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KISMAYO — Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have handed over medical equipment to support the delivery of health services in Jubaland State. Donated by Bancroft Global Development and Give to the World – two international non-government organisations that work closely with …

MOGADISHU — Grim details are emerging from a suicide bombing tonight at the Gelato Divino restaurant on Mogadishu airport road. Reports say that seven people were killed in the blast, most of them prominent Mogadishu youths, and a number of others were injured in the blast. A man wearing a …

MOGADISHU — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has concluded the training of 336 journalists in reporting on Sexual and Gender-based violence, with the last training concluded in Garowe, the capital of Puntland State of Somalia. The training was jointly organized by NUSOJ and the Federal Ministry for Women …

LONDON — Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Somalia’s authorities to intensify investigations into the abduction and killing of seven health workers and a pharmacist, saying government investigations “have not resulted in arrests or prosecutions.” “On May 27 at about 1:30 p.m., five masked gunmen entered the compound of …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said they have stepped up the fight against desert locusts. The FAO warned on Friday that large populations of desert locusts in Somalia have moved toward southern parts of the country while widespread hatching and hopper …

DHOBLEY – Kenyan troops serving under AMISOM has received a consignment of medical supplies for distribution to local communities in Afmadhow and Dhobley towns. Bancroft Global Development, an American non-governmental organization that works with AMISOM troops in Somalia, donated the supplies that included prescription drugs and medical equipment. Brig. Paul …

MOGADISHU —Turkey’s Ambassador to Somalia Mehmet Yilmaz on Thursday officially opened the third Somalia-Turkey Medical Days attended by medical professionals. It was a “great pleasure to participate in the opening ceremony of the Third Somalia-Turkey Medical Days,” said Yilmaz, who opened the ceremony at the Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Somalia …

BARAWE — AMISOM Ugandan contingent has donated items to Embresso Primary School in Barawe district, to support the delivery of education services in the South West State of Somalia. Col. Edward Kaddu, the commander of the Uganda Battle Group XXIX who represented the Contingent Commander, Brig. Gen. Richard Otto handed …

MOGADISHU —  Somalia is known globally as the largest exporter of live animals most of them heading to the Middle East markets but little is known about the country’s production of sesame seeds. The Horn of Africa nation is the eighth largest exporter of sesame seeds despite limited production owing …

MOGADISHU — Police in Somalia say five people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt near the police academy in the capital, Mogadishu. Spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali says eight other people were wounded in the blast on Tuesday. He said the bomber targeted a restaurant frequented by …