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IOM Hands Over 20 ventilators and other medical supplies to Somalia Govt

IOM Somalia donates 20 ventilators to De Martino Hospital in Mogadishu to support the fight against COVID19 in Somalia.
Mogadishu – Ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients are being supplied by IOM, the International Organization for Migration, to help thousands of Somali’s affected by the disease. The ventilators, donated to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), and funded by the multi-donor Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF), will be used...

Somaliland records 18 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 376

Somaliland records 18 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 376
By: MoDuale Somaliland’s health ministry on Wednesday confirmed 18 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally of infections to 376. Dr Mohamed Abdi Hergeye, The director-general of the ministry of health said the majority of the latest cases were recorded in Hargeisa which have 13...

Ethiopia receives Chinese donation of 520,000 masks, medical supplies

Airport workers offload a consignment of medical supplies from an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)
By: Xinhua Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks and other medical supplies from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan municipal government. The COVID-19 medical supplies donation to Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa city administration which also includes a large number of disinfectants, forehead thermometers and...

Somaliland: Second minister tests positive for coronavirus

Somaliland Minister of post Mr Abdiweli Sufi Jibril
By: Staff writer Somaliland Minister of post Mr Abdiweli Sufi Jibril has tested positive for COVID19. Abdiweli Sufi becomes the second cabinet member to be infected with coronavirus in Somaliland. Earlier Today, Somaliland Minister of investment Mohamed Ahmed (Awad) has tested positive for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Somaliland Ministry...

Somaliland minister tests positive for coronavirus

Somaliland Minister of investment Mohamed Ahmed (Awad) has tested positive for the coronavirus
By: Staff writter Somaliland Minister of investment Mohamed Ahmed (Awad) has tested positive for the coronavirus. Awad announced his infection in a post published on Twitter on Monday. "I have tested positive for Coronavirus after showing mild symptoms, my condition was fine and Inshallah  I'll recover soon," said on twitter Somaliland health...

Somaliland inaugurates first 12km of Strategic road link with Ethiopia

Somaliland inaugurates first 12km of Strategic road link with Ethiopia
By: Mohamed Duale The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi has today officially inaugurated the first 12 KMs of Berbera Corridor, a trade and transport corridor that connects Ethiopia to Berbera Port of Somaliland. Somaliland President Muse Bihi and the Road Development minister Abdullahi Abokor said...

Somaliland Receives Medical supplies From RAK Gas LLC to tackle Covid_19

Somaliland Receives Medical Supplies From RAK Gas LLC
By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor The Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MoEM) received from RAK Gas LLC and Rak Chamber of Commerce & Industry COVID 19 combating support materials including 1,000 pcs of protective overall and 800 N95 masks. This was the first shipment of...

“Everything you told me is true” by Mary Harper: Book review

Everything You Have Told Me Is True by Mary Harper
Mary Harper, the veteran BBC reporter on Africa and now its section editor, has written a truly timely book which cuts through the political posturing, diplomatic niceties and, often, stereotypically violent narratives and imagery, to present a book which examines Al-Shabaab more accurately through...

Ethiopia records highest daily increase as 137 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Ethiopia records highest daily increase as 137 new COVID-19 cases confirmed
By: Mohamad Duale twitter: @MoDuale Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 968 after 137 more cases were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, in a statement issued on Friday, revealed that from the total of  5,015...

Hassan Gure Jama obituary

Hassan Gure Jama obituary
By: Ahmed Ibrahim Haji Hassan Hargeisa Most Somalis over the age of 60 years can not specify the exact date--and sometimes in the exact place--they were born. In our traditionally nomadic life, these birth details used to be so minor and thus of a family’s least...