Africa

Three Somali startups have shared US$15,000 in investment after coming out on top of the demo day that was the culmination of the inaugural Innovate Ventures accelerator programme. Disrupt Africa reported earlier this year Innovate Ventures announced the 12 early-stage Somali startups accepted onto the...

Mohammed Ahmed Othman Al Hammadi, UAE Ambassador to Somalia, has met with Special Representative of UN Secretary-General to Somalia, Michael Keating. During the meeting, Al Hammadi and Keating discussed cooperation ties between the UAE and the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia, UNSOM, as well as...

The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea. The Government of Eritrea restricts the travel of all foreign nationals in the country, including U.S. diplomats. These restrictions make it difficult for the U.S. Embassy to provide emergency...

Money transfer has never been easier and more compliant with Somalis and East Africans. In a world that looks more and more askance at sums of money wired from one end of the world to another, observing international laws is a must. The success the...

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suspected car bomb killed at least 10 people when it exploded at a police checkpoint next to a busy market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday, police and witnesses said. Reuters witnesses saw several bodies...

In this extract from his book, The World’s Emergency Room, Dr Michael Vanrooyen recalls the menace and mayhem of his first humanitarian mission The moment the back hatch of the C-130 cargo opened at the militarised airport in Mogadishu , a wave of intense heat...

Horndiplomat-As the genocide in Southern Cameroon’s continues, many international body continues to speak out. The former Ambassador of Somaliland to Ethiopia, Former State Minister for Planning/Health, Mr Mahmoud Adam Jama condole with Ambazonias, says Somaliland feel your pain. Ambassador Jama in a two minutes video title...

By M.A. EggeA ceasefire has been declared following a recurrent skirmish whose clashes has resulted in fatalities in El Afweyn.A delegation from the government of Somaliland, which was on a pacification mission in the El-Afweyn district of Sanaag region, where two...

By Joackim Bwana The three girls linked to the Mombasa Central Police Station failed terror raid have been charged for withholding crucial information that would have alerted the police of the September 11 attack. These three are alleged to have been former classmates of Ramla Abdulrahman...

(MOGADISHU, Somalia) — A Somali military officer says a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military academy west of Somalia's capital, killing at least five soldiers. Col. Abdi Hassan said the bomber dressed in a military uniform walked into the Somali military training camp...