Somalia’s Premier Bank to bring ATMs, debit cards to Mogadishu Storyline:Business DUBAI (Reuters) – Somalia’s Premier Bank has struck a deal with Mastercard and will issue debit cards and install ATM machines in the capital of the war-ravaged country, the Islamic lender’s top executive said… 2 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:Business Five times Somalia’s GDP: Qatar spent $26 billion on World Cup so far A report released by UK publication Daily Mail has claimed that Qatar spent almost 17.2 billion pounds ($26.1 billion) to host the 2022 World Cup Finals. The total included legitimate trade deals in the course of lobbying…
2 mins read Storyline:Business Somalia’s Banana Exporters A Happy Lot As Security Improves Banana exporters in war-torn Somalia are a happy lot. After more than two decades of civil war, bananas are making a comeback, CCTV Africa reported. Fighting in the horn of Africa nation…
4 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech Safe surgery unavailable to 5 billion people, study finds Five billion people worldwide don’t have access to safe and affordable surgery, a critical need for health and welfare that has been overlooked by the global community, says a team of…
2 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech Somalia bombing victim arrives in UAE for medical aid ABU DHABI // A woman injured in last month’s bombing in Mogadishu is to have the cost of her treatment in the UAE covered by the Khalifa Foundation. Anab Mohammed,…
34 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech A month in A&E: life, death and everyday miracles on the NHS frontline The paediatric consultant Baby Alice is only 13 days old and I had almost forgotten they come this small. She isn’t happy, and she is letting the world know it…
6 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech Somalia’s disease burden and a spiral of silence on mental illness According to World Health Organization (WHO), lower respiratory infections is still the leading cause of deaths in Somalia, followed by diarrhoeal diseases, measles, malnutrition, tuberculosis, meningitis and maternal conditions. However,…
7 mins read THE EU’S ‘DISAPPOINTING’ RESPONSE TO MIGRATION CRISIS – ANALYSIS A closer look at the list of commitments from Europe’s leaders after their hastily-arranged migrant crisis summit in Brussels reveals no substantial change in response and few measures likely to have any…
6 mins read Kenyan lawmakers against forceful repatriation of Somali refugees Kenyan parliamentarians have pledged dialogue with the international community to facilitate voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees. Ekwe Ethuro, Speaker of Kenyan Senate, said the East African nation will abide by…
4 mins read Conflict, famine, refugees, and IDPs: A perfect storm in Yemen? he current crisis in Yemen will only add to the fraying of an already extremely fragile country and worsen an unfolding human tragedy. Thousands have died since the outbreak of…
