Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine found to be 90% effective By A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech has been found to be more than 90 per cent effective, in a breakthrough that could make the shot… 4 mins read
2 mins read Internet outage to last for ‘unspecified time’-Hormuud Telecom Major parts of Somalia will be without internet for an ‘unspecified time’ the country’s largest telecommunications operator has warned barely two months since the country was plunged offline. Hormuud Telecom…
7 mins read Trump takes a brief car ride, ignoring own COVID infection By Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Infected and contagious, President Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions…
3 mins read Turkey’s wealth fund in talks over urgent support for hard-hit Turkish Airlines – sources By ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s wealth fund is in talks to provide emergency funding to flag carrier Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS, one of the country’s hardest-hit companies when the coronavirus pandemic halted…
2 mins read Food losses in Sub-Saharan Africa up to $4b annually-FAO Sub-Saharan loses up to $4 billion annually in food losses owing to inadequate storage facilities and insufficient agro-processing skills. In marking the first-ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss…
2 mins read Vaccinate your children against polio, WHO, UNICEF urge parents in new campaign The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the children’s agency UNICEF have called on caregivers and parents in south-central Somalia to avail their children for polio vaccination during the newly launched…
5 mins read Oil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against the plastic waste that litters Africa, according…
2 mins read Somalia to auction oil blocks starting August Somalia is opening its first bid rounds this August with the plan to auction seven oil blocks, the Ministry of Petroleum has said. A statement from the Petroleum Ministry Tuesday…
2 mins read Over 500 now contract COVID-19 in Somalia as 28 die The number of COVID-19 cases in Somalia Tuesday crossed the 500 mark with deaths climbing to 28 as Somalia is fast becoming the epicentre of the deadly disease in the…
1 min read COVID-19 deaths in Somalia hit 23, positive cases jump to 436 Twenty-three people have died out of COVID-19 in Somalia making it the country with the highest death toll in the region as 436 other people contract the disease. As of…