More than 80% of Presidential Candidates hold foreign passports Storyline:National News This week, Somalia presidential electoral committee cleared 24 candidates to vie for the top seat barely a week to poll. Twenty of Somalia’s presidential candidates have double citizenship a matter… 2 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World Mexico welcomes US idea to make drug cartels fund wall Mexico welcomed on Monday a senior US official’s suggestion that drug cartels could pay for a controversial border wall, but the idea raised eyebrows in local media. US President Donald…
1 min read Storyline:National News Beledweyne district commissioner lifts curfew on Bundoweyn Beledweyne district commissioner, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim has lifted the curfew imposed on one of Beledweyne suburbs after three months of night curfew. The dusk-to-dawn curfew which had been in effect…
3 mins read Storyline:National News Somali FM: Somalis ‘Finger-Pointed’ by Immigration Ban Somalia’s foreign minister says he is “saddened” by the order barring Somalis from entering the United States and hopes officials will reconsider the policy. In an interview Monday with VOA’s…
1 min read Storyline:National News Opposition presidential candidates boycott debate over transmission modalities Opposition presidential candidates have announced they are giving today’s presidential debate a wide berth on grounds the modalities for the event are unfair and will not serve its expected purpose.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Kenya extradites four men to U.S. on suspicion of heroin smuggling By Reuters Four men charged with directing a major heroin trafficking ring have been extradited to the United States from Kenya, a law enforcement official and an investigator told Reuters…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Science & Tech Two more people die in water contamination incident in Baidoa Two more people have died in Baidoa after consuming contaminated water adding the number of those who have died in the last 72 hours to 32. The director of Southwest…
1 min read Storyline:National News 10 suspects arrested in security operation conducted in Kismaayo Police and security forces on Tuesday arrested ten people in a joint security operation in Kismaayo town, in lower Jubba region, Southern Somalia. Security sources said that the operation aimed to ensure…
1 min read Storyline:National News Farmajo urges regional state Presidents to remain neutral in the election Presidential candidate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo accused some of the country’s regional administrations presidents of not being neutral in the presidential elections that is set to take place in Mogadishu next…
1 min read Storyline:National News Drought Response Committee receives $91,835 from Arab League Somalia’s drought response committee has received $91,835 from the Arab League to tackle the drought crisis in parts of the country. Arab League Envoy to Somalia Mohamed Abdalla Idris handed…