Somalia

By Susan Svrluga One morning early in his freshman year at Cornell University, Ahmed Ahmed got a writing assignment back, flipped it over and stared at the letter in shock: C+. He went to his biology class, where the professor displayed a large graph showing the...

Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis updated the press here today on U.S. operations with local partners in Yemen against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and in Somalia against al-Shabab. In Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate yesterday, according to the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to the United...

By: USAID The U.S. Embassy, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is proud to announce the Stabilization through Education Program (STEP) to increase access to education in communities affected by conflict. STEP is a $6.8 million initiative that will be implemented through the...

By:AFP The IMF on Monday renewed its warning that funding for Somalia could be cut off if the government continues to delay elections in the troubled Horn of Africa nation. The polls have been delayed for more than a year and the government on February 26...

The National staff ABU DHABI // A charity telethon on aiming to raise urgent aid for tens of thousands of Somali children facing starvation was launched on Friday. Television channels and radio stations across the country are supporting Emirates Red Crescent’s ‘For You, Somalia’ campaign broadcasting...

BY: HOL  All local flights within Somalia will be halted starting Sunday, the government has said while extending the international flights ban which was set to lapse this week. The Ministry of Transport and Aviation said Saturday save for humanitarian flights, all local flights will remain...

By:KUN LI Surviving motherhood and infancy in Somalia is a tenuous thing given what the country’s healthcare professionals are up against. Fifteen-day-old Faadumo lies quietly with her big, dark eyes wide open. Her tiny head and dainty fists rest on a nest of blankets, starting with...

By: Staff writer Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C) where they began a two-day official visit to the country. According to Villa Somalia, President Farmajo and his delegation were warmly welcomed at the Congolese International...

By Katharine Houreld, REUTERS MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's new president has applauded the return of U.S. troops to help fight a deadly insurgency and says delivering security depends on reconciliation with other Somali leaders, after a power battle splintered the security forces into rival factions. U.S....

By: Business Daily A Mogadishu-based lender that has been in operation for under 10 years is set to acquire a controlling stake in First Community Bank (FCB), whose capital is below the required minimum.