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Members of the Somali Disability Empowerment Network receive two day workshop in Mogadishu supported by Finnish NGO

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) held a two day workshop in Mogadishu's Afrik hotel aiming to promote rights of Somali disability awareness and understanding of UN-convention on rights of persons with disability (UN-CRPD).

Somalia to investigate dead fish found in its shores

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia government on Wednesday that its investigating dead fish seen in Mogadishu shores and vows to take DNA tests for the Somalia fish to combat the illegal fishing, Sonna reported.

Somalia parliament approves government budget for the year 2020

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia federal parliament on Tuesday jointly approved $476.5 million budget in the year 2020 in an overwhelming vote, SONNA reported.

Somalia: AMISOM conducts an induction training to orientate 37 newly deployed police officers

Mogadishu – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has conducted an induction training to orientate 37 newly deployed police officers.

Al-Shabab takes credit for the Saturday's deadly attack in Somalia's capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Spokesperson for the Somali militant group Al-Shabab, Ali Mohamoud Raage said on in a prerecorded audio message that his group was responsible for the Saturday's attack that killed at least 100 people, majority of them civilians and university students.

Somalia: 3 convicted al-Shabaab inmates escape high security prison in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Residents of Somali capital were on Monday shocked to hear that three convicted high profile al-Shabaab inmates escaped Mogadishu Central Prison two days after suspected militants detonated a truck bomb killing more than 80 in Mogadishu.

385 Somali police graduate from General Kahiye Police Training Academy

Mogadishu, Somalia– The South West State of Somalia on Sunday passed out 385 police officers who completed six months of training at the General Kahiye Police Training Academy in Mogadishu.

Amid trade union crack down, Sudan Journalists Union declines to handover assets and the Union HQ

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan's government has asked Sudan Journalists Union (SJU) to hand over its assets and the headquarters, a move declined by the union officials, the latest move in a string of attacks against the trade unions and civil society organizations.

US airstrikes destroy 2 militant vehicles and kill 2 Shabab operatives in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Two militant vehicles were destroyed and two Shabab operatives were killed in three US airstrikes in Somalia on Sunday, a day after suspected militant attack killed more than 100 people and wounded dozens in Somalia's capital, US Africa command said in a statement.

Somali authorities raid an independent radio station, briefly arrest journalist in Jowhar

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 29 December, 2019 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the unlawful brief closure of Radio Jowhar and the detention of a journalist by Hirshabelle police in Jowhar on Sunday 29 December, 2019 over the radio's coverage about growing insecurity in the city.

Deal with security lapses and accept failure, opposition leaders tell Villa Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) Top opposition leaders under the opposition umbrella, Forum for National Parties (FNP), have called on the Somali government to come up with a security plan to deal with the recurrent militant attacks in the capital and accept its failure to protect the citizens from…

Somalia: Turkey sends medical staff, emergency supplies and cargo plane to transport people injured at Mogadishu Truck bombing

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Turkish military plane carrying medical staff, emergency supplies landed in Mogadishu early Sunday morning to help the wounded people of Saturday's deadly attack that killed nearly 90 people to seek medical treatment locally and in Turkey, officials said.

Somali parliament passes the country's Electoral Bill

MOGDISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somali parliament has on Saturday passed the country's electoral in an overwhelming vote, officials said.

Somalia truck bomb: Hospital receives 73 bodies, 90+ injured

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) The management of Madina Hospital in Somalia capital says the hospital received 73 bodies after a truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint at Ex-Control on the main Mogadishu-Afgoye road on Saturday.

Deadly car bomb attack in Somalia's capital kills 26 and wounds 60

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 26 people mainly civilians were killed and 60 others wounded when a suicide car bomb attacked a security checkpoint along the ex-control Afgooye, witnesses and officials said, in what many believe was the deadliest attack in this ending year.

Somalia: FESTU holds national seminar on the Role of Trade Unions in Somalia's Constitutional Review Proces

MOGADISHU - Somalia: A 2-day national seminar on the Role of Trade Unions in Somalia's Constitutional Review Process was yesterday concluded in Mogadishu, bringing together more than 30 trade union representatives and leaders from 12 affiliated unions of the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)

One killed, another injured in the Ethiopian Somali region amid protests against mosques burn in Amhara region

JIGJIGA, Ethiopia (HORN OBSERVER) Authorities in Somali State in Ethiopia have said at least one person was shot dead and another wounded after the security forces clashed with angry protesters in Jigjiga on Tuesday.

Eritrea to build new embassy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki together with Ethiopian prime minister Dr Abiy Ahmed have laid foundation stone for a new Eritrean embassy building in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopian media reported.

Somaliland court lifts one-year ban on local newspaper as press advocate welcomes the decision

HARGEISA (Horn Observer) Somaliland Supreme Court has lifted the one-year ban from the independent Foore newspaper in Hargeisa on Wednesday December 25 following a prolonged appeal, the paper's editor and the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) confirmed.