Somalia

Mogadishu - Hundreds of Somalis took to the streets of Mogadishu on Wednesday in protest at Kenya's territorial claim to a disputed portion of potentially lucrative Indian Ocean waters. A long-running dispute between the two Horn of Africa neighbours went before the UN's top court...

By Katharine Houreld DOLLOW, Somalia (Reuters) -Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day's mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend's yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he eyes his prize through...

By: BBC AFRICA Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born US congresswoman,...

By: MoDUALE Djibouti on Wednesday reported 229 new COVID__19 cases and four more deaths, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,697. Djibouti has conducted a total of 24,129 COVID-19 tests so far with 18 deaths and 1185 recoveries. According to the Djibouti Health...

Of the many countries that Andrew Harding has covered in his journalism career, Somalia is the one that really got under his skin. The Mayor of Mogadishu is a captivating account of the lives of Mohammed Ahmed “Tarzan” Nur’s family. Nur was Mogadishu’s mayor from...

International partners* note the election of approximately half of the seats in the House of the People. International partners again underscore the need for procedural irregularities to be addressed in an impartial and transparent manner in order to build confidence in the electoral process and...

by John Thiongo, john@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – The ongoing pay glitches inside the federal government of Somalia are not only causing financial difficulties for the army and public servants that a minister says have not been paid for over seven months. Irregular payments for Somali army and...

By:KUN LI Surviving motherhood and infancy in Somalia is a tenuous thing given what the country’s healthcare professionals are up against. Fifteen-day-old Faadumo lies quietly with her big, dark eyes wide open. Her tiny head and dainty fists rest on a nest of blankets, starting with...

By: MoDuale UK Minister for Africa Vicky Ford has issued a statement about the escalating political crisis in Somalia. "The UK is deeply concerned by the escalation of the current political crisis in Somalia. The situation threatens to undermine the credibility of Somalia’s leadership and risks...

The cholera treatment centre at Kismayo General Hospital, the biggest hospital in Kismayo, hadn’t had any patients since the last outbreak was brought under control. But lately it has again been inundated with patients. This time, the outbreak is measles – a highly contagious viral...