HARGEISA — Somaliland today caried out an execution of four Somaliland soldiers convicted of various murder charges by the country’s military courts. The soldiers executed by a firing squad, were found guilty in killing civilians in some parts of Somaliland. Two other men sentenced to death by a Somaliland court, …
Read More »Somaliland’s house of Gurti debates child protection bill
HARGEISA — Members of the Somaliland House of Elders, started debating the Somaliland Child Protection Law No. 102/2022, which was passed by Somaliland’s House of Representatives. Most of the MPs who took part in the debate on the Somaliland Child Protection Act, Act Lr. 102/2022 proposed that a commission be …
Read More »Somalia receives third batch of donation from UAE
MOGADISHU — Somalia government has on Monday received a donation of food aid from United Arab Emirates, in Mogadishu as relations between Somalia and the Gulf nation slowly resumes to normalcy after three years of frosty relations following the seizure of $9.6M money that belonged to the UAE by Somali …
Read More »4 family members have been killed in a landmine in Jowhar
JOWHAR — Four people were killed after Auto-rickshaw they were travelling ran over an IED suspected to have been planted by Al-Shabab militants near Hansholey village under Jowhar district of Middle Shabelle region. The four victims are said to be from the same family and were headed to Mahaday district …
Read More »SWS: Woman, two children die of hunger as drought worsens
MOGADISHU — A woman and her two children died of hunger and thirst in South-Western Somalia(SWS), as the local administration on Sunday feared more deaths due to the ongoing drought in the Bakool province. Rabdhure District Commissioner Mohamed Kheyr Salaad told local media that the district is severely affected by …
Read More »Turkish aid agency: Projects in Somalia based on win-win development
MOGADISHU — Turkiye’s Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has been operating in Somalia since 2011 conducting development and humanitarian projects. TIKA said its concept of developmental projects is based on win-win with the country where it operates and the country it represents. The group said it differs from a Western-style development …
Read More »Somali graduates of Turkish scholarship program give back to their country
MOGADISHU — Since Turkiye and Somalia established their special relationship in 2011, thousands of Somalis have benefited from Turkiye’s scholarship program, realizing their dream of obtaining a degree. More than 10 years later, large numbers of Somali students enroll in the program every year, with Somalia becoming one of the top …
Read More »Somalia, UN launch national livestock support treatment campaign
MOGADISHU — The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Somali Ministry of Livestock, Forestry and Range launched a national livestock treatment campaign Wednesday to respond to the current drought in Somalia. “FAO & @MoLFR_Somalia have launched a national livestock supportive treatment campaign in Mogadishu as part of its …
Read More »WFP: 13M people facing severe drought in Horn of Africa as hunger bites
NAIROBI — A severe drought that has hit the Horn of Africa region killed thousands of livestock and left millions of people facing severe hunger, the World Food Program (WFP) said in a report Tuesday. The report released by WFP’s regional office in the Kenyan capital Nairobi warns that an estimated …
Read More »UK donates more funds to combat Somalia’s drought
MOGADISHU — Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, received in his office the UK Special Representative for Famine and Humanitarian Affairs, Nick Dyer. PM Roble spoke with Nick Dyer and his entourage about the drought situation in the country and how to provide relief to …
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