Former model Halima Aden to speak about finding your authentic self at One Young World Summit

Former model Halima Aden to speak about finding your authentic self at One Young World Summit

Read More »

Somalia: Cash and business skills training support to women-headed businesses

Today marks the International Day of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Small businesses led by women and young entrepreneurs continue to face the pandemic's wrath economically. Lockdown measures implemented to prevent the spread of theCOVID-19virus have wreaked havoc on supply chains…

Read More »

Somali leaders meet today in Mogadishu to finalise election process

Prime Minister Mohamed Roble and Federal Member State leaders are meeting today in Mogadishu for another round of talks and are expected to settle remaining issues ahead of the elections.

Read More »

Two suspects behind Hafsa Lukman's kidnap arrested in Kinangop

Criminal investigators have arrested the two main suspects behind the kidnap and torture of Hafsa Mohamed Lukman.

Read More »

HirShabelle says will boycott electoral talks in Mogadishu, gives no reason

HirShabelle state will not be taking part in the upcoming electoral talks between Prime Minister Mohamed Roble and Federal Member State presidents, a statement from the state notes.

Read More »

21 Al-Shabaab members executed by firing squad in Puntland

Twenty one Al-Shabaab members whose death sentence was affirmed by a superior military court two weeks ago in Puntland today faced the firing squad in an unprecented move in recent years.

Read More »

Op-Ed: Kenya should nationalize all Somalis in the country as a strategic national interest

By: JAMAL ABDIKADIR Kenya must use the Somalis within its borders to achieve strategic influence on the Horn. Immigration can affect both host and home-country in several ways, and its effects can be positive or negative depending on the characteristics of the immigrants, the destination country, and…

Read More »

Ethiopia votes in test for PM Abiy amid reports of abuses

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopians voted Monday in a major test for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose rise to power initially seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule but who has since waged war in the Tigray region and whose party has been accused of election abuses.

Read More »

Turkey's Konya, Somalia's Mogadishu agree to boost cooperation

(HOL) The authorities of Turkey's Konya and Somalian capital Mogadishu agreed to strengthen their cooperation after senior Mogadishu municipality officials paid a visit to Konya and met with the city's deputy mayor Ercan Uslu on Monday.

Read More »

Three cops injured after al Shabaab attack in Mandera

(HOL) Three police officers were on Tuesday morning injured when al Shabaab gunmen attacked their vehicle in Bambahowla area, Mandera County.

Read More »

Somali community leaders in Coast want girls' killings probed

(HOL) Somali community leaders in the Coast Region have called upon the Directorate Criminal Investigations (DCI) to immediately investigate kidnappings and killings of Somali girls in the country.

Read More »

UNHCR Applauds Somalia's Open-door Refugee Policy

(HOL) Three decades of violence have left 2.9 million of Somalia's citizens internally displaced, but the country is also home to 25,000 refugees, including 6,800 Yemenis and over 700 Syrians.

Read More »

Kidnapped Eastleigh woman rescued alive from Kayole house

A 23 year old woman who was kidnapped by unknown people and a ransom demand of Sh5 million made for her release was Sunday rescued alive.

Read More »

Somali MPs in Kenya decry rising cases of kidnappings, demand speedy probe

(HOL) - Somali politicians in Kenya have raised the red flag over an increasing spate of kidnappings of Somali women, especially in Nairobi's Eastleigh areas.

Read More »

Somaliland Elections Disrupt al-Shabaab's Regional Expansion

(HOL) the independent, but unrecognized, Republic of Somaliland held parliamentary and local district elections.

Read More »

Somali Foreign Minister participates in Antalya Diplomacy Forum and meets with his Azerbaijani counterpart

(HOL) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, participated, on Friday, in the opening of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which will run from June 18-20 under the title of "Innovative Diplomacy: New Era, New Approaches".

Read More »

17 al-Shabab insurgents killed in central Somalia

A total of 17 al-Shabab insurgents were killed and several others wound in two separate security operations in Somalia's central region on Friday, Somali National Army (SNA) has said.

Read More »

Hirshabelle President fires deputy security minister

Beledweyne (HOL) - The President of Hirshabelle, Ali Abdullahi Hussein, has fired his deputy security minister of the Hirshabelle region Hassan Mohamed Elmi on Friday.

Read More »

Qatar to host Arab meeting on Renaissance Dam dispute

Arab foreign minister are expected to meet in Doha on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing dam dispute between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia.

Read More »

School district agrees to pay $3M in bullied child's suicide

The parents of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself after being bullied repeatedly at an Ohio school have reached a tentative $3 million settlement with his school district.

Read More »

European missions laud Somaliland elections, call for more women representation

The European Union and other non EU countries with presence in Somalia have applauded the just concluded elections in Somaliland terming them a strong commitment democracy.

Read More »

UN report says Somalis undergoing military training in Eritrea were deployed to fght in Tigray

A UN report has said Somalis who were undergoing military training in Eritrea took part in the ongoing conflict in Tigray region in Ethiopia confirming similar claims by parents of the trainees and politicians in Somalia.

Read More »