MOGADISHU — Somalia has recorded 53 new cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Horn of African Nation to 15,456. Out of the new cases, 29 males and 24 are female according to the health ministry. Two people have succumbed …

MOGADISHU — Twenty-five Somali journalists have benefitted from a one-day virtual training to enhance their effectiveness in reporting on female candidates in the ongoing parliamentary and presidential elections to help advance election of more women. The training was organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in collaboration with …

KISMAYO — At least four football players  have been killed and six others wounded in IED explosion in the coastal city of Kismayo. The players who traveling in mini bus were headed to a stadium in Kismayo where Jubaland Vice President Mohamud Sayid Aden was to officially open a football competition. …

MOGADISHU — De Martini hospital director, Dr. Abdirizak Yusuf Ahmed,  tested positive for the COVID-19 in Turkey on Wednesday. Abdirizak who travelled to Turkey to donate one kidney to his brother had undergone a Rapid Antigen Test which came in positive. “ I would like to inform my Somali brothers …

MOGADISHU — With the support of the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) launched a series of human rights reporting training for local journalists on Wednesday to support the capacity of Somali journalists aimed to boost the capacity of the journalists in reporting the underreported human …

MOGADISHU — Somalia, plagued with persistent incidents of piracy and rampant illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, is aiming to tighten its fishing licensing regime in order to end loopholes that result in illegal activity. Amid claims of deep-rooted corruption within Somalia’s fishing industry, the country’s Ministry of Fisheries and …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has on Saturday reported twenty-three new COVID-19 cases in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 15,203. According to the health ministry, eight patients recovered from the disease in the last 48 hours, bringing the total number of people who recovered from the …

NEW YORK — The World Bank said Thursday it has approved a total of 100 million U.S. dollars to help improve healthcare services in Somalia. The project, the World Bank’s investment in Somalia’s health sector in 30 years, which seeks to improve healthcare services is financed by a 75-million-dollar grant …

MOGADISHU —  The World Bank (WB) has approved $100 million to improve essential health and nutrition services in Somalia’s most disadvantaged areas. The project, known as “Damal Caafimaad,” and will be financed by a $75 million International Development Assistance (IDA) grant and an additional US$25 million grant from the Global …

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent Society distributed meat to needy people on Thursday for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The holiday commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son at God’s command before the last-minute divine substitute of a ram. Sacrificed meat is …