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By:UNSOM Hargeisa - Even before a visitor sits down in the office of Nafisa Yusuf Mohamed, they are fully aware of her views. There is a hard-to-miss, large poster on a wall in her office, which reads: "Being a woman is more than biology.” The 44-year-old mother of...

By:AFP The United States is ending restrictions on official contacts with Taiwan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday. The declaration may be more symbolic than substantive in effect, but it nonetheless appears certain to upset China, which sees Taiwan as its own territory. Taiwan's government...

By: Busiweek Somaliland lower house has approved the Free Trade Zone law giving clearance for the launch of the Berbera Free Trading zone in the country. The house gave clearance for the completion of the Free Zone which is situated on 12 square kilometres land in the...

By: Alarabia The UAE announced the reopening of all air, sea, and land borders with Qatar starting Saturday, January 9, the official WAM News Agency reported on Friday. The UAE will begin to end all measures taken against Qatar following the signing of the AlUla declaration at the GCC Summit...

By Betsy Hammond | The Oregonian/OregonLive Kayse Jama, co-founder and executive director of a nonprofit that advocates for immigrants, people of color and low-income families and children, won appointment to the Oregon Senate Wednesday. He will represent a long, narrow district spanning east Portland and northern Clackamas...

Virender Kumar Paul on Wednesday has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Somalia, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). "Dr Virander Kumar Paul, High Commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Somalia, with residence in Nairobi," MEA...

Hargeisa, Somaliland, 6th January 2021 - Regional Aid for Trade Agency TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) has this morning handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the government of Somaliland to protect front line agents working at Somaliland’s Tog-Wajaale border. The PPEs presented were funded...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 03 January, 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) in partnership with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) concluded a three-day training for more than 30 Somali journalists on Freedom of Expression: Rights and Responsibilities in Mogadishu between 30 December, 2020 – 1...

Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar, as of Monday, Kuwait’s foreign minister said, citing a deal towards resolving a political dispute that led Riyadh and its allies to impose a boycott on Qatar. “Based on Sheikh Nawaf’s...

By: Staff Reporter The UK government has announced a new ambassador to Somalia to replace the outgoing envoy Mr. Ben Fender OBE.. According to a statement from the Foreign Office, Ms Kate Foster OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia in...