Somalia

By: MoDuale Somalia on Monday received 300,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine secured through Covax. according to the Somalia health ministry, The First consignment of vaccines targets as recommended by the COVID19 National task force, the Country's frontline workers, elderly and people with chronic health conditions...

Meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed lasts for over an hour. Turkey’s president on Friday met with his Somali counterpart in Istanbul for talks, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. The closed-door meeting between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Somalia’s Mohamed...

By: MohamedSelh , Horndiplomat correspondent Mogadishu , Somalia Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Fardowsa Osman Egal appointed seven committee members to work on the re-operation of Somali Airlines. In a decree...

By Mohamed A. Mohamoud - Barawani    The deteriorating relationship between Somaliland and Somalia has some inconceivable impact on development, security and political stability in the region. The silence of the international community is not helping matters. The world should abandon the wait and see policy and intervene...

By: AFP, Nick Perry UN special envoy James Swan on Wednesday warned that Somalia was approaching "unpredictable territory" should its political leaders not broker an urgent settlement over how to proceed with delayed elections. Somalia was scheduled to hold indirect parliamentary and presidential elections before February...

Following the outbreak of civil war in Somalia 1991, private education sectors have made a significant contribution to the rehabilitation and development of the education sector. by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – A minister in the Somali government accused the country’s universities of running an education...

Horndiplomat-Considering that the peoples of Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea share close ties of geography, history, culture and religion as well as vital common interests; Respecting each other's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; Desiring to bolster their historical ties to achieve their lofty objectives; The Governments of Ethiopia,...

MOGADISHU (REUTERS) - Two car bombs exploded in the Somali capital on Friday (Feb 23) and shooting broke out near the president’s residence, police said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the incidents. In the past, Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents have claimed responsibility for bombings...

MOGADISHU, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday held a hand-over ceremony in Mogadishu to welcome the arrival of more than 2,800 tonnes of rice assistance into the drought-hit country from China. China's rice contribution will enable WFP to sustain ongoing...

BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN The global security picture is growing ever more complicated for the new U.S. president. The United States will send several dozen troops to help train Somali forces in their fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabab, Pentagon officials said Friday, the...