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MOGADISHU — The family of deceased former Prime Minister Ali Khalif Galaid has confirmed the former leader died of the COVID-19 disease putting to rest its earlier claims that he may have been poisoned. The wife of the late leader Mariam Abdi Bihi told journalists in Mogadishu a second autopsy …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has recorded 119 more Covid-19 positive cases in the past five days raising the country’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 3,864. 83 of the new cases are males while 37 are females according to the statement released by the ministry of health. In terms of …

BORAMA — The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi attended this year’s graduation ceremony of Amoud University’s 19th batch, graduating from various faculties of the University. The graduation ceremony was held at the Amoud University campus in Borama on Saturday. The President was accompanied by members of …

WASHINGTON — As the United Nations on Sunday marks International Day of the Girl Child, a Somali mother, and daughter who have dedicated their lives to rehabilitating victims of conflict are gaining international acclaim. Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman operate Elman Peace, an organization that helps victims of sexual …

MOGADISHU — UN-Habitat is under fire for delayed pay for youth hired to buttress the fight against COVID-19 in the capital Mogadishu through the Durable Solutions Unit.  The matter emerged this week after some 400 health workers hired in Benadir region to help combat COVID-19 pandemic lamented of delayed pay, …

OSLO — The chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, revealed the 2020 laureate at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, where coronavirus restrictions drastically reduced the usual throng of reporters in attendance. Reiss-Andersen said the committee gave the award to the WFP because it wanted to “turn the eyes …

HARGEISA  — The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Abdullahi Ismail (Saylici) has launched the Somaliland Health and Social Survey Program. The launch of the health survey program was also attended by Ministers of Health, Planning, and Social Affairs. The Minister of Health Development, Omar C. Abdullahi, speaking …

MOGADISHU/HAVANA — Somalia and Cuban governments have denied recent reports that al-Shabab militants have released two Cuban doctors they held captive in Somalia. The Associated Press reports that a Somali intelligence official told them the doctors had been released over the weekend, following lengthy negotiations. Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed …

MOGADISHU — There is an overall reduction in the number of new cholera cases in Somalia this year as compared to the numbers at the beginning of the outbreak in December 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The WHO said the cumulative number of suspected cholera cases …

GENEVA — The UK has reiterated its call on Somali Parliament to adopt the Sexual Offenses Bill drafted by the cabinet and drop the controversial one fronted by a section of MPs that has been roundly condemned for seeking to legalize child marriage. The UK International Ambassador Human Rights, Rita French …