Somalia

By AGGREY MUTAMBO When Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo flew to South Africa last week to attend the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa, he avoided Kenyan airspace. This comes at a time when the two countries were involved in a diplomatic...

Seven years ago in 2012, a United Nations Security Council Resolution placed an embargo on the export of charcoal from Somalia. The embargo sought to address illegal logging, massive deforestation and land degradation which charcoal production in Somalia had been fueling,...

A mere promise by Somalia to “revisit” the actions of an international company at the core of maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia is at the centre of the diplomatic row between the two neighbours. According to minutes of a...

PRESS STATEMENT: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today called for the immediate and unconditional release of a journalist Ali Aden Mumin arrested in Mogadishu after posting comments on his Facebook account. According to Director of Goobjoog Media...

Ethiopia seemingly treating publication of the map that shows Somalia as part of Ethiopia as suspicious and has started an investigation into it. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia has apologized on Monday for a map of Africa that is not...

GAROWE, PUNTLAND 23 May 2019: Just one in four children in Puntland, Somalia, have access to sufficient food, a new assessment by Save the Children reveals today. These children are far more likely to succumb to the impact of yet...

A Joint Statement by CORD and  SIHA NETWORK This week has been momentous for the justice system of Puntland state with a plausible ruling in the case of Aisha Ilyas where three men were found guilty of gang-raping and murdering the 12 year old after she...

Mogadishu, May 19h, 2019   At least 1.7 million people in Somalia face acute food shortages due to delayed and insufficient seasonal rainfall, humanitarian aid agencies have warned, calling for urgent humanitarian support to save the lives of hundreds of...

Progress is also slow in high-income countries including the UK, Finland, France, Germany, USA, Australia, and New Zealand. NEW YORK/ LONDON/ GENEVA, 15 May: More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds)...

Hundreds of high school students are protesting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after the announcement of the cancellation and postponement of their national exams following reports of exam paper leaks. Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre announced on Monday the cancellation...