Somalia

By:Capital fm GARISSA, Kenya, May 27 – Former National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Farah Maalim, has called for the reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border in Wajir and Mandera counties to facilitate cross border trade between the two countries. Government shut down the border close to four years...

Today, the European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially handed over the new Information Management Centre (IMC) to the Government. The launch is part of ongoing joint efforts by FAO in conjunction with the Government to enhance...

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent The National Military Court of Somalia executed Ahmed Abdullahi Abdi for killing the late minister of Public Works and Reconstruction, Abbas Abdullahi Siraji, during Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre's tenure on...

The national flag carrier airline of Turkey, Turkish Airlines should be wary of Africa’s largest airline by revenue and profit comeback as it seeks to grow its influence and dominance in the continent. Ethiopia Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier resumed its Addis – Ababa flight...

By:Mohamed Selh Somali lawmakers have approved the strong cabinet of Prime Minister Hamze Abdi Barre. 277 MPs were present at the Parliament session, and there was an uproar over the manner in which...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Several of Somalia’s small and medium-sized businesses are getting support from the new Somali Business Catalytic Fund, launched in November The fund aims to boost economic growth in the country by providing grants to profitable businesses...

MOGADISHU, Dec. 14, 2018: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, held a two-day consultation meeting in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 13th-14th 2018. The two Presidents held bilateral discussions at...

By: MODuale Somalia resumes international flights that were suspended from April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Horndiplomat reports The Immigration Department of Somalia announced Saturday the resumption of international travel that was banned in mid-March this year as part of measures to fight the spread of...

By:Horndiplomat , AFP Somalia president Hassan Shiekh Mohamud appoints Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre as the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia. “The president wishes the new PM utmost success as he leads the government’s ambitious reform agenda and calls on Somali people to render him their...

by Said Shaiye Back when I lived in Seattle, I really only had a working understanding of what it meant to be Muslim. I’ve prayed in Seattle mosques before — usually Masjid Al-Noor in White Center or Masjid Abu Bakr in Tukwila — but like many young Somali...