Category: NEWS in ENGLISH
Three women voted in, former warlord locked out in Puntland Senate polls
Puntland concluded senatorial elections Thursday with women getting three seats out of 11. Former warlord Mohamed Hersi…
UN Special Representative and AU Special Representative welcome Hubert Price as Head of UN Support Office in Somalia
PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release – Mogadishu, 20 October 2016 – The Special Representative of the…
Asha Abdulle Siyad – Pushing the boundaries for Somali women
October 21, 2016 – Asha Abdulle Siyad could have chosen to remain in relative comfort in Canada…
Somalia: Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans, 39 Seafarers for Ransom, UN Chief Says
Muqdisho, October 19, 2016: By Kevin J. Kelley Pirate gangs in Somalia are believed to be holding five…
Could Fadumo Dayib Become Somalia’s First Female President?
Muqdisho, October 14, 2016: Death threats haven’t deterred Fadumo Dayib from running to be Somalia’s next president. The…
Corruption investigation into Michael Howard’s African oil firm Soma dropped By : Christopher Williams, chief business correspondent
Mogadishu, October 13, 2016: Corruption investigators have dropped a probe of allegations that Soma, the oil explorer chaired by…
Briton arrested in Gigiri al Shabaab swoop identified as Tom James
Mogadishu, October 12, 2016:The British national earlier arrested in a swoop on suspected al Shabaab trainers has…
“With Dadaab closing, we have no option but to return to Somalia”
EQUAL TIME | October 11, 2016 | by Christabel Ligami | University students Abdirehman Abdi and Sahro…
Somali-American outreach workers bridge divide between community and government
They are among a growing number of Somali-Americans recruited as bridge-builders to overcome mistrust and misunderstanding. By…
Educating the Horn: Paving a path to college for Somali youth. By: Ahlaam Ibraahim
I recently took a trip to Minnesota, home of one of the biggest Somali-diaspora communities in the…
Delayed Elections Sabotage Somalia’s Democratic Dreams
FAIR OBSERVER | By Yusuf Hassan | October 4, 2016 – For Somalia to achieve peace and democracy, state-building…
We don’t want more refugees, says Jubaland as it stops flights
Muqdisho, October 5, 2016: Repatriation of Somali refugees from the Daadab camp has been suspended after the Jubaland…