How a soccer player from Somalia found his new home with Bradley
BY:Journal Star
PEORIA — The phrase, “You can’t gsSomo home again,” is too much of a reality for Bradley soccer player Saadiq Mohammed.
The redshirt senior is listed as a midfielder from Somalia. But he actually has two home countries — Kenya, where he was born, and Somalia,...
Clashes in Mogadishu throw Somalia’s political crisis into a dangerous new phase
By :Max Bearak, Washington post
NAIROBI — Gun and mortar fire could be heard in central Mogadishu on Friday morning amid a lockdown imposed by the government — ostensibly in place to enforce social distancing, but timed to coincide with mass protests called by opposition...
‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO
In a joint report, the UN The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that in the absence of large-scale and sustained humanitarian assistance “the situation could worsen through mid-2021”.
“Somalia's long-standing crises are compounded now by the ‘triple threat' of the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locust infestations and climatic shocks”,...
Somalia hit by second wave of COVID-19
By: HARUN MARUF, VOA
Health authorities in Somalia say the country has been hit by a second wave of the coronavirus, blaming travels abroad and public gatherings ahead of elections for the increase in cases.
Minister of Health and Social Care Dr. Fawziya Abikar said cases...
Abdisalam Mohamud Shire: Radio Journalist out to inform and Change Perceptions of People with Disabilities
BY:UNITED NATIONS
Abdisalam Mohamud Shire is a presenter and journalist with Radio Kismaayo, in Somalia’s southern Federal Member State of Jubaland.
There, he presents a weekly, 30-minute radio programme called ‘Rajo-side,’ which loosely translates to ‘instilling hope for people with disabilities.’ It is subject matter which the 30-year-old Mr. Shire can relate...
ICJ rejects Kenya’s request to postpone maritime case
By:The Star
The International Court of Justice has rejected Kenya's request to have the maritime delimitation case with Somalia postponed for a 4th time.
The Court on Saturday informed the two parties that the hearings of the case would proceed as scheduled starting March 15 in...
Somalia’s intl. partners welcome the announced 15 Feb. meeting of FGS and FMS leaders
Mogadishu – International partners* welcome the announcement that Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member State (FMS) leaders will meet on 15 February to finalise arrangements for implementing the 17 September election agreement, building on progress made during the recent Dhusamareb Forum.
International partners do not believe...
Somalia opposition lawmakers reject extension of president’s tenure
By: Anadolu Agency
More than 100 opposition members of Somalia’s parliament held an emergency meeting Tuesday at the Jazeera Palace Hotel in the capital, declaring the formation of a national salvation cluster.
They said the current president’s term expired Monday and they would not accept an...
UN Security Council To Hold Somalia Meeting Tuesday
By:AFP
The UN Security Council will meet to discuss Somalia's political crisis, diplomatic sources said Monday, after opposition leaders in the East African country declared the president illegitimate.
Tuesday's closed-door meeting was requested by Britain, which is this month heading the Council, sources said.
Somalia's President Mohamed...
U.S. Urges Resolution of Somalia’s Electoral Impasse
By :U.S. Embassy in Somalia
The United States urges President Farmaajo and Somalia’s national leadership to act now to resolve the political impasse that threatens Somalia’s future and find agreement with Federal Member State leaders to allow the conduct of parliamentary and presidential elections immediately....
