NAIROBI — Somalia is deploying surveillance teams and specialized vehicles to prevent desert locust swarms ravaging crops and pastures, and destroying the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people, United Nations and government officials said on Monday. The worst outbreak in a generation has seen hungry swarms – some the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s ministry of health confirmed 49 new cases of COVID-19  in the past 24 hours bringing the total of confirmed cases to  286. 6 more people have died of the disease, bringing the death toll to 14, the majority of them including the first fatality in the country …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 got a boost Monday following a donation of hospital beds and accessories by the U.S. government. The U.S embassy in Mogadishu handed over 350 beds and 500 bedsheets to the Ministry of Health Monday to support the government’s efforts in ‘preventing and controlling …

MOGADISHU — The prime minister of the federal government of Somalia  Ali Hasaan Khaire has appealed to the international community to extend aid to fight coronavirus. The PM spoke during a video with ambassadors and head of United Nations Assistance Mission for Somalia (UNSOM) James Swan on coronavirus. The prime …

ATHENS —  A 28-year-old pregnant asylum seeker from Somalia has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Migration and Asylum Ministry announced on Monday. The woman, who is six months pregnant, lives at a reception facility in Kranidi in the Peloponnese. She tested positive for the coronavirus at Nafplio hospital on …

MOGADISHU —  A journalist in Mogadishu has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. Mohamed Hassan who works for the national broadcaster Somalia National TV (SNTV), has been hospitalized at the De-martini health facility. The journalist had shown symptoms that included difficulties in breathing and his condition worsened. However, for …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has confirmed 29 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total Coronavirus infections in the country to 164. Somalia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services has so far announced seven Coronavirus deaths in the country. The ministry reiterated its call to the public to follow the directives of the …

MOGADISHU — The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has Saturday launched at the presidential palace a nationwide social safety net program, which is better known as “Baxnaano”, to help protect the poor and vulnerable families. The Baxnaano program is funded with a pre-arrears clearance …

MOGADISHU — The ugly act of rape of minors in Somalia has cropped up again with four girls undergoing the heinous act leading to the death of one as they traveled from Mogadishu. The four were dragged out of the vehicle they were traveling in by a group of men …

RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) temporarily lifted the ban on importing live meat (living livestock) from the Federal Republic of Somalia, with the aim of strengthening local markets with imported livestock, in line with the role and responsibilities of the Ministry in ensuring …