Somalia

Mogadishu, February 8th 2017– The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira congratulates H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed Farmajo upon his election today as the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Ambassador Madeira also...

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has praised the recent book fair as an initiative that portends a bright future for the nation. President Mohamed said he was proud of the capital city and the country for organising the fair. “A society that reads is a society...

Mogadishu, 16 February 2019 – Top military commanders of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have agreed on key operations and activities to be executed under the Mission’s new Concept of Operations (CONOPS), approved late last year by the Military Operations Coordination Committee (MOCC). The...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a framework document for the establishment of the AfDB Multi-Partner Somalia Infrastructure Fund. The political and economic situation in Somalia in the last two decades has severely affected all sectors in the country, including infrastructure. The devastating...

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...

Over 110 Somali prisonsers freed by neighbouring Ethiopia based on a diplomatic arrangement arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday. Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, announced earlier this month that Ethiopia had accepted to hand over some 120 Somalis held in its detention facilities. He tweeted the...

Horndiplomat-Fadumo Dayib was only 14 when she learned to read and write, but the human rights activist is now vying to become Somalia's first female president in the country's first democratically-held elections since 1967. While the security situation in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has continued to...

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received Jama Abdullahi Mohamed, non-resident Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia accredited to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted with satisfaction the existing friendly and cooperative relations with Somalia, emphasizing that this cooperation is also successfully continued on...

Horndiplomat-The Explosion Targets to Somali Government Soldiers in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne Killed 2 and Other 7 Wounded. Horndiplomat Reports Somali police Shade-Centre near the textile shopping complex in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne suburb today targeted land-Mine BLAST , Two soldiers were killed and seven others wounded . Meanwhile The Somali security...

Three rural Somali women are being trained as solar-power engineers in India and are hoping to bring new technology to their villages in remote parts of Puntland. The women from Taleh, Badhan and Alula districts were selected by Puntland’s ministry of women’s development and family...