MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent on Sunday distributed food parcels for people in need in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. “The Turkish Red Crescent did food distribution in Mogadishu’s Daynile district on Sunday and distributed 700 food parcels to families in need in the Daynile district,” Orhan Kokcu, head of the Turkish …

MOGADISHU — As the world marks World Malaria Day (April 25), several African countries continue to battle the impact of a preventable disease claiming thousands of lives. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, malaria has claimed an estimated 380,000 lives in 2018 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). But there are …

DHOBLEY — In the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan, Kenyan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday visited Dhobley General Hospital to cheer the sick and also donate much-needed medicines and an assortment of food items. In Dhobley and surrounding areas, the Kenyan …

JOWHAR — Families living in Towfiq Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camp in Jowhar, Middle Shabelle region of Somalia, will now have access to clean water following the construction of a water well by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The well was handed over to the Governor of the …

MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and four others wounded when a mortar attack targeted Somalia’s presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, local media reported. “At least three civilians were killed and four others injured in the attack, targeting the presidential palace in Mogadishu. The victims …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is bracing for record levels of displacement in 2021 due to severe drought which is ravaging parts of the country, leaving many people without water and livelihoods, a global charity warned Wednesday. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said more than 1 million people were displaced by floods, conflict and …

MOGADISHU — Somalia registered 245 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths over the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday. The new figures bring the total number of cases in Somalia to 13,324 and fatalities to 678. Somalia, a country of some 15 million, has been battling …

MOGADISHU — A district official in Mogadishu was killed this morning after his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device suspected of being planted on the road. The officer, identified as Abdi Mohamed Mohamud, who was the deputy in charge of security and political affairs in the Daynile district, succumbed to …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s health ministry on Wednesday rolled out doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against COVID-19 pandemic in the Horn of the African nation. The country’s deputy minister of health Ahmed Hussein received his first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine during the launch of …

MOGADISHU — A minibus traveling outside Mogadishu, Somalia was blown up, killing at least 15 people and wounding four others. The Somali Federal Government says the minibus exploded seconds after rolling over an improvised explosive device. No one has yet claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s incident, however, the government said al …