‘People are denied treatment or even prevented from receiving treatment.’
Despite high rates of mental illness in Somalia, the country is unable to provide the most basic of care to those in need – many of whom are isolated, chained...
JUNE 18 – Failing and intermittent rains are wrecking havoc in Somalia and
Somaliland, but we are increasingly asking, is anyone listening? 2.2 million people
are facing extreme hunger and 5.4 million need humanitarian assistance as of May’s
end. It’s a staggering...
The Kenyan government is making fresh efforts to negotiate with Somalia as a way of ending the maritime conflict between the two countries after the collapse of previous talks, senior government officials have told the Sunday Nation.
CORPORATIONS
Kenya is also...
Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the two countries on Saturday, officials said, while another eight died in a bombing the same group carried out in the Somali capital.
Both attacks were...
Somalia police confirmed the arrest of a suspect following a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack in Mogadishu on Saturday.
Zakia Hussein, deputy police commander confirmed that no one was injured in the attack. The VBIED went off near the...
In Summary
• Experts say the Somali constitution gives considerable autonomy to regional governments to enter commercial oil deals.
• But a petroleum law that has not yet been adopted by the country’s parliament but is being invoked by federal officials...
By Dr. Mohamud M Uluso
The US led International Community (IC) played an influential role for the adoption of 2012 democratic Provisional Federal Constitution that established the Federal Republic State of Somalia (FRSS). The 2012 federal government had the awesome...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will visit Khartoum on Friday to mediate between Sudan’s military rulers and an opposition alliance over a transition to democracy, a diplomatic source at the Ethiopian embassy in Khartoum said.
The source told Reuters that...
Daily Press Briefing: Sudan, Mozambique, Women Deliver, Syria, Somalia, Mali, MINUSCA, Maternal Health, Bicycle Day, Press Briefing Tomorrow
Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the President of the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The United Nations unanimously approved a resolution Friday to...
Mogadishu, 4 June 2018 - The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, extends his warm and best wishes to the government and the people of Somalia on the occasion...