ACCRA, GHANA – West African leaders suspended Mali from their regional bloc Sunday over what they said amounted to a coup last week, Ghana’s foreign minister said after an emergency meeting to address the political crisis in Mali.The 15-nation bloc, th…
GENEVA – The World Health Organization is asking for 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for African countries to administer second doses to those who have received their first shot. After three weeks of declining rates of COVID-19 infections in Afri…
Mogadishu (SONNA):8The protection of civilians, especially women and children, and International Human Rights obligations were top of the agenda during a two-day Human Rights and Child Protection training conducted by the African Union Mission in Somal…
Kismayo (SONNA): African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has conducted civilian protection and human rights training for AMISOM’s Ethiopian National Defence Forces in Kismayo, Jubaland State, as to reiterate the need to protect civilians during their…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-President of the Federal Republic of Somalia,H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo on Saturday received credentials from the new Ambassador of the Republic of India to Somalia, H.E Virander Kumar Paul during at VillaSomalia.President Farmaajo …
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – World Menstrual Health Day on May 28 is being observed in Cameroon with NGOs and girls asking the government to either subsidize sanitary pads or provide them for free, as they already do with condoms. At least 300 school children a…
GENEVA – U.N. aid agencies say residents of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing the city in fear of further volcanic eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo.Barely one week has passed since thousands of people in eastern Congo fled to …
The United Nations issued an appeal Friday for the protection of civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, amid reports of soldiers taking hundreds of people away from displacement camps in the region. “We reiterate our call on all parties to en…
The United States welcomes the May 27 agreement between Somalia’s national and Federal Member State leaders to proceed with parliamentary and presidential elections on the basis of the September 17, 2020, framework. We commend Prime Minister Roble’s e…
(DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): IGAD welcomes the agreement reached by Somali leaders on the arrangements for holding national elections through a genuinely Somali-led and Somali-owned dialogue.This swift breakthrough, reached after only 5 days of dialogue, unde…
Mogadishu:-Somalia’s international partners* welcome the successful conclusion of the Federal Government of Somalia – Federal Member States (FGS-FMS) summit in Mogadishu.We commend Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble for his leadership of this process…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-National Consultative talks between the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal member states on Wednesday ended successfully, SONNA reported.FGS, BRA and FMS leaders signed agreement bases on 17 September 2020 and recommendations ma…