Empowering our Community
11 December 2016 – Condemning – in the strongest possible terms – a terrorist attack outside the seaport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for the country said that the bloody act will no... More »
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) backed by Somalia National Security Forces (SNSS) on Friday arrested seven Al-Shabaab militants in Kismayo, southern Somalia during a security operation. The pan African body’s mission said an improvised explosive ... More »
Helsinki, Finland: Fadumo Dayib, Somalia’s first female presidential candidate is so dismayed by the decision this week by Somali’s electoral body to postpone the country’s presidential elections for the third time that she thinks she will not run for preside... More »
The owners of the Belize-registered, Panamanian-vessel Greko 1 have been fined for illegal and unreported fishing in Somali waters and have paid a $65,000 fine to the Federal Government of Somalia. The vessel is currently impounded in a Mombassa port and will ... More »
The car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University by an immigrant student places a fresh spotlight on the large Somali community in the US, which has seen a number of youth enlist in jihadist causes. Investigations are ongoing into Monday’s attack, in which So... More »
Somalia is a patriarchal society which has never had a female leader until recently when two women took a step to make that dream a reality. 44-year-old Fadumo Dayib and 42-year-old Anab Dahir braved the storm to run for president in Somalia despite threats th... More »
A second poor rainy season in Somalia has pushed livestock herders in the drought-hit Puntland region to trek an average of 60 km (40 miles) to fetch drinking water, aid agencies said on Monday, calling for rapid action to prevent renewed famine. Five million ... More »
Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Cast... More »
On 26 October, about more than 50 heavily-armed Somali Islamic State (IS) fighters seized Qandala, a sparsely populated town in Somalia’s Puntland federal state on a rugged mountainous coastal strip overlooking the Gulf of Aden. It was a small, but highly symb... More »
Somali president, Hassan Sheik Mohamud, has appealed to the public and the international community to help provide food and water for people affected by insufficient rainfall in the Horn of Africa nation. “The drought is everywhere but in particular the drough... More »
Donald Trump has said he will not accept a salary for being president when he is in the White House. Prior to his election victory, Mr Trump has insisted he will not “take even one dollar” of the $400,000 presidential salary. Speaking at an event in September ... More »
Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohammed has said she is best placed to guide the African Union into the future in the global arena. “I am an African with impeccable pan-African credentials. I bring on board competencies and experience that shall make it possible to ... More »