The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Qatar’s financing Al-Shabaab through Fahad Yasin as a…
Doha has for the first time been dragged into the murky Somalia politics, with a former top Mogadishu official accusing the Middle East kingdom of financing the Al-Shabaab militants, a declare which ought to define…
Qatar, Yasin, Al-Shabaab Hold Somalia in Linked Triangular…
Qatar's ‘support' for Somali Spy organisation raises storm over links with Al-Shabaab Qatar has but once more been sucked into Somalia's inner politics, with mounting accusations from quite a few quarters over alleged guide to…
Politics: Somalia Names Rookie PM, Election Schedule revised
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday appointed a political newcomer to turn out to be top minister, almost two months after the country’s parliament voted out former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. Mohamed Hussein…
Farmaajo’s conspiracies and how detrimental it is to…
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo recently appointed a political new face as prime minister, nearly two months after the country’s parliament ousted the former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire. The appointment of Mohamed Hussein Roble, a Swedish-Somali…
NEWS: Somalia appoints new PM, postpones the model…
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country's new Prime Minister. Roble, a newcomer to Somalian politics will have to fill the vacancy left by means of the former PM…
President appoints new prime minister in Somalia
Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country's new high minister early Friday, hours after regional leaders agreed on a revised mannequin for presidential and parliamentary elections. The Somali presidency made…
We Beg The Federal Government To Stop Turkey’s…
We, the people of Somalia residing in the United States, are deeply worried via Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey's developing interference in our home country. We can't take delivery of that Turkey is presenting weapons, bombs…
NEWS: Somaliland deepens its relationship with Taiwan
Somaliland opened a consultant workplace in Taiwan on Wednesday, returning the favour from Taiwan's office in Somaliland which opened ultimate month. Both are unrecognised, however de facto sovereign territories, and have determined common ground in…
Somali leaders decide on the blueprint for elections
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed alongside with three state leaders and the mayor of Mogadishu have reached an agreement on the country's election model after days of talks in the central town of Dhusamareb. The…
Officials arrested over prison attack in Somalia
At least 27 people have been arrested for smuggling into a Somali prison weapons used to assault guards in the past this month, according to Somali kingdom run-media on Wednesday. "An inquiry committee into the…
Suicide car bombing kills 9, injures 14 in…
At least nine people had been killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a suicide vehicle bombing in the Somalian capital, officers said. Salad Mohamed, a senior police officer in Mogadishu advised KnowAfrika via…
NEWS: Current commander in Somalia takes over AU…
The African Union Mission troop in Somalia ushers a new force commander in Mogadishu. Lieutenant General Diomede Ndegeya who arrived on sunday would lead a force normally from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The nations…
Business: Downsized Hajj Affects Somalia’s Livestock Trade
The Hajj, a time of celebration when Muslims journey to Mecca each year. A pilgrimage that economically benefits Somali cattle breeders and traders whose millions of livestock are imported by Saudi Arabia to nourish the…
NEWS: Somalia leaders agree to hold timely polls,…
Somalia’s federal government and leaders across the federal member states, FMS, on Wednesday agreed to hold timely national elections as the tenure of the incumbent president and parliaments run out later this year. A technical…
NEWS: Somalia’s army chief survives suicide car bomb
Somalia’s army commander, General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh has survived a suicide car bomb attack that targeted his convoy at the heart of Mogadishu but left at least one person dead and two others injured, an…
Politics: Somalia not ready for ‘one person –…
Regional presidents in Somalia are unanimous in their position that federal level polls be held on time in the wake of postponement suggestions by the electoral body. They held that one-person, on-vote system was still…
NEWS: OIC condemns terrorist attacks in Somalia, Mali
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) general secretariat strongly condemned a suicide attack in Mogadishu and a terrorist bombing in Baidoa in Somalia that resulted in deaths and injuries, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The…
Somalia reopens renovated national stadium in Mogadishu
Somalia’s national stadium in the capital Mogadishu officially reopened today years after it was abandoned due to insecurity. A game was also honoured today after extensive renovations since 2018 when government took control of the…
