GAROWE — Somalia’s northeastern Puntland state has deployed hundreds of forces to the major towns to enforce a new dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19. Police restricted people’s movement, saying the move is intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the regional state as …

MOGADISHU — The U.S has announced a $7 million humanitarian assistance to Somalia to combat the spread and effects of the deadly COVID-19 disease. The U.S embassy in Somalia said in a statement Wednesday the U.S government was extending the support to Somalia and other African countries as part of its …

HARGEISA — Authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland reported the territory’s first two cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. Health officials in the capital, Hargeisa, said samples taken from two individuals — a local man who visited Britain and a Chinese man — had tested positive for COVID-19. Authorities were trying …

LONDON — Former Somali Prime Minister, Nur Hassan  alias as Nur Ade has passed away in London Nur Ade was diagnosed with coronavirus last week and has been undergoing treatment in Britain. A Official  statement issued the son of the former prime minister says he died in Kings college London …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has ordered the closure of religious schools in the country for two weeks. The Ministry for Religious Endowment has on Monday directive the teachers of religious schools and other informal religious learning centers to follow the government directive and send their students home. The measure …

MOGADISHU — Somalia, like many different international locations on this planet, is going through the unprecedented problem of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) pandemic. “The UN household in Somalia stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the individuals of Somalia throughout this testing time. We’ll proceed to help all efforts to handle the quick well …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s ministry of health has announced on Monday a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 in country has recovered and set for release. The Director General of Health advised in a letter dated March 30 that the patient identified as Ahmed Yusuf Yasin be released from a UN run hospital …

DJIBOUTI — The Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today convened an Extraordinary Summit via Video Conference to deliberate on a regional IGAD strategy to combat the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) in the region. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan …

MOGADISHU — UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency welcomes a USD 1.7 million grant from the government of Japan in support of its humanitarian efforts in Somalia. Japan’s latest funding will provide UNHCR with critical funds to deliver services to a total of 15,500 displaced people including refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has suspended local flights in the country till further notice on Saturday. The move is aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus from the capital to the countryside. A statement from the ministry of transport and civil aviation noted the airline operators that the ban …