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UN75 – An Opportunity for Somalis to Help Shape Global Priorities

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations turns 75 this year. Somalia has been a proud member of the UN for 60 of those years.

Do or Die: Somali president's comms director threatens journalists, unions who oppose media law

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) On Thursday hundreds of journalists, editors, photographers, women reporters, media bosses and representatives from Somali civil society groups protested against the country's draconian media law introduced a day earlier.

Somalia: Sharp decline in primary healthcare visits, child vaccinations amid Covid-19 pandemic as malnutrition and infectious diseases surge

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Primary health care visits and vaccination coverage have sharply declined in Somalia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns that diseases such as respiratory infections, measles, and acute watery diarrhea (AWD) as well as malnutrition could be going untreated, all while…

A cameraman seriously injured in Somalia hotel attack as NISA targets local radio

MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 August, 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) are very concerned about the health condition of Mohamed Abdi Hussein Araye, a cameraman with the state-owned TV, who was critically injured in a hotel attack in Mogadishu on Sunday, while we…

UN in Somalia condemns deadly terrorist attack on Mogadishu hotel

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations in Somalia strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Elite Hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, which reportedly killed at least 16 people and left many more injured.

Somali paramilitary forces end Elite Hotel siege with at least 20 killed

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) At least 20 people were killed and more than 30 were injured after gunmen and a huge car bomb targeted with an upscale popular hotel in Mogadishu's Liido beach area on Sunday.

Somalia's leaders must hold crucial meeting on election, Int'l Partners tell Somali leaders

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's international partners have called for the reconvening of the Federal Government and Federal Member States leaders in Dhusamareb on 15 August, as scheduled, with all FMS and FGS leaders attending, according to a statement issued on Friday.

Somalia to re-open schools next week ending months of restrictions

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Federal Education Ministry of Somalia has green-lighted the resumption of schools in the country next week following almost three months of suspension over COVID-19 preventive measures.

At least nine killed as jail break turns gun-battle in Mogadishu prison

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least four inmates and five soldiers have been confirmed dead as several others sustained injuries following a violent prison-break in Mogadishu central prison on Monday, police and government officials said.

Ethiopia will not recognise Somaliland as independent state, says Ethiopian official

ADDIS ABABA (HORN OBSERVER) - Ethiopia will not recognise Somaliland as independent state but a region in northern Somalia, Ethiopian official said.

Somalia's Senate faults Lower House over unilateral passage of PFM Act

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Lower House heavily amended the Public Finance Management Act stripping the Upper House of any role in the national budget process and accountability of public officials and went ahead to submit to President Mohamed Farmaajo for assent contrary to parliamentary drafting…

Africa Oil Week's Conference to host Somalia licensing round

LONDON (HORN OBSERVER) - Africa Oil Week is pleased to announce that it will host a "Somalia Licensing Round: Derisking Above Ground Factors" session at its online conference, AOW Virtual.

A caretaker government cannot appoint or change constitutional bodies, says Somalia's Bar Association SG

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) OnThursday the caretaker cabinet of ministers of Somalia's Federal Government made a series of strange appointments including amending the country's constitutional body of Judicial Service Commission, by inserting five new members into the commission.

Somalia's judiciary is politicized and is not independent — former AG

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia lacks an independent judiciary and makes the judges to be subject of the improper influence of the other government branches, according to the former Attorney General, Ahmed Ali Dahir.

Djibouti lifts Covid-19 ban on international flights

DJIBOUTI (HORN OBSERVER) The Government of Djibouti has set July 18 as the new date for the resumption of international flights suspended in March due to the outbreak of Covid-19 epidemic.

Somali govt to investigate Beledweyne flight crash

MOGADISHU (SOMALIUPDATE NEWS) - The Somali Federal Government has dispatched a fact-finding mission to Beledweyne to investigate the cause of the plane crash at Ugas Khalif Airport in Beledweyne on Tuesday.

Militants attack Somali army bases as hundreds of unpaid soldiers went on strike in Mogadishu

GALKAYO (HORN OBSERVER) At least two Somali soldiers have been confirmed dead as dozen more others wounded after al-Shabaab suicide car bomber rammed a military base in central Somalia region of Mudug on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.

Desert Locust situation update: More swarms form in East Africa

An increasing number of second-generation immature swarms continue to form in northwest Kenya. The bulk of swarm formation is likely to occur during the next two weeks followed by a decline in July.

Floods, locusts and COVID-19: UN agencies warn Somalia's gains at risk from 'triple threat'

Mogadishu – The political and security gains made by Somalia over recent years could be at risk of reversal if swift action is not taken by the international community to help local authorities avert a major humanitarian crisis due to the combined effect of devastating floods, desert locusts and the…

Somali investigators identify but can not name officers who rounded and murdered eight health workers in Gololey

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali investigators have identified military officers who rounded up and murdered eight health workers in Gololey village last week, three senior officials told Horn Observer in an exclusive interviews on Wednesday and Thursday.