Following the military invasion of Russia in Ukraine, Somalia and China started flexing muscles in gestures and words none can miss at targets aimed – Somaliland and Taiwan. Mr. Abdisaid Muse Ali, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, echoing a...
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...
By Dekow Diriye Somalia is about to finalize the most corrupt, most controversial, and most rigged legislative elections in the country's history. In fact, this election–or, rather, "selection"--process has a chance of winning or entering into the Guinness Book of...
By Patrick Molliere I joined and was present from the inception of Somalia’s Petroleum Process 2005 on a high level position, when the petroleum process began in 2007, we agreed that, in order to avoid corruption, blocks would be awarded...
The Dahabshiil Charity Foundation which is part of the Dahabshiil Group of Companies has donated by 4000 waterbuzzers to drought affected people in Somali speaking regions. In a Press Statement Signed by Mr. Saeed M Dualeh , the Vice Chairman...
Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has an annual budget of $24 million to spend on purchasing weapons, a new report finds. The report by a Mogadishu-based research group, the Hiraal Institute, said the group uses various methods to procure weapons, including...
Once more the region is haunted by the conjectures of famine. The absence of rainfall, severe climate changes, conflicts and out-of-touch political leadership are the main driving factors. By Khadra Yasien Ahmed It’s a pity that people are dying of hunger...
By Abdiaziz Amalo The chances of winning for a candidate with a verifiable criminal record for a seat in the 2022 Somali Federal Parliament is 85 percent whereas the chance of winning for a candidate with a clean background is...
UK Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Nick Dyer visits Somalia, announces further UK funding. The UK’s Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Nick Dyer, visited Somalia this week to call for a concerted effort to...
Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021.GIULIA PARAVICINI/Reuters New revelations about atrocities by Somali soldiers in Ethiopia’s Tigray war are casting a spotlight...