MOGADISHU — Police in Mogadishu have identified the people responsible for the abduction and killing of a young man in Mogadishu’s Heliwa district. The spokesperson of the Somali Police Force, Major Sadiq Aden Ali Doodishe, told reporters on Thursday that the perpetrators who killed Abukar Ahmed Kaabah are known and …
Read More »Somalia and Cuba cooperate to find whereabouts of abducted doctors
MOGADISHU/HAVANA — Cuba and Somalia are cooperating to clarify the current situation of Cuban Drs. Assel Herrera and Landy Rodriguez, who were abducted in 2019 on the border between that African country and Kenya. According to a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held a telephone conversation with …
Read More »Livestock insurance offers hope to drought-hit Somalis
MOGADISHU — A record drought wiped out nearly half of Iido Abdikarin Abdille’s herd in northern Somalia, but a livestock insurance programme is helping to ease the financial burden on pastoralists like her. Since her father’s death in 2010, the 34-year-old has taken on the responsibility of looking after her …
Read More »Somali President appreciates Qatar Charity’s support for vital sectors in his country
MOGADISHU — HE President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, awarded a certificate of recognition to Qatar Charity for its support in the fields of education, humanitarian work, and development in Somalia. This took place during a ceremony held in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on the commencement …
Read More »Distribution of humanitarian aid to vulnerable families in Mogadishu
MOGDISHU — Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has on Sunday distributed relief aid to 1000 vulnerable families displaced by conflicts and the El-Nino induced floods in Garasbaaley area, on the outskirts of Mogadishu. SoDMA’s relief director Sahra Ali Yusuf, accompanied by MP Dahir Amin Jeesow, witnessed the distribution exercise. The …
Read More »Federal MoPIED convenes food security coordination event in Baidoa
MOGADISHU — Somalia Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development (MoPIED) has on Wednesday organized a food security coordination event in Baidoa town, the interim administrative capital of South West State. The event brought together line ministers of the economic development pillar to discuss the nexus between food security, economic …
Read More »UN’s FAO uses radio to help Somali farmers boost production
MOGADISHU — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday that it’s using radio in Somalia to help farmers increase production and deal with the extreme weather conditions. FAO said its radio training, which was launched at the height of the COVID-19 crisis as a way of dealing …
Read More »Teacher fatally stabbed in Mogadishu school
MOGADISHU — Abdirahman Maclow Abikar, a teacher at Seidi Secondary School in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district, was fatally stabbed on Monday for reportedly reprimanding a female student. Authorities say the suspect, identified as Hassan Mohamed Mahoud, is the brother of the student who was disciplined by Abikar. Seidi School’s principal, Ali …
Read More »Three UAE military personnel martyred in Somalia
ABU DHABI — The UAE Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the martyrdom of three members of the UAE Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defence Force, along with the injury of two others, in a terrorist act in the Republic of Somalia, while fulfilling their mission to …
Read More »Mysterious livestock disease strikes Hiran region
BELEDWEYNE — A new, unidentified disease is wreaking havoc on livestock in the Hiran region’s Mahaas district, with reports of numerous deaths among cattle in recent days. Governor Muumin Mohamed Halane of Mahaas has revealed that the illness has adversely affected approximately 62 herding families, leading to substantial economic and …
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