BARAWE — AMISOM Ugandan contingent has donated items to Embresso Primary School in Barawe district, to support the delivery of education services in the South West State of Somalia. Col. Edward Kaddu, the commander of the Uganda Battle Group XXIX who represented the Contingent Commander, Brig. Gen. Richard Otto handed …
Read More »Somalia remains 8th-largest sesame producer
MOGADISHU — Somalia is known globally as the largest exporter of live animals most of them heading to the Middle East markets but little is known about the country’s production of sesame seeds. The Horn of Africa nation is the eighth largest exporter of sesame seeds despite limited production owing …
Read More »5 dead, 8 wounded in suicide bombing in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — Police in Somalia say five people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt near the police academy in the capital, Mogadishu. Spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali says eight other people were wounded in the blast on Tuesday. He said the bomber targeted a restaurant frequented by …
Read More »World Bank body inks deal with Somalia to support private sector development
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s private sector got a boost Sunday following a formal pact between the government and the World Bank’s investment division, IFC. The agreement which is a first with the World Bank body aims at supporting investment and growth in the private sector. The sector which forms the plank …
Read More »UN says floods affect 214,000 in Somalia since October
MOGADISHU — At least 214,000 people have been temporarily displaced from their homes across Somalia since October due to flooding caused by heavy rains, the UN agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest Floods Update that displacements have occurred …
Read More »Somali parliament forms Covid-19 committee as ministry warns of 2nd wave
MOGADISHU — Lower House speaker Mohamed Mursal has formed a committee to investigate the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country as the Ministry of Health warns of a second wave of the pandemic. Mursal said the nine-member committee of lawmakers will be mandated with collecting information countrywide and …
Read More »African ministers decry Al-shabab’s recruitment drive
MOGADISHU — African ministers from countries that are contributing troops to Somalia have expressed concern about the continued recruitment drive by al-Shabab in the Horn of African nation. The ministers who met virtually to review the security situation in Somalia in a joint statement issued on Thursday also expressed deep …
Read More »Heavy fighting erupts again in Mudug region
GALKAYO — Reports from Mudug region say that fierce clan fighting has erupted again in Huldooyale area under Amara region. The fighting between two clan militias is based on previous clan killings in the area, according to local sources. Reports say that fighting that broke out in Huldooyale district again …
Read More »Somalia .. ‘Humanitarian e-commerce’ thrives amid pandemic
MOGADISHU — Muslima Abdirahman, a Somali mother of nine, escaped death twice in the past two years while shopping for groceries in Mogadishu, where Islamist insurgents regularly carry out suicide bombings on busy streets and markets. She shudders at the memories: “I wiped my tears with my veil and went …
Read More »FAO steps up efforts to contain desert locusts in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday it has intensified efforts to contain the spread of the desert locusts in Somalia that pose a huge threat to food security. In its desert locust situation update, FAO said an increasing number of hopper bands are forming in central …
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