Somalia

Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis updated the press here today on U.S. operations with local partners in Yemen against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and in Somalia against al-Shabab. In Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate yesterday, according to the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to the United...

By:CPJ Lusaka, January 28, 2022 – Authorities in Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle state must stop intimidating and censoring the press through arbitrary arrests and station closures because they disagree with reported content, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On Friday afternoon, January 21, 2022, heavily armed Hirshabelle...

By: USAID The U.S. Embassy, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is proud to announce the Stabilization through Education Program (STEP) to increase access to education in communities affected by conflict. STEP is a $6.8 million initiative that will be implemented through the...

By:XINHUA Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Roble Monday opened national consultative talks aimed at speeding up the delayed electoral process. The Office of the Prime Minister said the meeting brought together the presidents from Jubbaland, HirShabelle, SouthWest, Puntland, Galmudug and Banadir Regional Administration. “The meeting mainly focuses on...

The National staff ABU DHABI // A charity telethon on aiming to raise urgent aid for tens of thousands of Somali children facing starvation was launched on Friday. Television channels and radio stations across the country are supporting Emirates Red Crescent’s ‘For You, Somalia’ campaign broadcasting...

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: UNSOM United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Adam Abdelmoula of Sudan (as well as a national of the United States) as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator...

By: Business Daily A Mogadishu-based lender that has been in operation for under 10 years is set to acquire a controlling stake in First Community Bank (FCB), whose capital is below the required minimum.

Mogadishu, 20 November 2020 – The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that large populations of Desert Locust in Somalia have moved towards southern parts of the country while widespread hatching and hopper band formation continues. The areas most affected include Sool,...

Born in Kenya's largest refugee camp, Abdullahi Sheikh Abas, 31, has made headlines after he defeated a prominent Somali official to become a member of parliament. These are the first parliamentary elections in the embattled nation since 1984. For over 20 years, Kenya has been...