Somalias

MOGADISHU, Somalia - On the very least seven people had been killed and larger than 11 others injured when a automotive exploded open air a police headquarters in Somalia's capital, police and properly being officers talked about on Wednesday. The extremist group al-Shabab claimed accountability. A police spokesman, Colonel Abdiqani Mohamed Qalaf, talked about the suicide bomber tried to drive into the headquarters near the earlier checkpoint Afgoye Freeway nonetheless was thwarted. "He could have killed further…

Somalia's capital on the point of warfare as tensions escalate MOGADISHU, Somalia - Regardless of the restoration of calm in Mogadishu, Somalia's opposition fighters have continued to carry massive components of the capital, though the worldwide neighborhood is striving to have rival teams on the negotiating desk. The workforce opposes President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's…

Somalia's partners raise concerns over Mogadishu violence MOGADISHU, Somalia - A number of Somalia's international partners have expressed concern over escalating violence in the capital Mogadishu, which escalated on Sunday after heavy fighting that created troops loyal to outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and opposition leaders. For most of Sunday, troops exchanged fire…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Heavy clashes broke out in Mogadishu between authorities forces and highly effective troopers against the unlawful extension of outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. The battle started after the mutineers who left their bases within the Center Shabelle area flocked to the coastal capital final night time and took management of necessary villages within the north, together with Fagah and Sana. Skirmish unfold to most elements of the capital on Sunday night time with opposition candidates…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Djibouti and Kenya are drawn to the current election routes in Somalia, one factor that may over again change the dimension of the issue, which is now being talked about at worldwide diploma following President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's alternative to elongate his mandate. Even after his time interval expired on February 8, Farmajo continued to sign an extension alternative from the Residence of Commons, a switch that has angered every members of the opposition and the worldwide group, leading to…

Somalia's opposition writes to the UNSC about the current crisis MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's opposition has once again written to the United Nations Security Council over the current dead end and argues that it is time for the body to intervene to avert a brewing civil war following disagreements between stakeholders. The country's political leadership has failed to agree on the…

The former US envoy accuses Farmajo of Somalia's political stalemate MOGADISHU, Somalia - A former US envoy to Somalia has directly accused outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of being the stumbling block in the ongoing pre-election negotiations, arguing that the matter should have been checked before it escalated. In an interview with Voice of America, Somali Stephen…

Farmajo asks AU to mediate in Somalia's political crisis MOGADISHU, Somalia - The African Union should take a leading role in conveying Somalia's political impasse, outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has said after his recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose president Felix Tshisekedi is the current president of the Addis Ababa-based institution. Farmajo…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's foreign minister, Minister Balal Cusman Balal Osman, was left with an egg in his face on Thursday after presenting the wrong flag when he hosted Russian diplomat Mikhail Golovanov in Mogadishu. Instead of placing the Russian miniature flag in front of the visiting ambassador, Mr Ottoman's team placed the Dutch flag upside down. It may have been a mistake . But it may well be a depiction of President Mohamed Farmajoo's government and the way it treats its image. Mr. Golovanov's visit was supposed…

Saving lives through consciousness, Somalia's leading telecommunication, Hormuud, plays an important role in the fight against COVID-19 When the first case of COVID19 was discovered in Somalia in March 2020, there was a serious concern about the news, especially in a country where medical facilities are limited and existing facilities are severely under-resourced and poorly equipped.…