More than 300 Kenyan youths who had sneaked into Somalia to receive military training under al-Shabaab terror group have been rescued and brought back home.The government, through a multi-agency team working with the civil society, has over the past si…
GENEVA – The U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) says COVID-19 is having devastating consequences on millions of children in sub-Saharan Africa, as many become orphaned, making them vulnerable to many social ills.The region is in the throes of a full-blown t…
The first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Ivory Coast in late February. By March 1, the country started vaccinating people, making it the first in the world to do so through the COVAX initiative, a program co-led by the World Health Organi…
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Amnesty International and 27 groups in southern Africa are calling for a faster pace of vaccinations as a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeps through the region. “A number of countries across southern Africa, including Namibia,…
The World Health Organization said Africa is facing a third wave of COVID-19.WHO said cases have risen for five consecutive weeks, with 474,000 new cases since June 20. The increase indicates a more rapid spread than the continent’s second wave, which …
Mogadishu (SONNA)- Turkey is in talks with three countries as it seeks help in developing a space port in Somalia and a rocket to carry out lunar landings, according to the head of its space agency.Serdar Huseyin Yildirim, head of the Turkish Space Age…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Swedish Ambassador to Somalia, Per Lindgärde together with a delegation on Wednesday visited Beledweyne town, the capital of Hiiraan region to assess the flood situation and show his government’s support to building dams there, SONNA r…
Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need. Recent analysis by the UN agenc…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Spokesman of the Somali National Army, Ali Hashi Abdi confirmed that 17 Al-Shabaab fighters were killed in middle Shabelle region during an on-going military operation, SONNA reported.Source: Somali National News Agency
Mogadishu-The Ugandan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, have relocated from Marianguwaay Forward Operating (FOB) base in Lower Shabelle region in the Southwest State of Somalia as part of troop realignment to provide more effe…
BEIJING, June 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A good example is the best sermon. For Chinese President Xi Jinping, words and deeds from his father Xi
Baidoa, The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Police component has concluded six days training to enhance the skills of the Southwest State Police personnel in community policing to prevent crime and counter violent extremism.The training, a co…