· Between December 2020 and late April 2021, most parts of Somalia experienced moderate to severe drought as a result of below-average Deyr season rainfall from October to December 2020, warmer-than-normal temperatures during the January to March 2021 …
Mogadishu(SONNA)-Heavy storms on Sunday hit seashores near Hobyo town in Mudug region under Somalia’s Galmudug state and had impacts on fishing activities there according to the authorities, SONNA reported.Source: Somali National News Agency
Mogadishu(SONNA)-The State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Balal Mohamed Osman, on Sunday participated the virtual open-ended extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of…
WASHINGTON – The United States is deeply concerned about increasing political and ethnic polarization throughout Ethiopia, the U.S. State Department said Friday, adding that Washington will work with allies to secure a cease-fire in the Tigray region, …
JOHANNESBURG – Eid al-Fitr is a special time of year for the nearly half of Africa’s population who are adherents of Islam. But this year’s celebration is different amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic and the devastation it has caused across the c…
Mogadishu(SONNA)-The President of the FGS H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo had a telephone conversation with H.E Tamim Bin Hamad the Amir of the State of Qatar on the occasion of EidUlFitr.The Government and people of Somalia wish the Government a…
Brussels/Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed an €8 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will enable countries in the Horn of Africa to maintain a st…
WASHINGTON – The United States said it “strongly supports democratization in Ethiopia” as it nears a national election June 5, while noting a “free, fair, and credible election” can happen only with a conducive electoral environment. The statement com…
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Cameroonian convict Jacques Calvin Eyafa has been bound to a wheelchair at the Yaoundé maximum security prison for the past two years. But authorities say that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to steal money from people over the…
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The United Nations warns Somalia faces a perilous future as drought followed by torrential rains have destroyed this year’s planting season.Somalia is one of the countries in the world most prone to the erratic and calamitous impa…
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:The Secretary-General welcomes the appointment of John Dramani Mahama of Ghana as African Union High Representative for Somalia and expresses the full s…
Mogadishu Top Government officials of Somalia strongly condemned the terrorist suicide bomb attack at Waberi Police Station in Mogadishu on Sunday evening where over six people including senior police officers were killed and six others were injured, S…