Supercomputers: Obama orders world’s fastest computer Storyline:Science & Tech, World 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… 3 mins read
4 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech, World Ebola vaccine shows huge promise in the field 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…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Puntland: 2016 decision locked us out of Mogadishu conference 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…
7 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Daallo merger key to re-emergence 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,…
6 mins read Storyline:Archive, National News, Opinions Suspicions and mistrust as government rules out 2016 popular vote THE GOVERNMENT THIS week unequivocally declared there will be no universal suffrage in 2016 despite earlier projections of a possibility of the same as captured in the country’s state and peace…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News IMF sees Somalia imports growing by 25% as growth recovers Somalia may increase imports by about a quarter over the next three years to support a recovering economy, the International Monetary Fund said. Imports are expected to grow to $4.32…
3 mins read Storyline:National News Gas and Madobe skip Mogadishu conference despite last ditch attempts by Villa Somalia THE CONSPICUOUS ABSENCE of the Jubbaland president Ahmed Mohamed Islam and his Puntland counterpart Abdiweli Mohamed Gas in the High Level Partnership Forum, HLPF in Mogadishu Wednesday spoke volumes of a fractured…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security UN Security Council extends AMISOM mandate by 10 months The UN Security Council has authorised the extension of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for an additional 10 months, until 30 May 2016. The extension follows the Secretary-General’s…
5 mins read Storyline:National News, World Obama challenges Ethiopia on democracy, to hold talks on S.Sudan PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA delivered a blunt appraisal of Ethiopia’s democracy deficit during a landmark visit Monday, but indicated it would not scuttle their close security and political relationship. “There is still…
1 min read Storyline:National News Politician calls for negotiations between Galmudug, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna A political activist in Adado, Galmudug state has called for a peaceful settlement on the differences between Galmudug, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna. Mohamed Gure Guleed stressed the need for urgent…