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Food losses increase during COVID-19, a major hurdle to Africa’s development

Food losses increase during COVID-19, a major hurdle to Africa's development
First ever day against food loss and waste to be marked tomorrow, 29 September 28 September 2020, Accra – The first-ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will be marked tomorrow with a call to action for African countries to bolster their efforts...

Somalia lauds Turkish support to young inventor Guled Abdi

Turkish FM receives Young Somali inventor Guled Adan Abdi
By:AA Somali official on Monday lauded Turkish support to Guled Abdi, a young inventor from the East African country who was invited to attend Teknofest, Turkey’s largest aerospace and technology event, and will receive a scholarship for further education, reports Anadolu Agency. “The support Guled Abdi...

Guban View: Agriculture Minister, Ahmed Muumin Seed, Must Go

Agriculture Minister
The time has come for Ahmed Muumin Seed, Agriculture Minister to go. The damage he has done to Somaliland Agriculture the country can't ignore anymore. His decision to give a whopping 2,000 hectares of Wajaale Plains, the best agricultural land, to a sham Chinese...

Turkish FM receives Young Somali inventor Guled Abdi

Turkish FM receives Young Somali inventor Guled Adan Abdi
By: MoDuale Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday received young Somalian inventor Guled Adan Abdi in Ankara. "When we saw the plane models that he made with limited means in Somalia, we said that this talent should be in Teknofest. Abdi Guled in Turkey and...

SJS and SOMA bemoan Somalia president’s unwarranted verbal attack on journalists

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 28 September 2020 – On the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) bemoan and strongly reject President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo's comments on Saturday night 26 September, when he linked journalists critical to...

Somaliland: A Call Against the Rejection of Quota for Women and Minorities by The House of Representatives

Somaliland Parlaiment opposed the the State of emergency on Sanaag Region
Center for Policy Analysis condemns the decision made by the Somaliland House of Representatives to reject the approval of the Quota for women and Minority groups.   The following statement was issued today by the Center for Policy Analysis We are deeply concerned and disappointed that the...

Be Well Be You: Women Empowering Women in Somaliland

Silhaam’s first group of trainees. She is standing fourth from the right. Director of the Cultural Centre, Dr. Jama Muse Jama, centre.
By Tirsit Yetbarek A Thursday early in March 2020: Sihaam Mumin is at the Hargeysa Cultural Centre for what promises to be an exciting and meaningful day, for her and a certain group of her peers. For this day the Centre is the venue for...

Turkey: Selçuk Bayraktar Meets 17-year-old Somali inventor Guled Adan Abdi

Selçuk Bayraktar Meets 17-year-old Somali inventor Guled Adan Abdi
By: MoDuale A talented 17-year-old Somali boy is being hosted by the Turkish Foreign Ministry to attend Teknofest, the country's largest aerospace and technology event. Guled Abdi who closely examined the aircraft and UAV models in the exhibition centre and took photos used the plane simulator. Turkish...

Somalia committed to promoting democracy despite pandemic challenge

Somalia committed to promoting democracy, accountability despite COVID-19 challenge
Somalia is working with its international partners to build a democratic, inclusive and prosperous country for its citizens, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as ‘Farmajo’, told the UN General Assembly on Thursday.  “Despite the challenges of COVID-19, we are still working hard to undertake inclusive national...

IMF Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement for the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility for Somalia

Over 100 IMF members  pledged to provide $334 million in debt relief for Somalia
PRESS-RELEASE Washington, DC:  A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Allison Holland, held discussions with the Somali authorities during a virtual mission from September 12—22, 2020 on the first review of Somalia’s economic reform program being supported by an Extended Credit Facility...