Somalia
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:58:47 GMTParliament Session Called Off As Govt, Opposition Fail to Agree on Agenda
[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's parliamentary session was called off Saturday after pro-government and opposition members could not agree on the agenda.
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:59:54 GMTKenyan Troops in Somalia Get First Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine
[Nation] Kenyan troops in Somalia have got the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:53:56 GMTKenya's Troops in Somalia Get First Dose of Covid Vaccine
[Nation] Kenyan troops in Somalia have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:21:20 GMTSomali Immigrants Face Deportation as State Flexes Muscles
[Nation] Somali immigrants living in Nairobi and people suspected of funding terrorism could be deported or have their properties requisitioned in the coming days as Kenya continues to flex its muscles amid deteriorating relations between it and Soma...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 04:50:31 GMTSevere Water Shortages Leave 70% of Families Without Safe Drinking Water
[savethechildren_uk] Mogadishu -- Water sources in Somalia are drying up at a rapid rate as a looming drought intensifies, leaving 70 percent of families across the country without access to safe drinking water. Thousands of children are now reliant ...
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:27:48 GMTGovt Warns Envoys Against Interference in Political Affairs
[VOA] Mogadishu -- The federal government of Somalia has called on diplomats in the country not to interfere in the country's internal political affairs.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:22:26 GMTIs Farmaajo Using Border Row to Hang OoPower?
[Nation] An election impasse, Covid-19 wave, political instability coupled with the soaring Al-Shabaab attacks is setting up Somalia on a downhill and unpredictable path. The capital, Mogadishu, has become a landmine; nobody knows where the next terr...
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:50:58 GMTFugitive Jubbaland Minister Surrenders, Madobe Fires Him
[East African] A fugitive Jubbaland minister has surrendered to the Mogadishu government bringing relief to northern Kenyan residents who have in the recent past said he was a security threat to them.
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:59:28 GMTCheetah Conservation Fund Helps Somaliland
[Namibian] THE Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) recently conducted two training sessions for veterinarians in Somaliland and the Somali regional area of Ethiopia to equip them with skills to treat cheetah cubs.
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:59:01 GMTSomalia's Women Voices - Pushing for Gender-Inclusive Representation
[World Bank] Nairobi -- When a crisis hits Somalia, women and girls often bear the worst of it.
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:50:51 GMTJubbaland President Madobe Sacks Fugitive Minister
[Nation] Somalia's Jubbaland State President, Ahmed Madobe, has sacked fugitive Interior Minister Abdirashid Janan.
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:42:30 GMTElections Still Delayed After Failure of President-Hosted Talks
[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as "Farmaajo," is under increasing pressure to make a deal on holding delayed elections. A two-day conference this week failed to end the political standoff.
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:57:08 GMTLeaders Attempt Another Round of Discussions On Elections
[East African] Somalia's key political leaders are headed for another tense meeting in Mogadishu on Wednesday, under pressure from donors to reach an electoral agreement for polls.
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:28:38 GMTTayyeb - Al-Azhar Keen to Offer All Forms of Support to Somalia
[Egypt Online] Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said on Tuesday23/3/2021 Al-Azhar is keen on offering all forms of support to Somalia.
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:47:32 GMTSomalia, IFC Sign Deal to Support Public-Private Partnerships
[East African] The International Financial Corporation (IFC) on Monday signed an agreement with Somalia to help boost the public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the country.
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:07:52 GMTStatement By H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, On Somalia
[African Union] Addis Ababa, 22 March 2021: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, continues to monitor the developments in Somalia ahead of today's planned National Consultative Forum meeting to resolve the electoral i...
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:31:25 GMTRed Crescent Revs Up Ambulance Service in Mogadishu
[ICRC] The motorcycles can better navigate Mogadishu's narrow side roads and find ways around the city's traffic with ease. Each is manned by two responders and the extra room in the sidecar is for the injured person.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:00:24 GMTThird Parties Behind Row With Somalia, Kenya Says
[Nation] Kenya has accused third party commercial interests of being behind the maritime dispute with its neighbour Somalia.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:59:41 GMTKenya's New Demands as Judges Decide Row With Somalia
[Nation] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) judges have retreated to compile a judgment in the Indian Ocean boundary dispute case between Kenya and Somalia, as Nairobi made three demands.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:24:30 GMTUN Agency Says It May Have to Cut Food Rations to Somalia
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program is warning it may be forced to cut food rations in June for more than a million vulnerable Somalis because it does not have enough money to maintain the operation.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:50:34 GMTSomalia Should Hold Elections Immediately
[State Department] The United States is deeply concerned by the electoral impasse in Somalia, which is creating political uncertainty that threatens security, stability, and development in the country. We call on Somalia's federal and member state le...
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:38:16 GMTKenya Fires Protest Letter to Somalia Over Maritime Dispute
[Capital FM] Diani -- Kenya on Friday sent a protest letter to Somalia over the persisting maritime dispute, after the International Court of Justice ruled the case will proceed despite Nairobi opting out.
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:37:41 GMTKenya Accuses ICJ of 'Procedural Unfairness' in Maritime Case
[Nation] Kenya is accusing the International Court of Justice of "procedural unfairness" after it allowed oral hearings to go on despite Nairobi's protests.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:02:54 GMTAre Other Nations Involved in the War in Tigray?
[DW] The Ethiopian government has warned multiple times that the international community must not interfere in its handling of the war in Tigray, claiming it is solely a domestic matter. But that's not the case.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:24:37 GMTSomalia's Leaders Plan to Move Forward With Polls Following U.S. Call
[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's government says it is making a commitment to conduct delayed presidential and parliamentary polls after the U.S. urged the leadership to hold transparent elections. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said l...
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 08:33:56 GMTMadobe, Senate Speaker in New Political Alliance
[East African] A new political alliance has been formed in Somalia by those opposing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo's administration, the group announced Thursday.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:55:02 GMTKenya-Somalia Dispute Threatens an Embattled Horn of Africa
[ISS] Relations between Kenya and Somalia have been strained for some time over economic and maritime boundary issues. But new alliances in the region are now making the situation worse.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:56:41 GMTFlopped Election Shifts Focus to Farmaajo's Governance Record, Ouster
[East African] After failing to hold elections in December last year, Somalia is tipping beyond a failed state as political statehooders plot to push President Muhammed Abdullahi Farmaajo out of office.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:51:38 GMTNairobi Pulls Out of Oral Hearings in Kenya-Somalia Maritime Case
[East African] Somalia will be allowed to conclude its final submissions to the International Court of Justice after Kenya reiterated pulling out of oral hearings.
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:42:14 GMTSomalia Drags Tanzania Into Maritime Dispute With Kenya
[Nation] explorationSomalia has dragged Tanzania into its maritime dispute with Kenya at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands.