GAROWE — The Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the Puntland regional state government has announced the names of the top 10 students in the 8th grade exam in Puntland middle schools in 2022. Among the top 10 students, 7 are girls, led by Ikraan Abdirahman Abdullahi, who won …

MOGADISHU — Somali authorities say an aircraft carrying 36 passengers and crew crashed at Mogadishu airport Monday but all on board survived. The Jubba Airways plane was carrying civilian passengers from the southwestern city of Baidoa when it crashed-landed at Mogadishu’s Adan Adde International Airport on Monday. Ahmed Moalim, Somalia’s civil …

MOGADISHU — The German Government has contributed US$ 5 million to Somalia to improve the country’s capacity to deliver life-saving vaccines to remote and hard-to-reach communities. The contribution is part of UNICEF’s efforts with governments globally to take vaccines to the ‘The Last Mile’ – remote, rural, and peri-urban areas …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and more than 14 others wounded when a suicide car bomb blast rocked the town of Jowhar on Sunday, officials said. A police officer in Jowhar told Anadolu Agency that it was a suicide car bomb attack that targeted Nur Dob hotel, killing …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations says in a recent report that the number of people displaced by the drought in Somalia has increased by 231 percent. The report was released by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), IOM and UNICEF in a joint statement on the drought …

MOGADISHU — The European Union is committing an additional €450,000 of humanitarian funding to support the fight against life-threatening measles outbreaks in Somalia. With measles cases on the rise in 2021-2022, this funding will support the EU-funded CAAFIMAD consortium led by Action Against Hunger (ACF) in contributing to the reduction …

GENEVA  — The International Red Cross on Tuesday warned that millions of people are at risk of severe hunger in the coming months as extreme poverty, inequality, and food insecurity rose, particularly in parts of Africa and the Middle East. “The conflict in Ukraine has contributed to a sharp increase …

GAROWE — Somalia’s Puntland State Minister of Fisheries has on Sunday held talks with Etienne Peterschmitt, the Country Director for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Somalia. The meeting between the Minister and the Director took place in the region’s capital Garowe. The talks centred around a range of …

HARGEISA — At least three young men died on Saturday afternoon in a road accident on the outskirts of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The three young men, Abdisalam Osman, Faisal Muhumed, and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, were all friends. According to residents, the accident happened after a pickup 4WD collided …

ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned that the ongoing drought condition in the Horn of Africa (HOA) will worsen over July-September dry period. “Over the July-September dry period, the drought condition will worsen given the inadequate recovery during the March-May rainfall season and …