Hiiraan governor pushes back on reports claiming Beledweyne crash was caused by a donkey
People try to put out a fire caused by a plane crash in Beledweyne on July 14, 2020. Hiiraan’s governor said the crash may have been caused by a piloting…
People try to put out a fire caused by a plane crash in Beledweyne on July 14, 2020. Hiiraan’s governor said the crash may have been caused by a piloting…
Somalia has announced the postponement of its parliamentary elections until February 2021 and presidential elections until August next year, citing security and technical issues. The country was due to go to the…
MOGADISHU (HOL) – At least five people have been killed and scores others injured in a mass shooting incident in Mogadishu’s Warta-Nabada district. Warta Nabada District is a district in…
Mogadishu (HOL) – A plane carrying the body of former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah has landed at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport on Thursday morning where government officials…
From L to R: Puntland’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan and Somalia’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre/ FILE Mogadishu (HOL) – Somalia’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre has…
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somali military chief Monday survived a targeted bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu. General Odowaa Rageh escaped unscathed after a convoy he was traveling in was infiltrated by…
By Paulo Santos, Horn of Africa Analyst In a recent political twist, Somalia’s Federal Member State (FMS) leaders have announced that adopting a “one person, one vote” electoral system is…
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – JANUARY 10: Somalian Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah speaks during the Asahi Shimbun interview on January 10, 2002 in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via…
Friday July 10, 2020 Right-leaning pro-Israel groups are targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat and outspoken critic of the Israeli government who is one of the most high-profile progressive…
Somalia is one of the few remaining frontier oil and gas exploration territories and the Somalian federal government is promoting its advancement by launching its first ever offshore licensing round.…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe considers how Somalia has become caught up in the US election campaign. President Donald Trump is making Somali-American congresswoman Ilhan…
From the 2000 Arta Conference in Djibouti, which gave birth to the 4.5-clan system, to the current fledgeling federal government, Somali youth have been systematically excluded from the country’s political…
Al shabab militant group in Somalia has claimed the responsibility of having shot to death a lawmaker who was abducted on Sunday. The MP was identified as Mohamed Mohamud Siyad.…
A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the southern Somali town of Baidoa has killed six people, officials have told the BBC. There has also been a suicide bomb attack…
Soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have ended their protest over unpaid salaries. They had blocked roads in the city on Saturday, with some saying they had not received wages…