Somalia

How Farmajo Trapped Rebellious Leaders

As many expected, Said Deni and Ahmed Madobe didn’t show up at the meeting today citing bogus pretexts. This meeting was however a trap and the two rebellious Leaders fell into it with their eyes wide open. All of Somalia was curious about how the two recalcitrant leaders of Puntland and Jubaland would react who […]

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Standoff Over The Federal Elections

Many Somalis are shocked at the absurdity of giving too much credit to politicians such as Deni or Madobe who crack down on political opponents and restrict public freedoms in their own region to block federal elections because they want to be consulted on matters that are within federal jurisdiction.

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Last Elections Conference Will Be Held At The Afisiyoni Airbase

The Federal Republic of Somalia has invited regional governments and the Benadir regional administration to join the federal government in a meeting on March 22nd and 23rd, 2021 to conclude negotiations on electoral issues. The two-day conference which will be organized by Prime Minister’s Office is planned to take place on Monday and Tuesday at […]

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Somalia Started Vaccinating Its Population

On Monday, Minister of Health, Dr. Fawsiya Abikar Nur, accompanied by the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Mr. James Swan, received the delivery of 30,000 doses at the Aden-Ade airport in Mogadishu. Somalia received the first shipment of 1.2 million doses facilitated through the World Health Organization’s COVAX initiative. The AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, produced […]

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Conflict Erupts Between Wadajir Party And UPD

A conflict that erupts between Wadajir party and UPD has revealed there is a internal war within the loose Coalition of presidential candidates. Suspicion was there for a while and last week Dahir Mahamoud Gelle tried to rule out any rifts within their unofficial coalition and even accused the government for spreading those lies. Reports […]

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Puntland In A Dragon Den

The Halane compound, a heavily fortified compound in Somali’s capital, is preparing for an eventual meeting between the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and regional leaders to sign the final deal on the federal elections under the UN and foreign representatives watch. It took some time for Said Deni, the Puntland leader, to […]

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Farmajo Calls Regional Leaders For 6th Meeting

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo calls regional leaders for 6th meeting to continue the talk and resolve the stalemate on the elections. President Farmajo, on March 22, 2021, convened a meeting to conclude the efforts and negotiations on electoral issues between the Federal Government of Somalia, the Regional Governments […]

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President Farmajo Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo receives the Covid-19 vaccine recently delivered by COVAX. He has reaffirmed our strong commitment to the people and the government to save the health and life of our country. The President reiterated his concern that there is a low level of vigilance on the […]

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Galmudug President Arrives In Mogadishu

Galmudug President Mohamed Ahmed Abdi Kariye “Qoorqoor” who was on a business trip the last few days in Turkey has recently reached the capital. He was welcomed at the airport by members of the Benadir regional administration, ministers, elders and intellectuals in Mogadishu. Ahmed Abdi Kariye “Qoorqoor” is expected to attend an election consultative conference […]

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First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine Delivered

The first batch of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Somalia today, FGS Minister of Health Fowziya Abikar Nur, UN Special Representative to Somalia James Swan and other officials witnessed the launch of the vaccine Oxford Astrazeneca. Today was the first phase of WHO’s delivery of 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to […]

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