Somalia

Welcoming the role played by the President of Galmudug in helping Somalia set on a path towards elections, representatives from some of the country’s key partners today called for more of the recent collaboration among its leaders which led to a national elections agreement. “I...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu says Africa's potential gives him hope that the battle against poverty and hunger can be won. He made the remarks at today's opening of the Ministerial segment of the 31st Session...

The COVID-19 pandemic, rising levels of hunger and malnutrition, and growing swarms of locusts are the backdrop for the 31st Session of the Regional Conference for Africa, starting today, convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. More than  80 Ministers and...

By: Staff Writer Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, received on Sunday at his office in the Ministry in the capital Mogadishu, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Mr. Qin Jian, and discussed with him bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation...

By: Staff writer Somalia parliament present at today’s session voted to approve the new cabinet recently appointed by Somalia new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble. Somalia Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman said that 188 members voted in favour of Prime Minister's request to have his cabinet...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday held a meeting with the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Zaynab Abdi Moallim, at State House Entebbe.  During the meeting, the two leaders discussed issues of mutual interest between their two countries. Abdi Moallim is in Uganda...

By: Anadolu Agency Somalia's new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Monday appointed Abdulkadir Muhammad Nur, a Turkish university graduate, as justice minister in his newly announced Cabinet. Nur holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Ankara University, and has also worked as a diplomat...

By: Staff Writer Somalia Prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has announced a new Cabinet consisting of a Deputy Prime minister and 26 ministeries with 4 female ministers. 15 of the ministers (over 50%) are from the outgoing cabinet. Mahdi Gulaid, Ministers of finance Abdirahman Dualeh...

The 90-minute session at AOW Virtual (7-8 October 2020) (https://bit.ly/341BxCA) was the first opportunity to hear directly from SPA CEO Ibrahim Ali Hussein, following the official licensing round announcement on August 4. There is no doubt that Somalia has become a significantly more attractive prospect since the signing of the country’s...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 October 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) vehemently condemn the raid on the prominent Radio Kulmiye journalist, Abdullahi Kulmiye Addow's home and his illegal detention by officers from the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Mogadishu...