MOGADISHU —  The Turkish Embassy in Somalia has announced that it has begun repatriating it’s citizens in the country as a precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a statement released on Saturday. “Due to the precautions taken by our President to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, our citizens, …

MOGADISHU — Somali health ministry on Saturday confirmed 62 more cases of COVID-19, raising the national tally to 390. Fawziya Abikar, the health minister, said two patients succumbed to the deadly virus, bringing the total number of fatalities to 18. The minister also said two more people have recovered, bringing the …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia has developed Somalia Education Sector COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan in order to minimize and mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the education. This strategic response plan which is a six month period …

MOGADISHU — Forty-two new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Somalia in the last 24 hours bringing to 328 the number of confirmed cases. The Ministry of Health announced Thursday one of the cases was found in southern Galkayo adding two more people died totaling 16 the number of people …

MOGADISHU —  Global remittances to Sub-Saharan will decline by 23% in 2020 owing to COVID-19 impact adversely affecting countries such as Somalia which heavily rely on monies from relatives and friends abroad. The World Bank said in a study Wednesday the COVID-19 pandemic will see close to $10 billion in …

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 …