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AU, Somalia commend Museveni's efforts to restore peace in Somalia

Somalia and the African Union Commission (AUC) have commended President Yoweri Museveni's decision to deploy troops in Somalia 10 years ago when everyone else shunned the idea. Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed noted that President Museveni's decision and his commitment to achieve…

Somali Extremist Group Alshabaab Confiscates An Independent FM Radio In Balad

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ ) is deeply concerned by the violent act of Al-Shabaab militant group who confiscated the whole equipment of radio Balad including the FM transmitter on Friday morning on March 2,2018 after taken over the Balad disrict about 30Km north to the Somali capital…

Human Rights Council: 37th Session Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders

Thank you Mr. President. The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders and recognises the vital role of human rights defenders working to protect and promote the rights of people on the move. Although his findings are…

XSKK oo Eng- Baana Cali u Magacaabay Arimaha Horumarinta & Xiriirka Caalamiga (Aqri Taariiqdiisa Sports)

Xiriirka Kubadda Koleyga Soomaaliya ayaa xoghayihii hore Xiriirkaasi isla markaana ahaa Madaxii Suuqgeeynta xiriirka FIBA Africa Zone V, Eng Baana Cabdalla Cali u magacaabay u qaybsanaha XSKK arimaha horumarinta Iyo xirriirka caalamiga,

{PRESS RELEASE ]AU Special Representative condemns yesterday's terror attack on innocent civilians in Mogadishu.

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, has strongly condemned yesterday's twin attacks on innocent civilians in Mogadishu.

HRC37: Renewing and strengthening the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

RE:Renewing and strengthening the mandate of theCommission on Human Rights in South Sudan to ensure accountability for gross violations of human rights and related crimes in South Sudan Excellencies, We, the undersigned national, regional and international non-governmental organisations, write to call…

Somalia: Detained Children Face Abuse + INTERVIEW

The 85-page report,"'It's Like We Are Always in a Prison': Abuses Against Boys Accused of National Security Offenses in Somalia,"details due process violations and other abuses since 2015 against boys in government custody for suspected Al-Shabab-related offenses. Somalia's federal…

Somalia among the riskiest places to be born: UNICEF

A United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report released on Tuesday has named Somalia one of the riskiest places to be born. According to UNICEF, Somalia is in a four-way tie for the fourth most dangerous country to be a newborn. 1 in 26 babies from Somalia, Lesotho, Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan…

Aloys Habimana, Protection Coordinator Front Line Defenders, released

DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) welcomes the release of human rights defender Aloys Habimana, Protection Coordinator for East and Southern Africa at Front Line Defenders. On 17 February 2018, Mr Habimana and another individual were arrested at the border…

Cabinet endorses director of Somalia's Communications Authority

(Mogadishu, February 19, 2018) The Cabinet has unanimously endorsed Abdi Sheik Ahmed for the post of Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA) of Somalia, which is established under Somalia's Communications Law 2017. Speaking after the endorsement, the minister for Post, Telecom…

Somali Migrants Returning From Libya Tell of Abuse, Horror

Some fell to their knees, crying; others placed their foreheads to the ground in prayer; while some chanted the Somalia national anthem as they disembarked from a Turkish Airways plane that had flown them from Libya, where some had been stranded for years, to the Somali capital. Since 2014, Libya has…

Four questions about the Ethiopian PM's resignation

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned unexpectedly on Thursday, the first leader to do so in the country's recent history. As Africa's second most-populous country enters uncharted political territory, here are four questions about what happened — and…

Shamsa Abdullahi Bybook: A champion for Somali women's reproductive health rights

Mogadishu – Shamsa Abdullahi Bybook was a young nurse in her twenties when she fled the mounting chaos and tensions of Mogadishu in 1989 to start a new life in the United Kingdom. She became an experienced midwife at a North London hospital with a master's degree from Middlesex University and…

President Farmajo's first year in office

Mogadishu (HOL) - President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo rode into victory February 8 last year to become Somalia's 9th President following a hotly contested poll pitting among others incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and former President Ahmed Sheikh Sharif. His win was greeted with jubilation and…

Case of botched ICE flight to Somalia signals legal shift on deportations

The U.S. government's prospects for deporting 92 people it unsuccessfully tried to fly to Somalia in December are getting murkier. What's more, a legal fight over the passengers' fates — many of whom are from Minnesota — joins a string of recent cases that could stake out a more muscular…

The oldest-known Briton had 'dark to black' skin and blue eyes, DNA reveals

Scientists who analyzed the genome of "Cheddar Man," a 10,000-year-old skeleton was found in southwest England in 1903, say the evidence suggests that Europeans' pale skin tones developed much later than originally thought.

BREAKING: Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf named president of the ICJ

The International Court of Justice has elected a new President on Tuesday. H.E. Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, the former Vice-President of the ICJ has just been promoted to the court's top job after a vote decided by a secret ballot. The Somali Ambassador to the EU in Brussels, Ali Said Fiqi, confirmed…

High-level security meeting expected to begin in Mogadishu

Somali leaders at the federal and regional level are expected to hold a High-Level forum on security, which is scheduled to begin on Monday in Somalia's capital. The conference which will be chaired Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi convenes leaders from the Federal Member States of Somalia and…

Mogadishu College Graduate Proves His 'Disability Is Not an Inability'

Mogadishu has suffered more than two decades of war, and many of its young people were born and raised alongside violence and bloodshed. Children with disabilities, however, face added risks of abandonment, neglect and lack of equal access to basic human necessities. But Ismail Rage, 22, did not let…

This is what it means to be a refugee in Kenya

For many years, Kenya has been considered a haven of peace for its relative stability. As a result, this makes it an attractive host to those fleeing their countries due to political volatility, which tends to fuel violence. For the last three decades, Kenya has welcomed and hosted refugees and asylum…

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