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MOGADISHU — A cargo flight carrying protective and medical equipment donated to Somalia by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to help it tackle the coronavirus has on Tuesday arrived at Aden Adde international airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The medical equipment donated includes testing kits, protective clothing, …

DUBAI — Since the COVID-19 outbreak, now officially a pandemic, began in December, schools and educational institutions have closed worldwide, interrupting the lives and education of millions of children and youth across the globe. This is why the Somali-American model Halima Aden has teamed up with UNICEF on a project that …

MOGADISHU — Over 16,000 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) were recorded in Somalia in 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said warning there are many unreported cases in the country. The global health organization said Tuesday in marking the World TB day there were close to 40,000 new infections in …

MOGADISHU — The State Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Abdulkadir Ahmed-Khair Abdi, received on Sunday in Mogadishu, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Qin Jian, and discussed with him the bilateral relations between the two countries and developments …

JIGJIGA — Living in a remote part of the Somali region of Ethiopia, far from medical care, ten-year-old Najma and her seven siblings have had to contend with all kinds of illnesses. It’s something that upsets Najma a lot. “I have seen my sister sick and coughing because of the disease. When …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has banned visits to inmates in prisons across the country as prevention measures to curb coronavirus. The commander of Somali custodial corps, General Mahad Abdirahman Adan said the move follows a directive issued by the ministry of health and social services for a period of two …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Health and Human Service of the Federal Government of Somalia announced Saturday that it would quarantine all citizens coming from 14 countries to avoid the transmission of Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), SONNA reported. In a statement, the Ministry of Health decided to quarantine citizens coming from …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation has announced the reopening of the country’s airspace to allow stranded citizens to come back home. In a statement issued this morning, the ministry said a 15-day ban on all international flights will take effect after the 48 hours lapse. The statement …

MOGADISHU — The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Ali Kheyre on Wednesday announced  that the Government has set a budget of $ 5 million USD to tackle the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) nationwide, SONNA reported In a preventive measure, the Somali government announced the closing …

NAIROBI —  As the world race against time to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus that is fast spreading across the world, a humanitarian agency has warned that the virus has potentially devastating effects on refugees. Jan Egeland, the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council says that the world …