Somalia

By: ALJAZEERA ARABIC A Qatari Boeing 787 survived a collision with an Ethiopian Airbus A350 , when they were flying - Sunday - over the Gulf of Aden near Somalia. The Somali Aviation...

By Mohammed Omer GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a measure long demanded by women's rights campaigners in the Horn of Africa nation. While...

Letter written by Kenya MoFA says a recent letter by the UN envoy to Somalia James Swan was not based on “consensus” by the international community. Kenya is demanding that the letter be “withdrawn”. Kenya says Amb Swan only copied Ethiopia and was “selective”...

By: Staff writer Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has tested positive for Covid-19. He tweeted on Friday: “My fellow citizens, I would like to inform you that today I tested positive for COVID-19. So far, I have no symptoms but I will continue to self-isolate and...

18 April 2017 – Millions of people are facing the peril of famine in Somalia and South Sudan, and the situation is expected to worsen as the drought and violence fuelling the crises widen, cautioned senior United Nations officials who have just returned from...

"The objective is to support the Somali government as it progresses towards delivering the future that the people of Somalia deserve.” -- Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander, U.S. AFRICOM.U.S. Marine Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), met with senior government officials...

By: UNSOM Garowe – Continuing her visits to the country’s Federal Member States, the recently-appointed top United Nations official for Somalia today visited Puntland where she met its leadership and hailed recent elections there.

By:Staff writer At least six people have been killed in an al-Shabaab attack on Mogadishu airport. Police spokesman Aden Hassan told VOA Somali that six people, five of them foreigners, included an AMISOM soldier. Earlier in the day, state TV had said security forces were battling...

MOGADISHU, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's top political decision-making forum has been lauded for endorsing a 30 percent parliamentary quota for women in the forthcoming general elections. Earlier this week, the National Leadership Forum (NLF), which brings together top leaders from both federal and regional...

Press-Release Mogadishu, 12 April 2022 – Millions of Somalis are at risk of sliding into famine as the impact of a prolonged drought continues to destroy lives and livelihoods, and growing needs outpace available resources for humanitarian assistance, United Nations agencies warned today. The United Nations Food...