COVID-19 facility in southern Somalia

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 taking seriously the pandemic that continues to spread in the fragile country. Al-Shabab announced Friday…

Controversy between Ethiopia and Somalia

Ethiopia parliament picks Somali region VP as new…

Ethiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Federation (HoF), on Wednesday elected a new speaker following the resignation of Keria Ibrahim. Aden Farah, a former vice-president of the Somali regional state, takes the speakership position…

Bomb explosion

Five killed in Eid Al Fitr bomb explosion…

At least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Sunday after a bomb exploded during Eid Al Fitr celebrations in Somalia. The explosion was caused by a bomb in Baidoa, 250 kilometres…

Flood

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 from their homes, according to the United Nations. People struggled to wade through flood water…

Health crisis

Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem…

The president of Kenya on Saturday announced its borders with neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania would be closed as the African country continued to battle the coronavirus outbreak. In a briefing, Uhuru Kenyatta said the border…

Doubt

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 coronavirus, suggesting that actual death toll may be 10 times higher than official figures. In…

Freedom

Abducted in Kenya, freed in Somali: Italian flies…

Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her mask…

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 food supplies. A statement issued online by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said that…

Capture

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 Mission in Somalia (Amisom) announced that they captured Jannale — a stronghold of al-Shabaab —…

COVID-19

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 calm, as a 46-year-old woman in the country tested positive for the virus, according to…

Failed assassination

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 targeted Abdalla Hamdok’s convoy in the capital Khartoum, his senior adviser said. Faisal Mohamed Salih,…

Deadly weekend as bombs in Kenya, Somalia, Cameroon…

Bombs in Cameroon, Kenya and Somalia over the weekend killed at least 12 police officers, and injured dozens as authorities struggle to contain the Anglophone security crisis and the Al Shabaab insurgency respectively. While authorities…