Somali NGOs say Somalis could be receiving many more doses this year if more labs were able to access the pharmaceuticals blueprints
24th March 2021: Somali NGOs warmly welcome the first batch of COVID19 vaccines
this week from COVAX and warn that...
Somali military supporting Hawiye opposition leaders are seen in the streets of Yaqshid district in Mogadishu, Somalia. April 25, 2021. REUTERS/ Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Supporters of Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his...
The Defense Department is considering sending U.S. troops back to Somalia just about six months after pulling them all out of the country as part of a broader look at the military’s force posture.
In December, then-President Donald J. Trump...
FILE - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed speaks in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 27, 2021.
By Mohamed Olad Hassan
A fresh political rift between Somalia's president and prime minister appears to be opening a power struggle between the two top leaders of the country,...
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Turkish authorities classify Somaliland, an autonomous region in northern Somalia that unilaterally declared independence from Somalia in 1991, as an independent state, according to an official document obtained by Nordic Monitor. However, Turkey does not officially recognize Somaliland along...
Somalia's ambassador to China has condemned talks between Taiwan and a separatist region of Somalia. That was in an exclusive interview with CGTN. Somaliland is not recognized by any sovereign state, and Taiwan is a region of China.
The ambassador...
MOGADISHU, April 28 - Somalia's lawmakers elected Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur as their new speaker on Thursday, in a vote that was delayed most of the previous day due to disagreements over who would be in charge of the...
On the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the beginning of the Somali Revolution, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention wishes to remember the genocide committed towards the Isaaq clan during the Somali Civil War.
By Edwin Haroldson
During the 1980s,...
By Maxamed Dudishe
Somalia's political landscape is nothing short of complex. With a delicate mix of deeply rooted clan structures and emerging democratic aspirations, crafting an appropriate electoral system is challenging. Some suggest the Proportional Representation (PR) – Closed List...
Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113,000 people and "temporarily affected" hundreds of thousands, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Monday.
The rain comes a year after...