Somalia kicks off consultation process for ICT regulations

(Mogadishu, December 1, 2018) Somalia's National Communications Authority (NCA) has officially kick-started its formal consultation process for regulations and other documents aimed at regulating the ICT sector.

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Far-right activist Laura Loomer banned from Twitter after criticizing Ilhan Omar

Far-right activist Laura Loomer handcuffed herself to Twitter's New York City headquarters for about two hours on Thursday afternoon to protest the company's banning her from the social media platform, then asked police to remove her.

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Kenya has joined forces with 6 countries that borders the Indian Ocean as it fights back to stop $100 million going down the drain annually

Speaking on Wednesday during the sidelines of the Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi, Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Raychelle Omamo, said the agreement signed on Monday would strengthen maritime security in the vast ocean prone to movement of narcotics and contraband goods as well as illegal fishing.…

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=PRESS RELEASE= SIMHA, SOMA, SWJ & MAP Media Associations Demand End to Government Intimidation On Somali Journalists

We the undersigned media associations in Somalia would hereby echo the concerns raised by our umbrella trade union NUSOJ demanding for an end to the official intimidation and pressure on Somali journalists by the government.

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Joint civil society letter Ethiopia: Address restrictions in draft CSO Proclamation and protect freedom of association

29 November 2018To: Prime Minister-, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Cc: Tagesse Chafo, Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representative Joint civil society letter Ethiopia: Address restrictions in draft CSO Proclamation and protect freedom of association 29 November 2018 Your Excellency, The undersigned international,…

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Somalia jails militant disguised in army uniform on terrorism charges

Somali security forces captured Ali Mohamed Abdullahi disguised in a military uniform from a street in the capital Mogadishu in May. Soldiers also discovered bombs, AK47 gun and ammunition he was carrying at the time of his arrest. According to an affidavit submitted by the prosecuting attorney, Abdullahi…

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Al Shabaab gunmen kill cleric, nine others at religious centre in Somalia - police

"The militants killed 10 people including the cleric, teenagers and women who lived inside the camp," Police Major Abdirahman Abdullahi told Reuters by phone from the central city of Galkayo. "Fighting between security forces and al Shabaab still goes in the centre, the toll may rise,"…

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JOINT PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL VISIT TO UGANDA BY H.E MOHAMED ABDULLAHI MOHAMED FARMAJO, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA

1. At the invitation of His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia paid a one-day official visit to the Republic of Uganda on 24th November 2018. His Excellency President Mohamed…

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Erdoğan, Somali counterpart Mohamed meet in Istanbul

The closed-door meeting between Erdoğan and Mohamed at Vahdettin Pavilion in the Üsküdar district lasted for one hour and fifteen minutes, the statement said. No further details of the meeting were provided.

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DefendDefenders Job Posting: Data & Web Campaigning Lead

JOB POSTING: DATA & WEB CAMPAIGNING LEAD DefendDefenders seeks a Data & Web Campaigning Lead to coordinate its "Doc-IT" program. The Data & Web Campaigning Lead will work with human rights organisations throughout the East & Horn of Africa to improve their documentation and data collection practices…

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Migrants fleeing Libya refuse to leave ship and be sent back to camps

A total of 81 people on the cargo ship, some from Sudan, say they are staying put Eighty-one migrants have refused to disembark from a merchant ship off the coast of Misrata in Libya, according to reports. The migrants were rescued by the ship's crew a week ago on 10 November, 115 miles east of…

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Undersea gas fires Egypt's regional energy dreams

Encouraged by the discovery of huge natural gas fields in the Mediterranean, Cairo has in recent months signed gas deals with neighbouring Israel as well as Cyprus and Greece. ENERGY HUB Former oil minister Osama Kamal said Egypt has a "plan to become a regional energy hub". In the past year,…

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EU demands Saudi 'clarity' on Khashoggi, Trump wavers over top suspect

The EU has told Saudi Arabia to "shed full clarity" on what it openly calls the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Still wavering is US President Donald Trump whose ally Riyadh denies orders came from the top. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini publicly told Saudi Arabia late Saturday…

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Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns

WASHINGTON — A top White House official responsible for American policy toward Saudi Arabia resigned on Friday evening, a move that may suggest fractures inside the Trump administration over the response to the brutal killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The official, Kirsten Fontenrose, had…

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China is locking up its Muslim minorities, and pushing Islamophobia to get Europe to do it too

China is trying to stoke Islamophobia among Europeans to justify, and even export, its model of locking up their Muslim minorities as the troubling crackdown continues to grab global attention. Beijing is waging an unprecedented crackdown on the Uighurs, a majority-Muslim ethnic minority, in the western…

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AU leaders applaud Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for reforms

Abiy, 42, outlined the reforms that he has made since coming to power in April, including releasing thousands of prisoners, lifting bans on political parties and media outlets and unblocking websites.

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Police: Duo dumped deer carcasses on Minnesota Somalis' cars

The victims discovered the carcasses after leaving the YMCA on Wednesday night. In a news release Friday, assistant police chief Jeff Oxton said investigators used surveillance video to track down the pair who dumped the carcasses — a 62-year-old local and his 14-year-old son. The video showed the…

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U.S. Returns to Mogadishu With Revamped Diplomatic Outpost, 25 Years After "Black Hawk Down" Battle

U.S. officials are reluctant to discuss the building and its intended uses; the government seems keen to indicate it is neither an embassy nor a consular office. However, in a sign of the apparent importance of the building, the new U.S. ambassador to Somalia, Donald Yamamoto, who is based in neighboring…

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Somalia boundary wall works praised by MPs

The committee yesterday commended the Kenya Defense Forces work, as MPs toured Mandera to check on the progress of the wall. It includes walls, fences, other barriers and high-tech devices.

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Canada set to get most refugee claims in nearly three decades

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is on track to receive its highest number of refugee claims since record-keeping began nearly three decades ago, the latest data shows, as the government's handling of immigration comes under scrutiny ahead of next year's federal election. Despite cooler weather, the…

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