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Somalia: Hinda Dahir Jama: "I want to pave a new path for girls"

Mogadishu - Somalia: Hinda Dahir Jama's love for journalism started early – and has involved its share of danger and hardship.

A head of planned maritime case hearing, Somalia sends a delegation to the Hague

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somalia delegation led by deputy prime minister has on Monday morning flew to Netherland, where they will be attending the Somalia-Kenya maritime case at the International Court of Justice, officials said.

Somalia receives tear gas consignment from Eritrea to contain opposition riots - sources

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali Federal Government received the first batch of tear gas consignment imported from Eritrea to contain the opposition riots in the capital, a senior police source told Horn Observer.

Al-Shabaab takes credit for assassinating critical journalist in central Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) In the past few months, journalist Jamal Farah Adan knew that he was the enemy of the al-Qaeda-affiliate group al-Shabaab.

UN Envoy: Increased brinkmanship, pressure tactics, and tests of strength heighten risks in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, James Swan, to the Security Council on the Situation in Somalia (As delivered).

World Radio Day: A radio journalist out to inform and change perceptions of people with disabilities

KISMAYO (HORN OBSERVER) Abdisalam Mohamud Shire is a presenter and journalist with Radio Kismaayo, in Somalia's southern Federal Member State of Jubaland.

UN Women partners with Somaliland legal group for empowerment of women

HARGEISA (HORN OBSERVER) UN Women is partnering with the Somaliland Women Lawyers Association (SWLA) to improve women's access to the local justice system and enhance their legal empowerment.

Somali authorities must stick to their promises to investigate and prosecute killers of the messengers

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) In July last year, Somalia's federal authorities said they would open a full probe into the criminals and officials suspected to have committed crimes against journalists including dozens of murder cases of journalists in the Horn of African country since 1992.

How WHO, Sweden and Somalia are working together to address persistent health problems

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Nearly 30 years of conflict and instability have heavily marked Somalia's recent history. Some gains are being made, but the country still faces many challenges ahead.

UN delegation discusses support for Jubaland and welcomes elections developments

KISMAYO (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations' support to Jubaland in areas ranging from primary health and wellbeing to economic empowerment and protection of the most vulnerable were among the topics covered today by a high-level delegation to the southern Federal Member State.

Scores killed in a hotel attack in Somalia's Capital

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least a dozen people were killed and scores of others were injured on Sunday in an ongoing siege of the popular Afrik Hotel attack in Somali capital, Mogadishu

AFRICOM commander visits assault ship operating off Somalia coast

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a multi-day engagement in Somalia and a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), operating off the coast of Somalia, Jan. 16-18.

UN urges Somalia's leaders to engage in dialogue and hold elections on broad consensus

BAIDOA (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan has spoken to the media while on a visit to Baidoa.

Dr. Yusuf Barre Mohamed: "If you can help your community this morning, then do not delay it until the afternoon!"

Baidoa -- Becoming a doctor had been Yusuf Barre Mohamed's dream throughout his school years in the 2000s and early 2010s.

Halima Godane: An Activist for Solidarity and Progress among Somali Women

Kismayo – The reasons behind Halima Farah Godane's decision to start the Somali Women Solidarity Organization (SWSO) in 2006 stem from her own direct experience of Somalia's past decades of conflict and instability.

Somalia's international partners remain deeply concerned about the ongoing disagreements over electoral process

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The recent Somalia Partnership Forum enabled all involved to openly exchange views on current developments in the country and to agree on the 2021 Mutual Accountability Framework, which sets out key priorities on inclusive politics, security and justice, and social and economic…

U.S Calls for free, fair and peaceful elections in Uganda

WASHINGTON D.C (HORN OBSERVER) The United States reiterates its call for a free, fair, credible and peaceful election in Uganda. Repeated violence and excessive use of force by security forces are deeply troubling.

On Human Rights Day, UN Calls for all Somalis to Build a Better Somalia Post-COVID-19

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) With the theme of this year's Human Rights Day centred on 'Recover Better. Stand Up for Human Rights,' the United Nations envoy to Somalia today called on all Somalis to join together to build a post-COVID-19 Somalia that is better for present and future generations.

Strongest storm ever in the Horn of Africa could impact current desert locust infestations in Somaliland in several ways

9 December 2020, Hargeisa, Somaliland – Representatives from the European Union, Germany and Switzerland visited various desert locust affected areas during a three-day mission. The main aim of this mission was to understand progress made so far in the fight against desert locust, engage with Government…

African Development Bank supported water project brings better health, peace in South Sudan

ABIDJAN (HORN OBSERVER) Farida, her school bag on her back and her face betraying a hint of a smile, sings softly on her way to school in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.