In Somalia, A Female Taxi Driver Defies Convention
By:Agence France-Presse
At 19 years old, Asha Mohamed is divorced and drives a taxi in Somalia, defying conventions to support her family in one of the world's most conservative and dangerous countries.
For the past year, the young woman has crisscrossed the capital Mogadishu in her...
At Security Council meeting on Somalia, UN envoy highlights political tensions and need for dialogue
Mogadishu/New York, 22 February 2021 – The political stresses currently gripping Somalia and the need for dialogue and compromise to resolve them featured strongly in the briefing today of the United Nations envoy to the country at a meeting of the world body’s Security Council.
“Today’s...
Somalia’s Jubbaland region rejects national president’s inclusion in election talks
By:REUTERS
One of five of Somalia’s regional governments said on Sunday it had rejected the inclusion of national President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in talks aimed at resolving a deadlock on a delayed election, exacerbating a crisis on the vote.
Leaders in the two federal states, Puntland...
Kenya hires eight lawyers in maritime case with Somalia
By:Standard Media
A former judge of an international tribunal and a law lecturer in the UK are part of a team of eight hired to defend Kenya in a maritime dispute filed by Somalia.
Prof Sean Murphy of George Washington School of Law will be leading...
Somalia confirms 257 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 5,889
By:MoDuale
Somalia reported 257 more cases of COVID-19 to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 5,889.Horndiplomat reports
Fawziya Abikar, the health minister said the majority of the latest cases were recorded in Banadir which have 255, Galmudug 1, Hirshabele 1,
Abikar said nineteen...
‘Exercise restraint and calm’, UN chief urges after violent outbreak in Somalia
By:UNNEWS
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Secretary-General António Guterres called on all parties to “exercise restraint and calm”.
Gunfire erupted between Somali Government troops and opposition supporters during a protest march against delayed elections that turned violent.
Demonstrators said that the Government forces had attacked them first and residents reported sporadic shooting and that rocket-propelled grenades had been fired, according to news sources.
The violence followed fighting overnight that had subsided by Friday afternoon.
Political impasse
While...
How a soccer player from Somalia found his new home with Bradley
BY:Journal Star
PEORIA — The phrase, “You can’t gsSomo home again,” is too much of a reality for Bradley soccer player Saadiq Mohammed.
The redshirt senior is listed as a midfielder from Somalia. But he actually has two home countries — Kenya, where he was born, and Somalia,...
Clashes in Mogadishu throw Somalia’s political crisis into a dangerous new phase
By :Max Bearak, Washington post
NAIROBI — Gun and mortar fire could be heard in central Mogadishu on Friday morning amid a lockdown imposed by the government — ostensibly in place to enforce social distancing, but timed to coincide with mass protests called by opposition...
‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO
In a joint report, the UN The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that in the absence of large-scale and sustained humanitarian assistance “the situation could worsen through mid-2021”.
“Somalia's long-standing crises are compounded now by the ‘triple threat' of the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locust infestations and climatic shocks”,...
Somalia hit by second wave of COVID-19
By: HARUN MARUF, VOA
Health authorities in Somalia say the country has been hit by a second wave of the coronavirus, blaming travels abroad and public gatherings ahead of elections for the increase in cases.
Minister of Health and Social Care Dr. Fawziya Abikar said cases...
