New Puntland police boss takes office
GAROWE, Puntland - The new Puntland Police Commissioner Brigadier General Mohamed Ali Hashi officially took office last night.
At a ceremony held at the Garowe Police...
Somali PM meets with visiting UN official at his office
MOGADISHU - The Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble received in his office the UN Under-Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee.
Robee was...
Somali forces arrest 12 al-Shabab militants in Southwest
BAIDOA - Somali security forces on Sunday arrested 12 al-Shabab militants during an operation in Baidoa town, the administrative capital of Southwest State in...
Somali FM meets with top UN official in the capital
MOGADISHU - The Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, received on Sunday in Mogadishu the Assistant Secretary-General of the UN for Africa...
Somali FM meets with AU envoy after the expulsion of Mulongo
MOGADISHU - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, received on Sunday in Mogadishu the Special Representative...
Garissa University closed indefinitely, students stranded
GARISSA - Hundreds of Garissa University students were on Sunday stranded in Garissa town after the institution’s senate closed the university indefinitely.
A notice from the...
Somali PM, UN envoy discuss ways to speed up electoral process
MOGADISHU - The Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble met today with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan...
US Shares an Additional 336,500 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine with Somalia
MOGADISHU - The U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu is pleased to announce the delivery of an additional 336,500 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which the United States is sharing with Somalia through the COVAX facility. We are sharing these doses safely, equitably, and with no strings...
Heavy confrontation erupts in Garowe town
GAROWE - The clashes took place between the bodyguards of the Vice President of Puntland and traffic police officers operating there.
The battle erupted when...
At least two dead in Somalia explosion
MOGADISHU - An Explosion happened on the outskirts of Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Saturday morning, police and witnesses said.
Reports say that the...