Mogadishu:-The attention of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has been drawn to the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, dated June 04 2021. The statement relates to reports of airstrikes agains…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Hussein Roble on Sunday named Abdullahi Mohamed Hayir and Sa’id Abdullahi Alasow as the new Directors General for the Ministries of Information and Interior Affairs respec…
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Millions of Nigerians struggled Saturday to access Twitter, a day after authorities suspended the service in response to the company’s deletion of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating its terms of service.The Twitter ban…
GENEVA – The World Food Program is warning that 21% of Sudan’s 40 million population faces acute hunger and will need emergency assistance between June and September, when food stocks are lowest.Several factors have contributed to this situation. For …
The World Bank said on Friday it had temporarily paused payments to operations in Mali following a military coup, while the man expected to become the new prime minister warned sanctions would only complicate the country’s crisis.The World Bank’s actio…
A well-aimed kick. A strong shove, body checks, shouting and a fight for dominance.This isn’t a rowdy football (soccer) match. This is the latest session of the Pan African Parliament.The continental body brings together African legislators to impleme…
For weeks now, Niger state in Central Nigeria has remained a hotspot for kidnappings in the country.State authorities said around 70 gunmen on motorbikes carried out an attack on the Islamiyya School on Sunday afternoon. One person was killed during th…
“The threat of a third wave” of COVID-19 in Africa is “real and rising,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization regional director for Africa, told a virtual news conference Thursday. “While many countries outside Africa have now vaccinate…
The UK government has reinforced its support to the Somali National Army through three different training programmes in Baidoa aimed at delivering effective operations and promoting long-term stability.The British military in Somalia, deployed on opera…
Mogadishu,(SONNA)- The Somali National Army (SNA) 5th Danab was dispatched in response to an al-Shabaab (aS) grenade attack on civilians at the Somali Star restaurant in downtown Kismayo, June 2, 2021.A failed al-Shabaab taxation operation at the Somal…
Mogadishu:- On May 29, a day set aside to celebrate and honour peacekeepers deployed around the world to help various missions implement their mandated activities, the men and women of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were hard at work.In …
Mogadishu,(SONNA)-Major, Mohamed Abdiwahid, the Commander the 6th battalion of Somalia’s special forces (Gorgor) was killed in a battle between SNA and terrorist group of Al-Shabab at Jalable village in Middle Shabelle region on Thursday.The commander …