WASHINGTON – The United States has renewed its condemnation of Nigeria for its recent suspension of Twitter, a move that senior U.S. officials said is a sign of restricting political space in the largest country in West Africa.Nigerian authorities inde…
YAOUNDÉ – International Albinism Awareness Day on June 13 has been observed in Cameroon, with albinos asking for more government and community care and protection. Those living with this hereditary genetic condition that reduces melanin pigment in skin…
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Cameroon has offered huge consignments of food and mattresses to at least 3,000 displaced persons said to be in dire need on its eastern border with the Central African Republic. Most of the people, displaced by violence following D…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government on Monday is reintroducing a lockdown as a way to contain rising coronavirus cases in the southern African nation.Announcing the reintroduction of the lockdown Saturday night on national television, Vice President Consta…
GENEVA – United Nations agencies are warning that tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray province are at risk of death from starvation and malnutrition-related illnesses because aid agencies cannot reach the region with humanitaria…
Hiiraan(SONNA):At least 10 al-Shabaab terror group militants were killed in an operation in the Hiiraan region of central Somalia late Friday, said authorities.The Somali National Army conducted an operation against the terror group, according to a sta…
The Somali government on Thursday welcomed the reopening of the airspace by Kenya following a month-long closure due to a diplomatic spat between the two neighboring countries.Government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu said the move by Nairobi could…
Mogadishu (SONNA)-Around 30 Shabab members have been killed in separate operations conducted by SNA in Hiran and Lower Shabelle regions in the past 48 hours.Seven Al-Shabab members were gunned down in a planned security operation by Somali National Arm…
Mogadishu (SONNA)- 17 Al-Shabab terrorists were killed and many more injured in offensive operations conducted by Somali National Army in Hiiraan region,central Somalia in the past 24 hours.SNA destroyed Shabab bases near Mahaas district where they use…
Mogadishu,(SONNA)-Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Rooble has attended ceremony in Mogadishu’s Deynile district on Friday afternoon which local residents showed support for his ongoing election process and security in the Capital.The local resi…
GENEVA – A new report finds 160 million children or nearly one child in ten is involved in child labor globally, an increase of 8.4 million since 2016. A joint report by the International Labor Organization and UN Children’s Fund warns the COVID-19 pa…
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s Ministry of Information has denied reports that Somali troops were trained in Eritrea and fought in Ethiopia’s war in Tigray. The rejection came as parents of allegedly missing troops held another protest demanding to know their w…