Somalia

Lights up’: Somalia’s refurbished national theater reopens in Mogadishu

Somalis can now boast a functional national theater after the facility located in the capital Mogadishu was formally reopened having…

June 27, 2020

Impossible to hold 2020 polls – Somalia elections boss

Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case…

June 27, 2020

Djibouti president confirms Somalia – Somaliland meeting, Abiy invited

Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh has confirmed the meeting between Somalia and Somaliland leaders. According to him, the two leaders…

June 13, 2020

Al-Shabab sets up COVID-19 facility in southern Somalia

The al-Qaeda-linked extremist group in Somalia has unveiled a COVID-19 isolation and care facility, a sign that the group is…

June 13, 2020

Ethiopia parliament picks Somali region VP as new speaker

Ethiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Federation (HoF), on Wednesday elected a new speaker following the resignation of Keria…

June 11, 2020

Five killed in Eid Al Fitr bomb explosion in Somalia

At least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Sunday after a bomb exploded during Eid Al…

May 25, 2020

Somalia: floods leave dozens dead – UN

Dozens have been killed in flooding in Somalia that has affected nearly 1 million people and displaced over 400 thousand…

May 18, 2020

Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem virus outbreak

The president of Kenya on Saturday announced its borders with neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania would be closed as the African…

May 17, 2020

Somali mayor casts doubts on virus deaths

The Mayor of Somalia’s capital has warned of hundreds of deaths that he suspects have been caused by the new…

May 15, 2020

Abducted in Kenya, freed in Somali: Italian flies home after 18-months

Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland…

May 12, 2020

US acknowledges killing civilians in 2019 airstrike in Somalia

The United States said on Monday it had killed two civilians and injured three in an air strike in Somalia…

April 28, 2020

Over 18,000 sheep imported from Somalia

More than eighteen thousand sheep were brought to Salalah Port from Somalia on Wednesday in order to boost availability of…

April 16, 2020

Ex-Somali president cautions govt after spy outfit threatened top journalist

Somalia’s former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has cautioned against efforts that could derail Somalia’s march towards democracy. He was weighing…

April 7, 2020

Somalia’s giant economic strides, secures $1.4 bn debt cancellation

The Paris Club of creditor countries have agreed to restructure Somalia’s external public debt with an immediate cancellation of 1.4…

April 2, 2020

Key town captured by Amisom in Somalia

African Union peacekeepers in Somalia have liberated the first major town since the beginning of the year. The African Union…

March 20, 2020

Somalia, Tanzania confirm first COVID-19 cases

Tanzania and Somalia on Monday confirmed their first cases of the coronavirus. Tanzania’s Health Minister called on citizen to remain…

March 16, 2020

African countries condemn failed assassination of Sudan PM

Prime Minister of Sudan met with his cabinet on Monday after surviving a deadly assassination attempt. The alleged terrorist attack…

March 10, 2020

Deadly weekend as bombs in Kenya, Somalia, Cameroon kill police officers

Bombs in Cameroon, Kenya and Somalia over the weekend killed at least 12 police officers, and injured dozens as authorities…

June 17, 2019

Trump Policies Hinder Efforts to Repatriate Dadaab Refugees

The UN refugee agency has noted that U.S. immigration officials recently rejected all 56 of the Somali cases in Dadaab…

May 8, 2019

Halima Aden Becomes First Model to Wear Hijab in a Sport Magazine

Somali-American model Halima Aden has broken another boundary in the fashion industry as she becomes the first Muslim model to…

May 6, 2019

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