Africa

By:fana & Horndiplomat Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency in response to coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. The move came as the number of COVID19 cases has shown a rapid increase in the country, according to a statement issued by the government. Ethiopia has so far registered 52...

By: Mohamed Duale A Somali greatest artists Ahmed Ismail Hussein “Hudeydi” known as the “King of Oud”, has died on Tuesday as a result of complications of COVID-19. He was 92. born in Berbera in 1928, huddeydi spent his childhood and teenage years in Aden, Yemen, before...

By: MOHAMED DUALE The United Arab Emirates sent a plane of an emergency delivery of humanitarian and medical aid to Somaliland to help towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which today landed in Hargeisa. The Somaliland National Preparedness Committee for COVID19 has thanked the UAE government...

By: Mohamed Duale Djibouti's Ministry of health reported new COVID19 cases including 25 related to an outbreak in Al-Rahma Hospital. The number of cases reached 90 confirmed Coronavirus disease cases. Djibouti ministry of health also confirmed that 9 patients have recovered from the disease in the...

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...

By: Mohamed Duale Ethiopia has reported its first death of a COVID-19 patient, a 60-year old woman who was in treatment at a hospital in the capital since March 31. Horndiplomat reports The country's Health minister Lia Tadesse has confirmed the first death of a COVID-19...

By: UNSOM Mogadishu –  The United Nations in Somalia confirms today that an international employee of a private company operating under contract to the UN has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The individual is employed by a private commercial firm operating within Aden...

By: AFRICOM In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab terrorists in the vicinity of Bush Madina, Somalia, April 3. “Al-Shabaab’s goals, rhetoric, and it's over-reliance on both coercion and violence mirror al-Qaida,” said U.S. Marine Corps Bradford J. Gering, deputy...

By:SOMTRIBUNE Captain Saeed Mohamed Duale Hogsade, one of the best superheroes in soccer during the late ’60s o mid-80s passed away peacefully in Aden, Yemen, Wednesday, following a brief illness. He was buried where he was born 69 years ago at the Qadi’i cemetery after funeral...

By:Mohamed Duale Somaliland President Muse bihi Abdi has granted pardon to 574 Prisoners in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. President Bihi has ordered that prisoners that have committed major crimes like trading illicit alcohol, piracy acts, terrorism acts, murder and rape won’t be...