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By: Staff Writer Somalia Prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has announced a new Cabinet consisting of a Deputy Prime minister and 26 ministeries with 4 female ministers. 15 of the ministers (over 50%) are from the outgoing cabinet. Mahdi Gulaid, Ministers of finance Abdirahman Dualeh...

By: MoDuale A high level delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of Somaliland House of Representatives Ahmed-yasin Sh. Ali Ayanle arrived Uganda today and was welcomed at Entebbe Airport. The Somaliland Delegation will attend inauguration ceremony of the Atiak Sugar Factory by the prominent Tycoon, Amina...

The 90-minute session at AOW Virtual (7-8 October 2020) (https://bit.ly/341BxCA) was the first opportunity to hear directly from SPA CEO Ibrahim Ali Hussein, following the official licensing round announcement on August 4. There is no doubt that Somalia has become a significantly more attractive prospect since the signing of the country’s...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 October 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) vehemently condemn the raid on the prominent Radio Kulmiye journalist, Abdullahi Kulmiye Addow's home and his illegal detention by officers from the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Mogadishu...

The Cheetah Conservation Fund Working with Somaliland Police, the Somaliland Ministry of Environment and Rural Development (MoERD) recently helped secure the arrest of 10 individuals suspected in two separate incidents of wildlife trafficking. On September 23, six men were taken into police custody in...

By: New Business Ethiopia (NBE) The National Bank of Ethiopia said it has distributed over 96 billion Birr (about $2.6 billion) valued new currencies notes since the country began replacing the old currency with the new ones. Governor of the Bank, Yinager Desse (PhD) stated that...

PRESS-RELEASE Today, Ethiopian Airlines and the United States announced a new partnership agreement that will enable the nation’s flagship carrier to source locally grown produce and ingredients for preparing in-flight meals for global passengers. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam and U.S. Ambassador Michael Raynor...

 By: FAO 15 October 2020, Mogadishu– Despite some improvement in the overall food security and nutrition situation in Somalia, 2.1 million Somalis could face acute hunger in the absence of humanitarian assistance between now and December 2020, according to the latest Post-Gu joint seasonal assessment...

Ethiopia has repatriated 357 migrants from Riyadh, the Capital of Saudi Arabia, today (October 15). According  to Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, Of the returnees, 262 are women and 95 children. Senior government officials welcomed the returnees at Bole International Airport.

By: MoDuale British long-distance runner Mo Farah has been appointed Ambassador of Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority. Farah was named ambassador on the day Djibouti set up the redevelopment of the historical port into a Business district. “We are delighted to be joined by Mo Farah at...