2015

Puntland State Assembly has elected Ahmed Ali Hashi as the new speaker of parliament replacing Said Hassan Shire who quit office two weeks ago shortly before he was impeached. Hashi trounced…

The first round of voting by the Puntland Parliament concluded a few minutes earlier with two candidates qualified for the second round concluded. MPs casted vote for the position of the…

Heavy rain continued to affect Somalia and resulted in flooding which has displaced thousands of people across the nation. The downpours, which began in late September, also washed away bridges…

The first group of Ugandan soldiers expected to replace their colleagues who have completed a year’s tour of duty at the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have arrived in…

Tropical cyclone has hit the coastal areas of Semi-autonomous regional state of Puntland for second time in less than a week. The storm which struck Aluula town and several other…

The President of Galmudug state Abdikarim Hussein Guleid has appointed a new governor for Mudug region. In a directive released from the office of the President, Abdirashid Hashi Artan has…

Three IDP children were killed and several others including their parents, sustained injuries after a perimeter wall collapsed on their small hut made of cardboard and old rugs inside camp…

By Tom Osanjo On a reporting assignment in Mogadishu many years ago, I got wanderlust and decided to follow up a story on how a group of Kenyan and Reuters…

An international conference to support education in Somalia will be held in May next year, the chairman of the organizing committee for the donor conference Dr. Ghanem Al-Najjir has said.…