Leadership crisis freezes state-building efforts in Somalia Storyline:Archive Somalia is mired in out of control political and security situation created by broken electoral promises, egregious abuses, and foreign policy blunders committed by the federal government of President Mohamed… 7 mins read
1 min read Storyline:House of the People, National News Finance Minister Beileh tables 2019 budget in the Lower House Finance Minister Abdirahman Beyle today tabled the 2019 budget at the Lower House opening debate ahead of an expected endorsement. Beyleh said the budget had increased from $274.6 million in…
1 min read Storyline:National News U.S ambassador to Somalia presents credentials to President Farmaajo U.S ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto today presented his credentials to President Mohamed Farmaajo officially marking his start of duty in Somalia. Ambassador Yamamoto becomes the second U.S ambassador following…
1 min read Storyline:National News S. West state assembly approves 15 new members to polls committee South State assembly Saturday voted in 15 new members to the state presidential election committee to replace those who quit early in the month. Out of the 132 legislators present…
4 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Somalia to license oil drilling in February amid absence of clear legal regime By T. Roble Somalia is gearing for its first post-civil war oil drilling licensing rounds early February following completion of seismic surveys by two exploration companies. Engineer Karar Shukri Doomey,…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Displaced families in Sool region demand for humanitarian emergency aid More than 10,000 displaced local families in Sool region are facing severe humanitarian situation after they fled their homes following clan clashes in the area The displaced families who spoke…
2 mins read Storyline:National News ‘No love’ for Mogadishu mayor over Brexit remark Mogadishu mayor Abdirahman Osman’s tweet urging support for embattled UK Prime Minister Theresa May and a call to ‘move on’ after the Brexit vote received no less a mean response…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World AU reforms to take centre stage at Heads of State summit Heads of State and Government of African Union Member States will this weekend meet in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in a meeting that will exclusively discuss how the Pan-African…