News In English

France arrests suspected member of Khashoggi hit squad, Saudi embassy says man has no link to case

0 Visits: 590 | Wednesday December 08, 2021 - 23:06:11
French police on Tuesday arrested a suspected member of the hit squad that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul and who is wanted by Turkey to face justice over the killing. Saudi Arabia's embassy in Paris said it was a case of mistaken identity,…

Read More »

Deni rejects elders' proposal to leave some assets to sacked PSF boss

0 Visits: 629 | Wednesday December 08, 2021 - 23:06:11
GAROWE (HOL) - Puntland President Abdullahi Deni has rejected a proposal by elders in Bari region to allow former Puntland Security forces commandant Mohamud Osman Diyano retain assets he used during his tenure in the force.

Read More »

Bodies of missing siblings recovered in Mogadishu

0 Visits: 566 | Tuesday December 07, 2021 - 23:23:03
(HOL) - Police in Mogadishu Tuesday morning recovered the bodies of two children who had gone missing fromt their home Monday night.

Read More »

Ethiopia govt claims recapture of towns on key road to capital

0 Visits: 552 | Monday December 06, 2021 - 23:16:39
Ethiopia's government announced Monday it had recaptured two strategic towns from rebel fighters, the latest in a rapid series of battlefield victories claimed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration.

Read More »

Elections committee suspends election of two more MPs, seeks more time on fate of NISA acting boss

0 Visits: 624 | Monday December 06, 2021 - 23:16:37
The Federal Indirect Elections Team has suspended the election of two MPs in South West state adding to three the number of seats now held back by the polls body.

Read More »

UN Security Council extends anti-piracy mandate for three months as Somalia insists UN body 'no longer useful'

0 Visits: 694 | Sunday December 05, 2021 - 00:24:56
The UN appointed body tasked with fighting piracy off the Somali waters will end its mandate in February next year following Somalia's withdrawal from the group as the Horn of Africa nation seeks to manage its own waters.

Read More »

Two officers killed, 12 injured after al Shabaab ambush in Mandera

0 Visits: 917 | Sunday December 05, 2021 - 00:24:55
Mandera, Kenya (HOL)- Two police officers were on Saturday, December 4, shot dead by suspected Al Shabaab militants while 12 others were injuries following an ambush on a police lorry.

Read More »

Somali opposition says will not take part in elections amid fears of further instability

0 Visits: 720 | Wednesday December 01, 2021 - 22:00:50
Opposition presidential candidates in Somalia have said they will not take part in the ongoing elections citing lack of transparency and 'naked' robbery.'

Read More »

Drought in southern Somalia halts trade in Gedo villages

0 Visits: 611 | Wednesday December 01, 2021 - 22:00:50
(ERGO) – Ibrahim Abdirashid Dahir is supporting his family of four on whatever he can make from one or two passenger trips a week on his motorbike between his village of Qooney and the town of Luq in southern Somalia's Gedo region.

Read More »

Federal elections body says to probe elections of seat held by former Lower House speaker Mohamed Jawari

0 Visits: 570 | Wednesday December 01, 2021 - 22:00:48
The Federal Indirect Elections Team (FIE) will investigate the process which led to the filling of seat 103 in Baidoa despite ordering a suspension.

Read More »

Wife of abducted Ethiopian trader Samson Tekklemichael's plea to Kenya

0 Visits: 658 | Tuesday November 30, 2021 - 10:40:49
The family of Ethiopian businessman Samson Tekklemichael has said they believe he was taken by Kenyan security agencies.

Read More »

Boebert call to Omar about anti-Muslim remarks doesn't end well

0 Visits: 562 | Tuesday November 30, 2021 - 10:40:48
Days after firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado was harshly criticized for making anti-Muslim comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat whom she likened to a bomb-carrying terrorist, the two spoke by phone Monday.

Read More »

AMISOM hands over election security materials to Somali Police Force

0 Visits: 611 | Tuesday November 30, 2021 - 10:40:48
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today handed over to Jubaland State authorities a newly constructed police station at Kismayo seaport, and commissioned a solar power system and shallow water well at another police station in the same city – all aimed at boosting policing in Somalia.

Read More »

Somali Supreme Court rules against Turkish multinational Favori LLC, orders it to reinstate sacked employee

0 Visits: 560 | Saturday November 27, 2021 - 11:40:39
(HOL) - The Supreme Court in Somalia has reinstated a sacked employee of Aden Adde Airport and compelled the Turkish multinational Favori LLC which runs the aviation facility to fully pay the employee's 14 months' salary for the time he was out of work.

Read More »

Ethiopia PM pledges victory in video from front line: State media

0 Visits: 716 | Saturday November 27, 2021 - 11:40:39
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has pledged victory, in what state-affiliated media said was his first message after heading to the front line this week to lead government troops in the year-long war against forces from the northern Tigray region.

Read More »

Al-Qaida linked group claims blast in Somali capital; 5 dead

0 Visits: 590 | Thursday November 25, 2021 - 20:12:47
Witnesses say a large explosion has occurred in a busy part of Somalia´s capital during the morning rush hour, killing at least five people and wounding others. The extremist group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility.

Read More »

CPC warns Somali corrupt elecotral process will lead to violence

0 Visits: 498 | Thursday November 25, 2021 - 20:12:46
(Hiiraan)The Council of Presidential Candidates has warned that the current electoral process will lead to political instability and jeopardize the credibility of the incoming government.

Read More »

Acting intelligence chief elected MP in Galmudug

0 Visits: 549 | Thursday November 25, 2021 - 20:12:45
Acting National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) boss Yasin Abdullahi Farey has been elected MP in Galmudug.

Read More »

Somali PM declares state of emergency to tackle drought

0 Visits: 492 | Wednesday November 24, 2021 - 00:37:42
Somalia's Prime Minister declared a state of emergency on Tuesday due to the widespread drought in the country following an emergency cabinet meeting in Somalia's capital.

Read More »

Five die in Gedo region due to drought in Jubbaland

0 Visits: 698 | Sunday November 21, 2021 - 18:16:25
At least five people have died of starvation after losing their livestock to drought in the Gedo region of Jubbaland state.

Read More »

Somali elections committee names eight banks that can receive election fees

0 Visits: 519 | Sunday November 21, 2021 - 18:16:24
The Federal Elections Indirect Team (FEIT) has announced that delegates and candidates participating in the upcoming Lower House elections can make their payments in eight commercial banks in the country.

Read More »

UN sounds alarm on Somalia's 'rapidly worsening' drought

0 Visits: 496 | Sunday November 21, 2021 - 18:16:23
(Aljazeera) Somalia's "rapidly worsening" drought has left more than two million people facing severe food and water shortages, the United Nations has warned.

Read More »