World Bank lowers 2016 growth projections for Sub-Saharan Africa Storyline:Business, National News, World By Reuters The World Bank on Monday lowered its 2016 sub-Saharan African growth forecast to 3.3 percent from a previous forecast of 4.4 percent in October, citing plunging global commodity… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security UPDATE: Five killed in bomb explosion in Hamarweyne barely four hours after execution of Al-Shabaab journalist Five people among them two children of former Banaadir deputy governor Warsame Joda have been killed in a car explosion at a restaurant near the office of Mogadishu mayor. Banaadir…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Car bomb explodes at the entrance of Banaadir governor’s office An explosives laden car has hit the entrance of Banaadir Governor’s office in Hamarweyne in Mogadishu, police have said. A police officer Major Mohamed Noor told the media details of…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World Chad holds presidential election as Deby vies to extend rule By Reuters Chad voted in a presidential election on Sunday with incumbent Idriss Deby running for a fifth term in office, arguing that only his government can maintain stability in…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Science & Tech, World Sixty world leaders to attend U.N. climate signing in New York on April 22 By Reuters About 60 world leaders will attend an April 22 ceremony in New York opening the period for signatures on last year’s Paris climate change agreement, though it remains…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Adoption of the 4.5 electoral option top on the agenda as August House resumes for final leg The last session of the Federal Parliament will resume today in what is expected to be eventful period in readiness for the August polls. Top on the agenda will be…
7 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech What is a knowledge economy? What is a knowledge economy? By Jan Piotrowski The growing access to digital technologies could fundamentally transform developing economies. The move from hunter-gathering to the age of farming and the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Leaders converge in Mogadishu to cement talks on the 4.5 electoral model The National Consultative Forum which brings together the national and regional leadership of the country will meet today in Mogadishu to finalise the electoral model for the July/August polls following…
5 mins read Storyline:National News, World Woman charged in dismissed sex-trafficking case sues St. Paul for $12 million Hamdi Ali Osman spent four years behind bars in Kentucky awaiting trial for a federal sex-trafficking case that imploded last month when a Court of Appeals judge found that the…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Three killed and five wounded in car bomb explosion in Mogadishu Three people have been killed and five others wounded in a car explosion in Shibis district in Mogadishu, local district commissioner has confirmed. Shibis district commissioner Ahmed Mumin Mohamed told…