Mogadishu, 3 May 2019: On May 1-2, 2019, AMISOM troops in a joint military operation with the Somali National Army launched an offensive and liberated the strategic town of Bariire from the extremist group, Al-Shabaab.
The agricultural-rich Bariire, which lies...
United Nations is already undermined by powerful countries. International laws are weakened and not as effective as before. Military aggressions and violations are on the rise. Countries are threatened or invaded just because of their natural resources or of...
President of Cameroon Paul Biya (L) walks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) following his arrival at the airport in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on July 29, 2015. REINNIER KAZE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Africa has the world’s youngest population and its oldest leaders. If...
Tropical Cyclone Kyarr was gradually losing its force, receding from a Category 3 cyclone to Category 2 storm and will further downgrade today, according to media reports.
The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) Oman in a statement said that...
The attack is one of the deadliest in recent years and evoked the horror of the twin blasts in the heart of Mogadishu that killed nearly 580 people in October 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia, The International Committee of the Red Cross...
Somalia’s 2020-2021 elections are the subject of much fanfare. They will be the country’s first one person-one vote elections in 50 years. The Somali public will finally have the chance to directly elect their representatives. Or at least, that’s...
Government has announced various COVID-19 control measures
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 4, 2020/ -- Covid-19 preparedness and response scaled up; Government has announced various COVID-19 control measures; Gu rains have started with moderate to heavy showers; thousands of people displaced in...
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia has developed Somalia Education Sector COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan in order to minimize and mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the education.
This strategic...
In this August 2018 file photo, Italian volunteer Silvia Costanza Romano poses in the village of Chakama, in coastal Kilifi county, Kenya. (AP Archive)
KILIFI, Kenya, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Somali militant group al-Shabab has freed an Italian aid worker...
African Development Bank-financed water supply and sanitation project came in handy as a critical control intervention
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, June 10, 2020/ -- With 2.6 million internally displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge in...