by Liban Obsiye & Adan Salad
Somali politics has always been top-down and governed by a very few elite who were given the privilege of power and governance by clan or by the military under the Said Barre regime before...
The impact of successive storms, cyclones and heavy rains has been severe in 2019, and in the wake of heavy flooding, WHO is upping disease surveillance actions and providing critical supplies to hard-hit populations across Africa and the Eastern...
Somalian President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo receiving diplomatic credentials from European Union envoy to Somalia, Nicolás Berlanga Martinez.
After 30 years of dictatorship and civil war, the Somali people pulled off a qualified consensus on forming a new state that is...
By Karen Harradine
ON Wednesday Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined his plans to inject billions into the economy. The money has to come from somewhere. A pity, then, that he didn’t remove the ring-fenced budget of the Department for International Aid...
The Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia confirms the 8th case of coronavirus in Mogadishu. This is a 58-year-old male Somali citizen with no travel history.
Total confirmed: 8
Recovered: 1
Deaths: 0
Distributed by APO Group on behalf...
by Amanda Sperber
Experts believe actual tally of cases is much higher than current numbers due to country's limited testing capacity.
Six weeks after registering its first coronavirus case, Somalia on Monday had confirmed 480 infections out of 764 people tested...
The World Bank has approved $137 million to bolster Somalia’s fight against COVID19, response to drought and floods.
The Bank said Saturday it approved the funding in light of the ongoing fight against COVID19 coupled with drought and floods.
“The World...
A number of top health officials were on Saturday arraigned in a Mogadishu court over alleged embezzlement and stealing of donor funds, reports indicate, just a month after the federal government of Somalia started investigating the cases.
Those involved are...
First, congratulations to the president of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, and his dedicated foreign relations diplomats on their recent aggressive campaign to capture the attention of world nations. After all, as the saying goes, “ The squeaky wheel gets...
At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a suicide car bombing in the Somalian capital, officials said.
Salad Mohamed, a senior police officer in Mogadishu told Anadolu Agency by phone, that a car laden...