Somalia’s Economy Rebounding from ‘Triple Shock’
NAIROBI, September 14, 2021 — Somalia’s economy is rebounding from the “triple shock” that ravaged the country in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme flooding, and the locust infestation. Real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2021. This growth momentum is expected to...
Turkish Airlines to transport 60 tons of aid to Somalia
ANKARA-Turkish Airlines will send 60 tons of humanitarian aid worth $2 million to famine-struck Somalia as part of a campaign by Vine and Snapchat star Jerome Jarre.
Hollywood star Ben Stiller had asked Turkish Airlines via Twitter to offer one of its aircraft to send...
Somalia on brink of another famine, UN warns
GEOFFREY YORK JOHANNESBURG — The Globe and Mail
With their escape route to the United States endangered by the orders of President Donald Trump, the people of Somalia now face a new threat: a looming famine that could bring starvation to millions.
Just six years after a famine killed...
UN Security Council extends UNSOM Mandate until 31 May 2022
The Security Council today extended until 31 May 2022 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), requesting it to strengthen its presence across the country “as the security situation allows”.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2592 (2021), the Council further decided that UNSOM should continue to...
UAE Imposing new immigration restriction on Somalis
Horndiplomat-The reports from Mogadishu the capital of Somalia confirmed the UAE government imposing new immigration restriction on Somalis.
The UAE government is exploring imposing new immigration restrictions on Somalis unless relations improve, a source tells VOA program Investigative Dossier. UAE could refuse to issue residence permits...
Political Rift Can Deprive Somalia of Fragile State Rating
Constructive engagement between the executive and legislative branches is the viable option to prevent undoing progress in Somalia , writes Liban Ahmad
The Somali Federal Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Mursal, issued a statement to the effect that the impeachment motion against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo still stands. The Speaker's intervention...
Somalia: Two soldiers killed, four wounded in suicide attack in Bosaso
By: Zakariye Ahmed, Horndiplomat correspondent
Today two soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a landmine bomb attack targeted a convoy escorting the President Puntland State of Somalia Mr. Said Deni as they were entering the port city Bosaso.
The situation in Bossaso city is...
‘They felt they could die at any time’: Families’ relief as Somali pirates free hostages
By: The National
Relatives of 23 hostages on a cargo ship seized by armed Somali pirates have expressed relief and happiness that the men were released after more than a month in captivity.
The freed...
Qatar FM meets Somalia Prime Minister
By:GulfTimes
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Monday with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre during Sheikh Mohamed's visit to Somalia.
During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations...
Abdisalam Mohamud Shire: Radio Journalist out to inform and Change Perceptions of People with Disabilities
BY:UNITED NATIONS
Abdisalam Mohamud Shire is a presenter and journalist with Radio Kismaayo, in Somalia’s southern Federal Member State of Jubaland.
There, he presents a weekly, 30-minute radio programme called ‘Rajo-side,’ which loosely translates to ‘instilling hope for people with disabilities.’ It is subject matter which the 30-year-old Mr. Shire can relate...
