Shabelle Media Network

THE HAGUE, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands has ordered the culling of around 120,000 chickens at a poultry farm in the northern province of Friesland after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was detected, the agriculture ministry announced on Friday night.   To prevent further spread of the virus, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will...

GABORONE, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 17th batch of the Chinese medical team in Botswana has conducted a free medical outreach in Palapye in Botswana's Central District, offering direct medical services to the university community.   The event, held at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) on Friday, attracted about 120 participants for health consultations and examinations, as...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s lower house of parliament on Saturday approved a bill establishing a national payment system aimed at modernising financial transactions in the Horn of Africa nation, while also holding the first reading of a new draft law on sexual offences.   The session, chaired by Speaker Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe), marked the 12th sitting of the legislature’s...

MUQDISHO, Soomaaliya — Golaha Shacabka ee Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa maanta yeeshay fadhi-gooda 12-aad ee kal-fadhiga 7-aad, oo uu shir-guddoomiyey Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka, Mudane Sheekh Aadan Maxamed Nuur (Madoobe).   Inta lagu guda jiray kulanka oo ay goobjooge ka ahaayeen 156 xildhibaan, ayaa lagu ansixiyay Hindise-sharciyeedka Nidaamka Lacag-bixinta Qaranka, iyadoo sidoo kale la akhriyay akhriyadii koowaad ee Hindise-sharciyeedka Dembiyada Galmada iyo...

GAROWE, Soomaaliya - Maamulka Puntland ayaa baaq culus kasoo saarey xaaladda abaareed ee ka taagan gobolo katirsan Maamulka, oo saameyn ku yeelatay ku dhawaad hal milyan oo qof.   ''Puntland waxaa soo wajahday xaalad abaareed oo aad udaran oo saameysay hal milyan oo qof," Madaxweyne Ku-xigeenka Puntland Ilyaas Cismaan Lugatoor. Ku-simaha Madaxweynaha, Ahna Madaxweyne Ku-xigeenka Dowladda Puntland H.E Ilyas Osman Lugatoor oo...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s national civil servants’ union strongly condemned the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mohamed Farah Nur (Nuux Dheere), after he suspended six departmental directors from the ministry.   In a statement issued following a press conference in Mogadishu, the union accused the minister of acting “outside the legal framework of public service procedures” and replacing the dismissed...

MUQDISHO, Soomaaliya — Ururka Shaqaalaha Dowladda ayaa Sabtidii si kulul u cambaareeyay tallaabo uu qaaday Wasiirka Gaadiidka iyo Duulista Hawada, Xildhibaan Maxamed Faarax Nuux (Nuux Dheere), kaddib markii uu shaqada ka joojiyay lix agaasime waaxeed oo ka tirsan wasaaradda.   Ururka ayaa ku eedeeyay wasiirka inuu xilalka ka qaaday agaasimayaasha si aan waafaqsanayn nidaamka iyo shuruucda shaqada dowladda, isla markaana uu...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least three people were killed and nine others wounded during an overnight raid by Somali special forces reportedly trained by the United States in the Daniga Balow area of Middle Shabelle region, local residents said Saturday.   Witnesses told Radio Shabelle that the operation, carried out late Friday night, caused panic among villagers and resulted in both...

MUQDISHO, Soomaaliya — Ugu yaraan saddex ruux ayaa la xaqiijiyay inay ku dhinteen, halka sagaal kale ay ku dhaawacmeen, kadib howlgal qorsheysan oo habeenimadii xalay ay fuliyeen ciidamo la sheegay in ay ka tirsan yihiin Bangarofta, kuwaas oo ah ciidamo uu tababaray Mareykanka, sida ay sheegayaan ilo deegaanka ah.   Dadka deegaanka Daniga Balow ee gobolka Shabeellaha Dhexe ayaa u sheegay...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali piracy has re-emerged along the country’s coastline, with several attacks on commercial vessels reported in recent weeks near the shores of Puntland and the western Indian Ocean.   Officials from the European Union’s naval mission, EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta, said the situation had become increasingly worrying as attempted hijackings and armed assaults at sea rose again. International naval...