MOGADISHU — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy coffee shop in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening, an official said. The attack took place at the Juba intersection not too far away from Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency headquarters in Mogadishu. A police officer told …

MOGADISHU — The UK has reaffirmed its sanctions on charcoal imports from Somalia warning of prison sentences for violations. In its updated version of the sanctions following exit from the EU, the UK government announced this week the sanctions are in conformity with previous UN Security Council sanctions. “This good …

MOGADISHU — Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle and the World Bank (WB) Representative for Somalia Kristina Svensson signed in Mogadishu a $445 million World Bank grant for Somalia to implement development projects. The Minister also discussed with the World Bank’s manager Kristina Svensson Somalia alongside Somali Management Agency IFC …

JOWHAR — Over 500 families living near Jowhar town, Middle Shabelle region, who were affected by recent severe flooding in the area have received emergency food and humanitarian relief in an effort coordinated by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and HirShabelle State authorities. Last month, riverine flooding following …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations’ top relief official in Somalia has appealed for funding to help millions of people in need of life-saving assistance in the country. Adam Abdelmoula, humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said the funding crisis has left 5.9 million vulnerable persons at risk of losing access to some …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday that violence in the central Somali town of Wisil Sunday has displaced thousands of people who have moved to neighboring towns. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the displaced have arrived in Xero Dhagaxley, Hobyo and …

MOGADISHU — 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 the COVID-19 virus have wreaked havoc on supply chains and resulted in a significant …

BOSASO — The security minister of Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland escaped a bomb attack on Saturday when his motorcade was targeted in the northeastern Bari region, according to local media. The blast occurred when improvised explosive devices were detonated remotely on the outskirts of the state’s commercial city of …

MOGADISHU — Thirteen-year-old Ahmed Abdinur Abukar dreams of being a teacher. This year, in May, he took an important step towards realising that dream and sat for the national Primary Education Certificate examinations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education says over 60 000 students across the …

MOGADISHU —  Although a bright student Ruweyda Hassan, 17, a resident of Galkayo town in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous province of Puntland has fears that she will be pulled out of school. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on phone, from Galkayo, 750 kilometers (466 miles) from capital Mogadishu, she said her parents are unwilling …