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GAROWE  — Health authorities in the Puntland State of Somalia have reported six new coronavirus cases on Sunday. According to the regional ministry of health, six people tested positive out of 47 samples taken for examination. For of the cases were recorded in the port city of Bosaso while two in …

MOGADISHU — In a horrific incident, a girl who was 19 years allegedly gang-raped and thrown from the sixth floor on Saturday in Mogadishu. The girl identified as Hamdi Ahmed Mohamed recently graduated from high school and was allegedly thrown from the sixth-floor apartment. According to Hamdi Tahlil Ali, the …

MOGADISHU — People in need of emergency medical services can now call a 24-hour toll-free number to seek first aid and transport services from the Somali Red Crescent (SRCS). The new number aims to enhance the quality and efficiency of emergency services in Mogadishu. During emergencies, readiness, and swift response …

MOGADISHU — Malta-based humanitarian NGO MOAS has delivered 25 tonnes of life-saving nutritional supplies to Somalia, as a continuation of their programme #MissionOfHope. MOAS is an international humanitarian organization founded in 2013 and dedicated to providing humanitarian aid and services to the most vulnerable communities around the world. Through their …

BAIDOA — Two children died while five others sustained injuries when a landmine they were playing with exploded to them in Goofgaduud Burey area of ​​Bay region. Some of the children affected by the improvised explosive device were relatives according to a local administration official we spoke to. “The children …

MOGADISHU — An umbrella body for schools in Somalia wants Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre fired for “creating a crisis” in the country after thousands of candidates scored below average marks in national exams. The School Association for Formal Education [SAFE]said the failures in the exams could create fertile grounds …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has recorded 52 positive coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total tally of confirmed cases to 3,362. Speaking during the daily Covid-19 briefing from Mogadishu Minister of health Fauzia Abikar Nur announced that 159 more patients recovered from the virus rising the total number …

NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict — Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria, and South Sudan — and the lives of millions of people are in danger. In a note to Security Council …

DJIBOUTI — The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has warned that new swarms of the desert locust are forming in the Eastern Africa region. The organization says locust swarms have been reported in the last 6-weeks in northwestern Kenya, southern, northern and northeastern Ethiopia, northwest and northeastern Somalia. …

MOGADISHU — The collapse of the central government in Somalia in the early 1990s affected farming adversely as extension services and export of produce came to a halt. Nevertheless, local farmers like Abdurrahman Hassan Yusuf have adopted modern food production systems to beat hunger and malnutrition amid COVID-19 related disruptions. …