CAIRO – An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday said it lacks jurisdiction to consider the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims that led to the seizure of the massive Ever Given ship after it blocked the waterway in March. The authori…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Somali Police Force Commissioner, Abdi Hassan Mohamed aka Hijar on Saturday met the Head of the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Modera, and discussed electoral security ahead.Source: Somali National …
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Somali National Army on Saturday morning killed and several others injured after conducting military operation near Bula burte town in Hiiraan region in central Somalia, SONNA reported.Hussein Hassan Jodah, SNA Commander in the area to…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble on Saturday officially opened and chaired the National Consultative meeting in attendance with all leaders from Federal member states and Benadir region, SONNA re…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation held, on Saturday, at its headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, a farewell ceremony for H.E. Mr. Qin Jian, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Federal Repub…
Kismayo(SONNA)-The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, has conducted training for its formed police personnel to help them understand established guidelines that protect civilians as they perform their duties.Twenty five police officers from the …
The world is celebrating the International Day of Biodiversity on May 22, 2021 with the slogan “We are Part of the Solution”. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is happy to join the world community in celebrating this International B…
(DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today announced that they have entered into a two-year agreement to harmonize remittance policies across the IGAD count…
BOBO-DIOULASSO, BURKINA FASO – The mosquito-borne disease malaria kills more than 400,000 people each year, the vast majority in Africa.Target Malaria, an international group of scientists, is working in Burkina Faso on a genetic solution.Abdoulaye Dia…
JOHANNESBURG – For 11 years, land forces chiefs in Africa and the U.S. Army have met annually at the African Land Forces Summit, a four-day event where the group discusses security threats on the continent and how these joint forces can tackle the thre…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, has presented food and non-food relief items to the Federal Government of Somalia. The items sourced through the Humanitarian Liaison Unit of AMISOM will support Internally Displaced Person…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-The Government of Japan, through its partnership with UNICEF, has donated nearly $900,000 in an emergency grant to improve COVID-19 vaccine cold chain management in Somalia.The funding will support the procurement of cold chain equipme…