July 2015

President Obama has signed an executive order calling for the US to build the world’s fastest computer by 2025. The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading…

Those fighting Ebola may soon have a major weapon against the virus. An Ebola vaccine has been shown to be “highly efficacious” in protecting against the disease, according to the results of a…

Puntland has cited failure by the Federal Government to implement the ‘one person one vote’ mechanism for the 2016 polls as reason its leadership did not attend the just concluded…

Somalia’s Private Airlines kept the country connected through two decades of civil war and, as Martin Rivers discovers, they are now entering a new phase of consolidation.  When Mohammed Ibrahim Yassin,…

Defence minister Abdikadir Sheikh Ali Diini has said the Somali National Army has made significant gains in establishing security and stability in the country but still needs more support. Speaking…

More than 2000 Somalis from Yemen have reached the city port of Bossaso on Thursday evening, Somali rescue committee officials say. A cargo ship that was ferrying Somalis stranded in…

The minister for Planning and International Cooperation, Abdirahman Yusuf Aynte has reinforced the government’s position that universal vote will not be viable in 2016. Speaking to Goobjoog News, the minister noted…

At least 11 people died and five others injured after forces loyal to self-proclaimed Westland state supported by Ethiopian troops under AMISOM engaged in a gun battle with Al-Shabab fighters…

Presidents of Regional Administrations, Mr Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen It has been an honour and a privilege to…