EXCLUSIVE: British teenager, 14, trapped in Ethiopia feared ‘I might never go home again’ Storyline:World THE MIRROR|LONDON: A 14-year-old British girl was trapped abroad, fearing she might return home, after authorities took her passport and told her to ‘go back to Somalia ’. But following… 6 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:World Uganda to close schools after eight children die of Ebola AFP|KAMPALA: Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday. Janet…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security SNA troops drive out Khawarij militants from Whabo town, ending a 15-year siege GOOBJOOG NEWS/|GALGADUD: The Somali National Army and local militias drove Khawarij militants out of Wabho village in Galgadud region today, bringing a 15-year siege to an end. Speaking to the…
5 mins read Storyline:Archive, Opinions, World African nations can’t ‘adapt’ to the climate crisis. Here’s what rich countries must do THE GUARDIAN|NAIROBI: In September, I travelled from my home country, Uganda, to Turkana County in Kenya, which is suffering from a historic drought. One morning, I met a boy in…
1 min read Storyline:World Finland to support shipment of Ukraine grain to Somalia GOOBJOOG NEWS|HELSINSKI: Finland will support the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) grain shipments from Ukraine to Somalia, in an effort to enhance aid to the Horn of Africa region plagued…
2 mins read Storyline:World Somali president addresses COP27 Summit on climate change impact on Somalia GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday addressed the COP27 Summit at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on the impact of climate change on Somalia and the need for long-term…
2 mins read Storyline:World Ilhan Omar easily wins re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District STAR TRIBUNE|MINNESOTA: Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, easily won a third term Tuesday to represent the Fifth Congressional District that includes all of…
2 mins read Storyline:World Almost 60,000 Somalia refugees arrive in Dadaab camp, stretching humanitarian needs- IRC GOOBJOOG NEWS|NAIROBI: Relief groups in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp are becoming increasingly strained as over 55,000 refugees from Somalia fleeing drought and conflict have arrived in the last two months,…
3 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech, World Uganda successfully launches its first satellite into space THE EASTAFRICAN: Uganda on Monday successfully launched its first ever satellite into the international space station following its construction by three Ugandan and Japanese engineers under a multinational satellite design…
3 mins read Storyline:World EAC MPs tell off EU counterparts, back oil pipeline project THE EAST AFRICAN|ARUSHA: Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have told off their European Union counterparts and urged Uganda to implement East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).…
