Uncategorized

On 26 April, a Hargeisa judge sentenced Boqor Osman aw Muhamed Mohamed, a traditional figure commonly known as Burmadow, to five years in prison for “bringing the state into contempt” and “spreading false news.” While Muhamed was attending the inauguration of an elder in...

Written by: Abdirahman A. Adam Dhere Health sector is one of the most essential life sustaining principles in human life and devoid of it human being wouldn’t exist. A healthy individual shapes and delivers the outcome of a complete and a well-oriented society. As a...

By Mark Nestmann • December 12, 2017 In the 30-plus years I’ve been in the publishing business, I’ve seen my share of “new countries.” Some are scams, such as the Dominion of Melchizedek, which I exposed as a fraud nearly two decades ago. But most new countries are never fully...

Ethiopia's government said Friday it is sending troops to a region where deadly clashes have broken out between Oromo and Somali ethnic groups. Somali regional officials say more than 50 people were killed in an attack against ethnic Somalis in the Oromia town of Aweday...

File image of a Chinese submarine at an international fleet review. Image used for representation. Djibouti is in the limelight after the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) recently commissioned its first overseas permanent logistical base off the Horn of Africa. This has major implications...

Mo Farah made history here at the 2017 London edition of the World Athletics Championships as he became the first athlete in history to win 10 consecutive global track distance titles. Returning to the venue where he was first propelled towards global stardom at the...

Being a journalist in Somalia carries both risk and reward. The risk comes from al-Shabab militants and other armed groups who have killed at least 26 reporters in the last five years, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The reward is having a job...

The government of Somaliland, today, ceded ownership of old Berbera cement plant to a new company jointly set up by Dahabshiil Group, Berbera Group and the Kuwaiti Kipco. Minister Omar Shuaib, introducing the new company – Red Sea Cement, expressed his delight that a settlement...

A U.S. airstrike killed eight militants Sunday in Somalia, where in recent months an Islamic extremist group has intensified operations against U.S.-backed forces and “cemented its control of southern and central Somalia,” the military said. U.S. Africa Command said the precision strike hit an al-Shabab...

Horndiplomat-Bedecked with flags and celebrated with dancing, the demonstration is part of an ongoing campaign by Somalilander activists to encourage international recognition of their breakaway state, which declared itself independent of greater Somalia — the failed state recognised and propagated by the United Nations...