Government of Somalia launches first oral cholera vaccination campaign Storyline:National News The Government of Somalia has launched an oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign today with the support of WHO, targeting over 450 000 people in 7 high-risk areas around the country.… 3 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:National News Turkish Airlines steps in to help famine-hit Somalia Turkish Airlines have responded to a call to help send aid to famine-struck Somalia. The flag carrier acted when the hashtag #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia was shared hundreds of thousands of times after…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Pirates release oil tanker and its crew without ransom Somali pirates, who hijacked the oil tanker Aris 13 on 13th this month, have released it without receiving a ransom. The release came hours after the pirates and naval forces of the…
3 mins read Storyline:National News Somali Islamists let drought-hit civilians roam in search of food Al-Shabaab are letting civilians in drought-hit regions under their control move with relative freedom to find food, the group and a U.N. official said on Thursday, but they are continuing…
4 mins read Storyline:National News Turkey rebukes Netherlands over denied access as diplomatic relations go sour The crisis between Turkey and the Netherlands escalated this past week following the move by Dutch government to bar Turkish ministers from addressing a political rally in Netherlands over Ankara’s…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Sports, World Hayatou ousted as CAF president Ahmad of Madagascar pulled off a stunning upset on Thursday, ousting Issa Hayatou, the long-serving president of the Confederation of African Football, in an election at the organisation’s congress in…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Puntland forces clash with pirates aboard hijacked tanker, elders call for negotiations Puntland maritime forces and pirates who hijacked a tanker vessel this week exchanged fire today in Guardafui region in Somalia’s Puntland region. Guardafui region commissioner Shire Nur Osman told Goobjoog…
4 mins read Storyline:National News, World Trump vows to appeal against travel ban ruling to Supreme Court By Reuters A defiant Donald Trump has pledged to appeal against a federal judge’s order placing an immediate halt on his revised travel ban, describing the ruling as judicial overreach…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Senior Al-Shabaab leader in Mogadishu felled by security forces Somali security forces Thursday morning killed a senior Al-Shabaab member in Hilwa district of Mogadishu, the regional government spokesman has confirmed. Banaadir region spokesman Abditiftah Halane said in a Facebook…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Ethiopia trash dump death toll rises to 113 By Reuters The death toll from a landslide at a dump in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa has reached 113, officials said on Wednesday, as the government declared three days…
