Empowering our Community
Every day, Kenyan and Ethiopian farmers pick a huge amount of fresh khat leaves — the herbal stimulant chewed to achieve a high similar to the effects of amphetamines — and sell it to traders who package it up and send it off to Somalia by truck and plane. Acc... More »
President Uhuru Kenyatta has intervened to have the Somali government lift a ban on miraa imports from Kenya. Government spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the Head of State had personally contacted his Somalia counterpart, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, to reinstate entry... More »
Several cargo planes destined for Mogadishu are stuck in Nairobi with miraa worth about Sh50 million after Somalia suspended the flights. But sources at the airport in Nairobi said some planes left for Kismayu, Puntland and Galkayo with miraa despite the ban. ... More »
Tuesday August 30, 2016 A car bomb went off on Tuesday in Somalia’s capital outside the president’s residence and partly destroyed hotels nearby, police said. “A suicide car bomb exploded outside the presidential palace. So far two hotels opposite the palace a... More »
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police officer says a car bomber has prematurely detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the new Turkish embassy compound in the capital, Mogadishu.Police opened fire on the car Thursday evening when the bomber refused the... More »
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks in St Petersburg with President Vladimir Putin and says he wants to “reset” ties with Russia.It is Mr Erdogan’s first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month. Relations between the two countr... More »
Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, Minister of Youth and Sport. PHOTO: FILE A Somali minister survived an assassination attempt Sunday when a hand-grenade was thrown at his car in the capital, Mogadishu.Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Minister of Youth and Sport, told ... More »
ISTANBUL – President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of more than one million people on Sunday that July’s failed coup would be a milestone in building a stronger Turkey, defying Western criticism of mass purges and vowing to destroy those behind the putsch. The “... More »
Mogadishu (HOL) – With time winding down and international pressure mounting, a date has been announced by the National Leadership Forum (NLF) for the Somali Federal Elections. On November 7th, 275 members of the lower house of parliament will select Somalia’... More »
The detained London knife attack suspect is a Norwegian national of Somali origin whose background appears to be irrelevant to the motives behind the act, London’s Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said Thursday. A 19-year-old man has been... More »
Ugu yaraan 15 ruux oo ay ku jiraan Kooxihii weerarkan ka dambeeyay ayaa ku geeriyooday Weerarro is-miidaamin iyo toos ah oo xoogag ka tirsan Al-shabaab ay maanta ku qaadeen xarunta CID-da ee Muqdisho, iyadoo ay ku dhaawacmeen in ka badan 20-qof. Dadka Geeriyoo... More »
Forces from Somaliland and neighbouring semi-autonomous Puntland clashed on Monday over their disputed Sanag region that has been the source of conflict for years. According to witnesses, fighting erupted at Bodda-Cadde area in Sanaag Region and later spread ... More »