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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.

Somalia: Shabab convicts appear before military tribunal in Mogadishu

Mogadishu (Horn Observer) Three men and a woman charged with terror activities appeared before Somali Military court on Thursday, officials said.

Somalia: District Council Formation from Nomination to Election – A bottom-up Approach - Opinion

Somalia adopted ragtag federalism after the complete collapse of its unitary State in 1991. Since then the Federal Government vested considerable exertion to implement the undefined Federal model in the country to decentralize the power into the lower level.

Somaliland president meets opposition leaders in Hargeisa

Hargeisa (Horn Observer) Somaliland President, Muse Bihi Abdi accompanied by Vice President of Somaliland, Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) met with the leaders of UCID and Waddani, Eng Faisal Ali Hussein (Faisal Ali Warabe) and Abdirahman. Mohamed Abdillahi (Cirro) for second time, local media…

Somali Soldier kills a businessman in the town Jowhar

Jowhar (Horn Observer) A Somali soldier has on Thursday killed a businessman in the town of Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state of Somalia, witnesses said.

Somalia beats Burundi 1-0 in CECAFA cup

Horn Observer – Somalia National team – Ocean Stars – has on Friday made a historic win against Burundi 1-0 in CECAFA cup.

Opinion: Why president Farmaajo's regime is considered to be the worst for local media

Under the leadership of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, the local media platforms in Mogadishu are said to have witnessed the worst era for press freedom due to the outcome of formidable oppression and subjugation imposed by the current government.

US airstrike kills a militant in Southern Somalia

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) US troops in Somalia in coordination with the Somali National army on Monday conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab terrorist in the vicinity of Dujuuma, Somalia, Dec. 16, Statement from US Africa command said.

Security forces arrest a military officer who shot dead a woman in Baidoa

Baidoa (Horn Observer) Commander of Baidoa Police Dugudow Mukhtar has said the security forces have arrested a fugitive Somali National Army officer who killed on Wednesday Leyla Abukar Ahmed near the Presidential Compound of South West State in Baidoa.

Somali National Army Sports Club wins General Da'ud Cup

MOGADISHU – Somali National Army Sports Club, Horseed SC, has won the 2019 edition of General Da'ud Cup after beating Mogadishu City Club 3-2 in a hotly-fought over match on Thursday.

A Shabab convict sentenced to serve 10 years in Military prison

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) A Military court in Mogadishu handed down a Shabab convict Ahmed Ali Aybakar, who was accused of besides his membership to the group for renting homes for the Shabab fighters and representing the group in the major hospital in Mogadishu, 10 years in military prison, officials…

Somalia to export first shipment of Banana to Saudi Arabia

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) Somalia on Wednesday announced the resumption of its banana export for first time in decades, officials said, in what many say is encouraging step to the Somali businesses to get their products sold.