Somalia turns back another miraa flight
By: Daily Nation
The aircraft was turned back for allegedly violating Covid-19 restrictions.
Miraa traders are up in arms after another plane ferrying 11 tonnes of the produce to Puntland in Somalia was turned back for allegedly violating Covid-19 restrictions.
This is the second plane to be...
Somaliland Warns National Committee for Reconciliation Appointed by President farmajo
Horndiplomat-Somaliland Warns National Committee for Reconciliation Appointed by Somalia's President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo.
The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The Government of the Republic of Somaliland would like to respond to the Government of Somalia’s recent announcement of what it...
UN Secretary-General appoints Mr. Workneh Gebeyehu as Director-General, United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Workneh Gebeyehu Negewo of Ethiopia as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). He succeeds Hanna S. Tetteh of Ghana who was appointed as Special Representative to the African Union and Head...
Kenya Airways Introducing Direct Flights To Somaliland Capital Hargeisa
BY: BUSIWEEK
With frosty relations between Kenya and Somalia which has seen the former close its borders and bar flights to and from Mogadishu, Kenya Airways is considering Hargeisa as its next destination in the Horn of Africa.
This will be a massive boost for trade...
Somaliland FM Meets With Permanent Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Saudi Ambassador to Kenya
Somaliland’s Foreign Minister, Yasin Faraton on Thursday met with the Permanent Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Peter Macharia in Nairobi.
The two discussed issues of mutual interest between the two countries and ways of strengthening cooperation.
Meanwhile,The Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs...
We created Jubaland to secure Kenya’s borders, DPP nominee tells MPs
Kenya’s plan to carve out a semi-autonomous region called Jubaland in Somalia had already been finalised as early as 2010.
The final process, which placed Kenya at loggerheads with the Somali government in Mogadishu, took place in January 2013 in Kismayu.
At least 522 delegates were...
Somaliland: Hargeisa Municipal FC beats 3-1 Sindo United from Kenya in historic tie
By:Somtribune
In the first of several matches scheduled for the visiting Sindo United FC of Kenya, the first division Municipality FC beat the Kenyan side 3 to 1.
Sindo United, a second division of the formidable Kenya soccer scene, arrived Friday and was welcomed to the...
I met a homeless addict and recognised my childhood friend
A chance meeting between two childhood friends helped one begin a journey back from drug addiction after many years living on the street.
It was early October and Wanja Mwaura, 32, was on her way to the market in Lower Kabaete, not far from Nairobi,...
Kenya repatriated 17 Somali nationals after row at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Kenya on Sunday repatriated 17 Somali nationals who caused disturbance at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when they were denied clearance to travel to Uganda.
The passengers, according to Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa, landed from Mogadishu but they could not be cleared because of security concerns...
Op-Ed: Kenya should nationalize all Somalis in the country as a strategic national interest
By: JAMAL ABDIKADIR
Kenya must use the Somalis within its borders to achieve strategic influence on the Horn.
Immigration can affect both host and home-country in several ways, and its effects can be positive or negative depending on the characteristics of the immigrants, the destination country,...
