UPDATE:Al Shabaab attack on Somali government building ends with at least 15 dead
BY:REUTERS
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia’s al Shabaab stormed a government building on Saturday, detonating a suicide car bomb in the heart of the capital Mogadishu with at least 15 people, including an assistant minister, killed during the ensuing gun battle.
In the latest bombing claimed by...
Indian girl, 17, forced to give birth on street, filmed moments after (VIDEO)
A 17-year-old girl who was abandoned by her family after falling pregnant has given birth on a street in India, according to local media reports.
The girl gave birth on the side of the road in Chandil, a town in the state of Jharkhand in...
Productive labor and Employment Creation for Somalia: Key Challenges and Strategies —HIPS
By: HERITAGE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
Somalia is a low-income country — one of the least developed in the world. However, there has been a slight acceleration in economic growth in the past few years. In 2018, real GDP growth increased to 2.8% from 1.4%...
Somaliland Community in Sweden donates medical equipment to Beledweyne Hospital
By: Hiiraan Online
Somaliland diaspora community in Sweden has donated medical equipment to the Beledweyne General Hospital in the Hiiraan region. Medical supplies include computers, beds, mattresses, and other essential equipment.Dr. Saleeban Abdi Ali, the Director General...
US soon to have permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United States ambassador to Somalia says the U.S. once again will have a permanent diplomatic presence in the country after it opens offices in Mogadishu later this year.
The U.S. embassy was closed in 1991 as the Horn of Africa nation...
Ethiopia reports its first death of a COVID19 patient
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...
Unveiling the Political Intentions of Somalia and Understanding the Value of Recognizing Somaliland
The fact that Somaliland thrived in a 27 year long process of viable political transition started with the declaration of seperation from the failed union of 1st of July 1960 with the Italian Somalia, and immediate reinstatement of its sovereighnty. At independece, on 26th...
Somaliland: court gives journalist Dirir one year and a half jail sentence
On 8th October 2017, journalist Mohamed Adan Dirir has been sentenced to one year and six months in jail. A judge at Hargeisa Regional Court heard a criminal case against Dirir without the presence of his lawyer and family members. The judge, Ahmed Dalmar...
Somaliland: From fighting famine to election fever
By:RAGEH OMAAR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EDITOR
For most of this year, I have been reporting on the catastrophic drought which has gripped Somaliland for almost three years, a drought which has also affected huge areas of Puntland and Somalia.
I travelled across the length and breadth of the country -...
Sports: South Sudan goal spree dumps out Djibouti, Uganda returns June
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Sudan thrashed Djibouti 6-0 in Juba on Tuesday to reach the group stage of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.
Trailing 2-0 from the first leg last Wednesday, the South Sudanese led after 12 minutes of the return...
