Somalia

BY: Hiiraanonline  A man who was in quarantine in Garowe upon arrival from Ethiopia has passed on, authorities have said amid fears the patient may have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19. Assistant Garowe General Hospital Director, Dr. Mohamud Abdirashid confirmed the death of the patient but...

BY: HOL  All local flights within Somalia will be halted starting Sunday, the government has said while extending the international flights ban which was set to lapse this week. The Ministry of Transport and Aviation said Saturday save for humanitarian flights, all local flights will remain...

By: Mohamed Duale Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea on Friday confirmed new cases of the coronavirus. Somalia Ministry of Health confirmed the third case of Coronavirus disease 2019 (#COVID19). The affected person is UN commercial contractor engaged by the United Nations has been diagnosed with the novel...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association have determined that Somalia has taken the necessary steps to begin receiving debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Somalia is the 37th country to reach this milestone, known...

This virus does not care if you have already been affected by drought, locust and conflict. It doesn’t care where you live in or if you have access to healthcare. The virus doesn't care, but we must. The Somali NGO community takes the threat...

While the COVID-19 was morphing from an epidemic into a catastrophic global pandemic, captivating the global news, a diplomatic confrontation is unfolding in the horn of Africa between Somalia and Kenya. On 2 March, fighting between the Somali National Army (SNA) and the regional Jubaland...

By:MODuale Somalia has confirmed first case of CoronaVirus. A Somali citizen who returned from one of the countries affected by #COVIDー19 tested positive; the person is being held in isolation since arriving the country. Somalia's health ministry said the country registered its first case of the...

Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Sunday met Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo in a bid to ease cross-border tensions between the two nations. Matiang’i was sent by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to lead a delegation of top government officials for the visit as both...

By:Hassan Jama, HornDiplomat Regional Contributor  Following a special session chaired by Pres Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya is accusing Somalia of “violating” its sovereignty; alleges that Somalia Army on 2nd March, 2020 were in “flagrant breach”. Somalia last week accused Kenya of “violating” sovereignty and destabilising border...

By, Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat regional Contributor Commander of Somali Air Force, Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh held a meeting with Pakistan Air Chief Mujahid Anwar Khan in Islamabad today and discussed ways and means to further enhance mutual cooperation between the two air forces. According to...