When former Speaker of the Somali Lower House Mohamed Osman Jawari protested “plans to rig me out” last week, he sounded like a sore loser. But after a local poll management committee defied an order from the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) to delay the vote in the southwest state, many read irregularities. In the […]
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The *deyr *rains have largely failed since October, causing alarm for the deterioration of food security conditions in Somalia. Intensifying drought has led to water shortages, a high likelihood of crop failure, and atypically high levels of livestock migration and deaths. Households face both a significant decline in income derived from crop and livestock production […]
Somalia’s Prime Minister Hussein Roble has urged the business community to contribute to the humanitarian efforts to help countrymen affected by the ongoing drought. “I have no words that are powerful enough to recall the honourable role the business community has played in contributing to the mitigation of urgent humanitarian situations in the country,” PM […]
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has donated 1 million to help mitigate the crisis unleashed by drought and water shortages in many parts of the Horn of Africa nation. “Somali government donates $ 1 million to help drought victims. Business Community led by the Chamber of Commerce have also pledged $ 2 million of […]
Efforts to help vulnerable rural communities in Somalia achieve food security and build up resilience towards climate change have received a boost thanks to a new partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), the state’s public development institution. A $1.7 million contribution from […]
A large explosion rocked the Somali capital during rush hour damaging a nearby school and a hospital. It is the latest attack by jihadist al-Shabab group in the troubled country. At least eight people were killed and 23 wounded in a car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, according to security […]
A suicide car bomb killed at least eight people including students in Mogadishu on Thursday morning at KM4 junction in Trabunka. Somali police spokesman Abdifatah Adan said the explosion targeted a local security firm guarding a U.N. convoy reportedly travelling from Gordon training camp to Halane base camp. “Eight people including civilians and students are […]
Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Tuesday night declares a state of humanitarian emergency in Somalia. Roble said the situation was fast escalating as drought ravages 80 per cent of the country. He called on the various sectors of the community and the international community to contribute to those affected by the drought. ” […]
Cape Town — Somalia’s government has declared a state of emergency in the country following a report submitted by a committee set up to evaluate the drought situation in the country. In a statement, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble called on the Somali people, clerics, businesses and the international community to come to the aid […]
Somalia army Gen. Odawaa Yusuf Rageh has met with Turkey’s National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in Anakara the capital of Turkey. The two sides discussed political and military cooperation between Turkey “friendly and brotherly” Somalia continues to develop. He added that Ankara will continue to provide all kinds of support for the people of Somalia […]
The new Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia Abdisaid Muse has been sworn in as the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. The swearing-in ceremony took place in Mogadishu and was attended by the speaker of the Somali parliament Mohamed Mursal Sheikh. “Mr. Abdisaid Muse Ali was sworn in as the […]
Washington — A Somali journalist with state-run media was killed Saturday in Mogadishu when a suicide bomber blew up his car, government officials and his colleagues said. Another journalist also was injured. Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, better known as Afrika, the director of the state-run Radio Mogadishu, died from his wounds, while fellow journalist Sharmarke Warsame, […]
The UN Security Council on Monday night endorsed an extension of sanctions on Somalia for another year, in spite of calls by Mogadishu to take charge of its own security reform. Resolution 2607/2021 extends sanction regime 751 on Somalia, which have been in place for nearly 30 years, and have been amended by subsequent resolutions. […]
Two Ugandan People’s Defense Force soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) have been sentenced to death for killing seven civilians in the Horn of Africa country. The General Court Martial sitting in Mogadishu has also jailed three others for 39 years each for taking part in the killings after a heavy […]
Somalia’s Maay dialect may be seen as a version of the language spoken mostly in the South West state of the country. But it had had no private media outlet publishing in this dialect, forcing most people to either make do with formal Somalia or be kept out of the information network. Last week, things […]
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has confirmed that two of their soldiers have been sentenced to death for killing Somali civilians. In a statement, the peacekeeping mission said the two soldiers and three others handed 39 years in prison will be repatriated from Somalia to Uganda to serve their sentences “As soldiers, we […]
The Federal Elections Implementation Team has announced that elections of the House of People will commence on 16th of November in the all regional States. In a statement, the Federal Election Implementation Team (FEIT) officially announced that the elections will start in all regional states and in Mogadishu on November 16. “The Federal Election Implementation […]
Mogadishu, Somalia — A 15-member team of the African Union Peace and Security Council met with senior Somali officials in Mogadishu on Tuesday and discussed the future of AMISOM peacekeeping operations. Tensions are running high after the Somali government expelled an AU deputy special envoy last week. The federal government of Somalia and the African […]