PRESS RELEASE Nr 16/2015
09 April 2015
A Medic Training for Somalia Coast Guard organized by the EU maritime capacity building mission took place in Mogadishu from April 5th to 8th. EUCAP Nestor Medical Doctor and Advisor, Dr. Gerald Ripberger shared...
In happier times the fertile red soil of Galgadud State in Somalia afforded opportunity to grow an extensive range of produce, as well as providing grazing for some of the country’s many pastoralists. Civil War and drought have wreaked...
Somalia’s economy has been seriously weakened by the devastating civil war. In this part, agriculture is considered as the most important sector for livelihood as the livestocks account to 40% of the GDP and 65% of export earnings. In...
An estimated 2.8 million pregnant women and newborns die every year, or 1 every 11 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division, UNFPA...
LONDON - Somalia's armed forces have not received "a single bullet" despite the partial lifting of a United Nations arms embargo because the East African country lacks funds, its defense minister said on Wednesday.
Somalia's new leaders aim to train...
By Abdullahi M Arale
To all intent and purposes, 4.5 formula gives equal quota to the four “major” clans, and a half-point to a cluster of “minority” clans in Somalia. However, according to a spokesperson for Arta Peace Conference in...
23 September 2013
Turkey’s humanitarian interests in Somalia over the past years are not enough to explain why Turkey has become one of the main actors in the country.
In the past few years, Turkey has begun to show interest...
Somalia, easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the Gulf of Aden and occupies an important geopolitical position between sub-Saharan Africa and the countries of Arabia and...
Ali Abdiwahab Adan
Character, faith, and humanity are different qualities and are often rare to co-exist in one individual. Your faith cannot determine your humanity so if you have them both, thank your Lord.
Being a disabled person it is normal...
A number of top health officials were on Saturday arraigned in a Mogadishu court over alleged embezzlement and stealing of donor funds, reports indicate, just a month after the federal government of Somalia started investigating the cases.
Those involved are...