been killed and over 600 injured including dozens of civilians amid fighting between Somaliland security forces and armed fighters affiliated with the Dhulbahante clan in Las Anod, Amnesty International said today, as it shares findings that Somaliland security forces indiscriminately shelled the town, damaging hospitals, schools and mosques, killing and...
MOGADISHU– Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is alarmed by the continued and endless attacks and other threats against journalists and media stations in Somalia as the perpetrators of these attacks continue their crimes with total impunity. SJS is calling for the Somalia authorities to respect the right to freedom of expression and press freedom, investigate press...
This will lead to confusion in the distribution of water to Egypt and Sudan, Abbas Sharaky, a professor of water resources at Cairo University, said. Ethiopia is violating agreements between Egypt and Ethiopia, with the fourth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), as the Ethiopian side considers the Nile river an exclusive Ethiopian right, he...
In 2022, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ordered a major offensive against the al-Shabaab terror group. With the help of African Union forces, those military operations have yielded results. According to a March 2023 report from Somalia’s Defense Ministry, military operations have liberated about 70 towns and villages with more than 3,000 militants killed and...
By Abdirahman Dhuxul After a 46-year lapse in diplomatic relations, the Cuban-appointed Ambassador to Somalia presented his credentials to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the president of Somalia. The reestablishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries marks a significant turning point in their respective histories. In a tweet on Monday, Abshir Omar Jama, Somalia’s Foreign Minister,...
Mohamed Olad Hassan Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced Friday that his government has banned people from carrying weapons on the streets of Mogadishu, the country’s capital. “We impose a strict ban on carrying guns in the streets of Mogadishu. One cannot justify having machine guns mounted on vehicles and rocket propelled grenades in the...
Mohamed Sheikh Nor The Central Bank of Somalia’s top priority is to reestablish the nation’s currency, which will enable it to take full control of monetary policy, its governor said. Somalia hasn’t printed new banknotes since descending into a civil war after the government collapsed in 1991. Most of the bills that were in circulation...
Reviewed by: Abdirahman A. IssaAuthor: Hussein Khalif Jama Language: Somali Publisher: Ciid Publisher Pages: 300Publication date: 2021 What drives a young medical student to take up arms against his government? This is the central question explored by Labo Isma Saarin, a memoir by Hussein Khalif Jama, a former official of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), the first liberation...
On Twitter, the Ugandan president’s son has mused about invading neighboring Kenya, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered cattle for the Italian prime minister’s hand in marriage. While many of his tweets are dismissed as laughable, the ones about succeeding his father in this East African nation are a source of concern for some....