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Somalia records 55 new COVID-19 cases, 5 Deaths

Somalia records 55 new COVID-19 cases, 5 Deaths
By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor The number of coronavirus cases in Somalia stands 928 following the minister of health Fawziya Abikar report on Thursday that confirmed 55 new cases in the past 24 hours. The minister also said during the daily briefing, five patients succumbed to...

Op-Ed: Somalia is between Farmajo’s Way or the Highway

Somalia's Prime Minister Hussein Roble and President Mohamed Farmaajo. PHOTO | AFP
  The constitutional mandate of the incumbent president has expired in February this year while the parliamentary and presidential elections were contentious. The embattled president and the federal member states several times had meetings on the type of the elections, but all their efforts ended...

Somalia confirms 3 more deaths from coronavirus

Somaliland confirms first covid 19 death
By: Jama Farah  ,HornDiplomat Contributor Somalia confirmed three more deaths from coronavirus in Mogadishu on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 5, according to the health ministry. A ministry statement said 20 people tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, taking the...

Somalia:Parliamentary Secretary Nullifies Impeachment Motion Against President Farmajo

In a letter to the Speaker of the Somali Federal Parliament, Abdulkarim Buh,the Parliamentary Secretary, stated that the impeachment motion against the Somali President failed to meet the requirement that least 92 MPs can ask the Parliament to consider impeachment motion....

Somalia President Arrives in Asmara for a working visit

Somalia President Arrives in Asmara for a working visit
Horndiplomat-Somalia's President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed arrived in Asmara for a working visit in early morning hours today. President Farmajo who was accompanied by the Minister of Education and other senior officials was accorded warm welcome by President Isaias Afwerki on arrival at Asmara International Airport. According...

Somalia president begins two-day visit in Eritrea

Somalia president begins two-day visit in Eritrea
By: Staff writer Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrived in the Eritrean capital of Asmara on Saturday to kick off his two-day working visit. President Farmajo and his delegation were accorded a warm welcome by Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki on arrival at Asmara International Airport. https://twitter.com/TheVillaSomalia/status/1312714864117321728 Yemane Meskel,...

Somalia:Puntland police destroy khat smuggled from Ethiopia

Puntland police destroy khat smuggled from Ethiopia
Police in Somalia's semi-autonomous region Puntland commercial capital Bosaso Sunday confiscated and destroyed several kilograms of khat following illegal smuggling of the leafy stimulant into the town. Bari regional commissioner Col. Hussein Ali Mohamud told journalists the consignment was discovered by police following a tip-off from...

EU lawmakers aid Somali man fighting life sentence in Greece

Mohamad Hanad Abdi from Somalia arrives at a court in Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Jan. 9, 2023. - Copyright AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas
By: AP A Somali migrant serving life in prison for people smuggling appeared in court on Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he was wrongfully convicted.

Somalia Petroleum Authority CEO Joins Panel Of Experts To Discuss Hydrocarbon Investment

Somalia is open for business” – Somali Petroleum Authority CEO joins panel of experts to discuss hydrocarbon investment
The 90-minute session at AOW Virtual (7-8 October 2020) (https://bit.ly/341BxCA) was the first opportunity to hear directly from SPA CEO Ibrahim Ali Hussein, following the official licensing round announcement on August 4. There is no doubt that Somalia has become a significantly more attractive prospect since the signing of the country’s...

Kenya stands its ground in sea row with Somalia

Kenya has filed its response at the International Court of Justice in the Indian Ocean border dispute case filed by Somalia. A statement from the Office of the Attorney-General Githu Muigai has said Kenya’s position is that the maritime border remains as it is and...