Somalia marks 60 years of independence and the birth of the Republic of Somalia after former British Somaliland Protectorate and the Southern Somalia under Italian rule merged on July 1, 1960. (more…)
Shukri Abdi: Rallies mark refugee girl’s death anniversary
Thousands of people gathered across England to mark the first anniversary of the death of a 12-year-old refugee girl who drowned in a river. (more…)
Somalia’s Covid-19 cases rise to 2,860
Mogadishu,Somalia has registered eight more Covid-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 837, Minister of Health and Public Wellbeing Dr Fawzia Abikar Nur said on Wednesday. (more…)
Somali soldiers end protest over unpaid salaries
Soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have ended their protest over unpaid salaries. (more…)
Kenya plans to reopen border with Somalia
A street in Kiunga village which is at the border of Lamu County and Somalia. Lamu officials say plans are now underway to allow the fishermen and traders to resume their cross-border trade despite the border remaining closed. (more…)
US air raids in Somalia in early 2020 killed seven civilians: HRW
US forces have not adequately investigated the two aerial attacks in February and March, Human Rights Watch says. (more…)
Al-Shabab sets up coronavirus treatment centre in Somalia
The group has been fighting to topple Somalia's Western-backed central government for more than a decade. (more…)
Battling Somalia’s epidemic, a British doctor finds peace
MOGADISHU: British doctor Jihan Mohamud traveled to Somalia for the first time last year to bury her father in the land of his birth. (more…)
Bristol’s only Somali foster family call for others to help
The only Somali foster carers in Bristol have called for others from the same background to join them. (more…)
Somalia launches COVID-19 data monitoring dashboard
MOGADISHU - Somali Ministry of Health said Saturday it has launched its new webpage with integrated new COVID-19 data-monitoring dashboard. (more…)