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Uganda sends land forces chief to Somalia after deadly attack on troops

Uganda’s Chief of Land Forces Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga (L) and with other army commanders. PHOTO | WILLIAM OERI | NMG
By The East African The Uganda military has sent a team led by the Chief of Land Forces, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga, to Mogadishu, Somalia, to ascertain the circumstances under which the country’s troops were attacked on a...

EU releases EUR 20.5 million in budget support to Somalia

EU releases EUR 20.5 million in budget support to Somalia
The European Union (EU) has approved a EUR 20.5 million budget support payment to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), under the EU’s Somalia State and Resilience Building Contract and Support to Debt Relief Action (SRBC). This coincides with the FGS and EU launching...

International Partners Commend the People of Puntland on Historic Elections

International Partners Commend the People of Puntland on Historic Elections
Mogadishu - Ahead of district council elections in Puntland on 25 May, Somalia’s international partners* commend the people of the Federal Member State of Puntland for their determination to deliver on their democratic aspirations and commitments. The partners acknowledge the efforts,...

From Nomad to Mogul: How Issaq Awale achieved the American Dream

Screengrab: CREDIT: HERERI MEDIA
By: HOL In the heart of America, a nomad's journey to an empire A 14-acre compound hums with activity in Indianapolis, the unlikely epicenter of a transportation empire known as Royal Transportation. At its...

Qatar offers to act as hub for Somali exports: President Hassan

President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has disclosed that Qatar has offered to act as a hub for Somali exports as the East African nation embarks on a journey of reconstruction and economic growth after a decade-long crisis because of terrorism and civil war.
By :  The Peninsula President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has disclosed that Qatar has offered to act as a hub for Somali exports as the East African nation embarks on a journey of reconstruction and economic growth...

Saudi aid agency signs deal to provide aid to Somalia

KSrelief Assistant Supervisor Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz was signed in Riyadh to provide support for emergency departments in Somalia. (Supplied)
By: ARAB NEWS The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has signed a cooperation agreement with the Somalia-based regional mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to provide support for the Emergency and Rescue Unit of...

Somalia police and INTERPOL capture fugitive ex-cop wanted for murder

Somali police and INTERPOL capture fugitive ex-cop wanted for murder
 By: HOL A former Somali police officer, Zakariye Ali Ahmed Osobow, on the run for a murder charge, was apprehended in South Sudan as a result of a joint operation by the Somali Police and the International...

UK’s new ambassador presents credentials to President of Somalia

UK's new ambassador presents credentials to President of Somalia
UK’S NEW AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA MIKE NITHAVRIANAKIS PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMUD Mike Nithavrianakis has today presented his diplomatic credentials to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who accepted him as the UK’s new Ambassador to...

Somalia Launches First Census in Nearly 50 Years

FILE - People arrive at a displacement camp near Dollow, Somalia, Sept. 21, 2022, amid a drought. The United Nations estimates that 1.4 million Somalis have been displaced by current droughts. Somalia's census team will count temporary nomadic settlements using satellite imagery.
By: Harun Maruf, VOA The Somali government has launched its first national population and housing census in decades, which is expected to take two years. "We will be counting those who live in...

Official: 148 Somalis evacuated from Sudan via Ethiopia

Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said
By: AP MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said. Some 148 Somali nationals, mostly students, arrived by plane in...