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BAIDOA — Two Somalia soldiers were executed Tuesday after being convicted of raping a 10-year-old boy who died from the bleeding, officials say. The executions of the two soldiers in Baidoa town in southwestern Somalia follows a hurried trial which convicted the two soldiers of raping the boy in July …

JOWHAR — Unidentified Gunmen have shot and killed the regional minister for agriculture of Hirshabelle in Jowhar on Monday evening. Abdulkadir Abuukar Karani was shot dead by unknown gunmen on his way home from the mosque after Isha prayers killing him on the spot. ”Armed men followed him from the …

GEDO — Somalia’s minister of education Abdullahi Godah has narrowly escaped unhurt in landmine attack planted on the roadside in Luq district of Gedo region on Sunday evening, officials confirm. The roadside explosion hit one of the convoys of the vehicles escorting the minister and slightly injuring two members of …

GAROWE — Puntland state house minister Mohamed Hassan Isse has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, the second minister to die of the virus in Garowe. Isse died on Saturday in Garowe hospital three days after he tested positive for COVID-19 in Garowe, the administrative capital of Puntland state. Deputy …

GENEVA — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Monday that the draft legislation introduced by parliamentarians in Somalia must not be enacted as it violates international human rights norms, including legitimizing child marriage. “This new draft legislation would represent a serious step backward for the rights of victims …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government said it will reopen primary and secondary schools on Saturday, four months after closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Education Minister Godah Barre said on Wednesday the government has put in place the necessary preventive measures to ensure smooth learning resumes across the Horn …

MOGADISHU — The health system of any country needs a surveillance system that can collect information on and detect alerts of epidemic-prone diseases. When a number of cases threaten to turn into an outbreak or epidemic, the surveillance system sounds an alarm that triggers a chain of immediate public health …

MOGADISHU — The International Community (IC) in Somalia has roundly condemned attempts to legalize child marriages in the country after it emerged a section on MPs had sneaked in a new Bill different from the one tabled by the cabinet. The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), the United Nations …

MOGADISHU — Uganda Peoples’Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have received medical support donated by “give to the world”, a US organization, in a symbolic handover function at the Sector one headquarters in Mogadishu. The medical items included medicines like; anthelmintic, antifungal, antiallergy, antibiotics (oral), …

MOGADISHU — More than 20,000 hectares of land are submerged in water in Jowhar and Bal’ad districts in Middle Shabelle region following river overflows along the Shabelle river basin, FAO has said warning the region should brace for more flooding in the coming week. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said …