ANKARA, Turkey, November 27, 2019/ - H.E. Ahmed Isse Awad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, will pay an official visit to Turkey on 26-27 November 2019.
During the meetings, all aspects of...
Sowing tensions in Somalia with the help of Ankara and Doha may benefit Addis Ababa temporarily, but threatens to strike stability in the entire Horn of Africa.
LONDON – Qatar and Turkey found in Ethiopia a willingness to rebel against...
For countries in Africa and other areas where health resources are limited, a little-understood pandemic such as COVID-19 is a challenge that requires a whole-of-society response
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22, 2020/ -- By Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator to...
A doctor and a nurse prepare a ward for COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo by: REUTERS / Feisal Omar
From Jan. 20th to April 17th, 2020, 672,300 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed and over 33000...
A desert locust swarm in Kipsing, near Oldonyiro, Isiolo county, Kenya. The current situation in East Africa remains extremely alarming as hopper bands and an increasing number of new swarms are forming in Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia. ©FAO/Sven...
Burundi’s election commission declared ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye the winner of the country’s presidential election.
The retired general won just under 69% of the vote, according to results released Monday. Opposition party leader Agathon Rwasa received about 24%, with...
Somaliland has bowed to a lot of diplomatic pressure exerted by the US ambassador to Somalia, which involves a controversial issue allowing the movement of people between Somaliland and Somalia.
The issue has been turned down by Somaliland delegation attending...
Somalia is still on a long journey of national recovery to become free of insecurity, free of debt and free to vote leaders into power. Until that time, the leaders of the Somali nation bear a special responsibility to...
By Jacqueline Skalski-Fouts
Humanitarian crises have recently been declared in Sudan, Yemen, Niger, Mali, and Somalia—affecting at least 450,000 people—due to flash floods and landslides. Areas with low tree coverage and poor soil quality are more likely to experience flood and drought, as the soil...
Tries-old cultural and commercial ties with Somalia has made Yemen the primary
source for illicit arms among Somali importers. Consignments of small arms
and ammunition from Yemen across the Gulf of Aden in a matter of hours to the north-
ern coast...