Somalia’s peace and human rights advocate Ilwad Elman shortlisted for Nobel Peace Prize
By:HOL
Ilwad Elman, who moved from Canada to Somalia in 2010 to step into the shoes of her late father and champion of peace in Somalia to fight for former child soldiers and female victims of sexual abuse could be this year’s winner of a...
Somalia inaugurates new embassy building in Washington D.C.
By: Jama Farah Horndiplomat contributor
The President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo inaugurates a new Embassy building bought by the Somali Federal Government. He urged Somalis in the diaspora to contribute to buy new buildings for diplomats and a consulate.
According to Senior Journalist Harun Maruf,...
Somalia President pledges to accept court ruling on Kenya maritime dispute
By:Jama Farah Horndiplomat Contributor
Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo tells the UN General Assembly that bilateral negotiations with Kenya over the maritime dispute have not been fruitful.
President Farmajo says maritime dispute with Kenya will be settled through the International Court of Justice and that Somalia...
Somalia, Kenya Agree to Restore Diplomatic Relations
By:Mohamed Duale
Horndiplomat-Amid frosty relations resulting from maritime dispute, the leaders of Somalia Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo and Kenya Uhuru kenyatta met in New York for the first time since March .
The Two leaders agreed to restore relations to previous status and take diplomatic steps to...
Somalia International parters welcome Debt Relief Discussion in Addis Ababa
Horndiplomat, Mogadishu-A group of Somalia’s international partners welcome the successful discussions on debt relief and financial governance between the Federal Government of Somalia, the Federal Member States and the Banadir Regional Administration, held on 14 September in Addis Ababa.
The group of international partners are...
SJS supports medical fundraising for wounded Somali human rights
Journalists Syndicate (SJS) wishes to call for immediate medical support for a wounded human rights journalist Ismail Sheikh Khalifa whose injuries deteriorated following unsuccessful 10-month long treatment in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Ismail has undertaken several surgeries on his back and gluteus after he was badly injured...
IMF Staff Completes First Review under the Staff-Monitored Program for Somalia
By:IMF
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Allison Holland visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from September 10 to 13 to meet with the Somali authorities and undertake the first review under the fourth successive Staff Monitored Program (SMP) (covering May 2019 - July...
Food security and climate change in Somalia
Written by Abdirahman A Adam Dhere
In 2012, food insecurity is quiet a major global alarm as 1 billion people are suffering from food shortage, and malnutrition, and the food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has concluded that we are still far...
Media defenders condemn ‘blatant’ acts of violence against independent Radio in Puntland
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 16 September, 2019 –Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is concerned about the multiple raids by Puntland police officers on Radio Daljir offices in the towns of Garowe and Bosaso on 14 and 15 September, 2019 respectively and the brief shut down of the...
Somalia: Puntland hosts a major Investment Conference
Garowe- the state of Somalia’s Northeastern region of Puntland hosts A major Investment conference, a hub to attract both local and foreign investors.
The president of Somalia's Puntland state, Saed Abdulahi Dani, officially opened the three-day investment conference which opened on Sunday.
President Dani, in his...