Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced the resumption of direct flights to Mogadishu from Nairobi, starting February 14, 2024. This resumption marks the ending of a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is seen as a significant boost to Somalia-Kenya connectivity. Kenya Airways will operate flights three times a week — Mondays, Wednesdays, and […]
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Somaliland has strongly condemned Somalia’s recent entry into the East African Community (EAC), viewing it as an infringement on its sovereignty, according to a statement from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This development comes as Somalia, following a decade-long effort initiated in 2012, joins the EAC, expanding the bloc’s market to over 300 million people. […]
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The third deputy chairman of the Somaliland’s ruling party, Hussein Aden Adde, has joined the newly formed SSC-Khatumo administration. In an interview with SOMNEWS TV in Las Anod town on Monday, Kulmiye party’s third deputy chairman announced his withdrawal from Somaliland politics. He commended the SSC people for their year-long struggle against Somaliland, expressing support […]
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Somalia was admitted into the East African Community (EAC) on Friday as the eighth member of the bloc as it seeks to expand free trade across the region. The entry of the fragile Horn of Africa nation, which has a population of 17 million, will boost the EAC market to more than 300 million people. […]
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is attending the East African Community (EAC) leaders meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, where decisions on the Somali government’s request to join the regional bloc are expected. President Mohamud, who arrived in Arusha on Thursday, will hold sideline meetings with regional leaders to discuss the hard work and dynamism of the […]
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At a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa city in southwest Somalia, Halima Abdi, 57, walks through the flooded compound to access her makeshift house. It is partly submerged in the water, which had forced her to leave the previous day. Most of her neighbours have left to seek shelter in […]
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According to the Somalia Disaster Management Agency, at least 50 people are dead and 700,000 are now homeless as a result of the severe rain and flooding in Somalia. Authorities say they expect more rain on Tuesday. The UN humanitarian organization (OCHA) reported on Saturday, November 18, that a nearly doubled number of people in […]
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The Government of Somalia is competing for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, a position that if Somalia is successful, it will hold until 2026. The seat Somalia is vying for is designated for Africa, and more specifically, it will be allocated to a country in East Africa. On the 21st of […]
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BY HALKANO WARIO AND RAHEL HASSEN Somalia is poised to become the East African Community’s (EAC) eighth member state at the economic bloc’s December summit. This follows negotiations in August between the EAC and Somalia, hosted by the Kenyan government. With the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) joining in March last year, both memberships represent the EAC’s […]
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The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) has expressed significant concern regarding the escalating attacks on journalists in Somalia, highlighting this issue on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI). The SJS underscored the worrisome increase in violence targeting independent media and journalists in the country, emphasizing the complete absence of investigations into […]
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