Somalia

By:The Guardian Aid agencies say they are being forced to prepare to suspend health clinics in Somalia serving as many as 2,000 women and children a month, after they have been warned they may face cuts as high as 40% in their UK funding. Action Against Hunger’s East Africa...

International partners* welcome the continuation of talks on 1 March between Federal Government of Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and the Council of Presidential Candidates.  After the successful meeting on 25 February, the partners appeal to the Prime Minister and the Council of...

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the heinous murder of independent journalist Jamal Farah Adan by unidentified gunmen in Galkayo, central Somalia region of Mudug on Monday 01 March 2021. Mr. Adan's death records as the first journalist killed in Somalia this year. According to local journalists...

By:Anadolu Agency The Turkish Red Crescent has donated 10 ventilators to the Somali Health Ministry, the Turkish embassy in the capital Mogadishu said on Friday. “The machines that have been handed over to the Somali authorities will be used in intensive care units and contribute to...

By:REUTERS Somalia awarded its first mobile money licence to Hormuud Telecom on Saturday, in a move aimed at formalising the Horn of Africa country’s digital payments system and integrating it with the global financial infrastructure. Hormuud Telecom began operating in Somalia in 2002 and has some...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 25 February, 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls for Puntland authorities to drop its politically-motivated new charges brought today and intended to harass and silence freelance journalist Kilwe Adan Farah who is detained since 27 December 2020 for reporting anti-inflation protest in Garowe. On...

BY:ANADOLU AGENCY A suspected al-Shabaab terrorist was arrested in the Turkish capital Ankara, security sources said on Wednesday. The suspect, who was learned to have operated in Kenya, was nabbed in a joint operation by police and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), said the source on...

By:ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saleh Hamad Al-Suhaibani, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), met with his Somali counterpart Dr. Abdur Razzaq Sead Abdi on Wednesday. The envoys discussed ways to enhance their cooperation as the OIC aims to serve Islamic causes in...

By:Horndiplomat staff Somalia on Wednesday confirmed 105 new positive Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 6,549. 2 more people were reported to have recovered from the disease, hence the total number of recoveries is now at 3,783. Three people have...

By: Radio dalsan A Somali  YouTube sensation was on Wednesday shot dead “accidentally” while rehearsing a comedy on set in Garowe Puntland, a colleague confirmed to media. The comedian identified as Anisa was shot by her colleague Libah Yare according to Asad Abou Diaby who is...