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Halima-Sadiya Abdullahi: Veteran Somali Journalist Helping Her Community and Women Colleagues

GAROWE – At the age of 30, Halima-Sadiya Abdullahi is already a veteran Somali journalist and well-known to the public in her home state of Puntland in northern Somalia.

Somalia Launches Game-changing Report on Health and Lives of Somalis, including Hard-to-Reach Communities

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) A new report launched today by Somalia—titled the Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS) Report 2020—offers the country's decision makers and stakeholders vital information on the health and lives of Somali women of childbearing ages and children.

Somalia confirms 19 new COVID-19 cases, 1 person living in an IDPs tested positive

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somalia has on Thursday announced 19 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total cases to 601, including 1 person living in an IDPs, officials said.

Ethiopia: Forced evictions in Addis Ababa render jobless workers homeless amid COVID-19

ADDIS ABABA (HORN OBSERVER) Addis Ababa municipal authorities have demolished dozens of homes belonging to day labourers over the past three weeks, rendering at least 1,000 people homeless amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International said today.

Somalia's partners see Jubbaland agreement as a helpful step to resolve disputes

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's international partners have welcomed the dialogue between the Jubaland administration and the leadership of the Jubaland Council for Change which culminated in a reconciliation agreement signed on 23 April.

NISA manhunts critical journalists in Somalia

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) It was Thursday 23rd April when the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said it has forwarded a file case on the renowned Voice of America (VOA) journalist, Harun Maruf to the Office of the Attorney General to seek charges.

Somalia: Places of detention overlooked during Covid-19 crisis

BAIDOA (HORN OBSERVER) Like most countries around the globe, Somalia finds itself in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of known infections has risen dramatically in the last weeks. Sweeping public restrictions have followed suit in a bid to curb the spread of the disease.

A cough that kills people: Views of Somalia's displaced families on Covid-19

GAROWE (Horn Observer) For countries like Somalia, Covid-19 isn't just a health crisis, it's an economic juggernaut. Even before the outbreak gathers speed, people are feeling the pinch of inflation, widespread job losses and fear that measures to contain the spread of the virus will have an…

Somalia arrests deputy director of Goobjoog Media over Covid-19 related post

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses its extreme concern by the arrest of Goobjoog Media deputy director, Abdiaziz Ahmed Gurbiye by the Somali police in Mogadishu on Tuesday 14 April, 2020 and calls for his immediate release.

Somalia's int'l partners express solidarity in facing global pandemic of Covid-19

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) Somalia's international partners have on Sunday expressed their solidarity with the Somali people and government at all levels in facing the global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Two Covid-19 patients in critical condition as Somalia Health Minister briefs the nation

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) Somali Minister of Health, Fowsiya Abikar Nur has said two Covid-19 patients receiving medical attention at the De-Martini Health Facility in Mogadishu are in a critical state and as a result would need further medical care to save their lives as the country records 21 cases…

Public outcry as Somalia Information Ministry's advert seen as insult on women

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) A job advert by Somalia Information Ministry on Friday enticed a public outcry after the advert contained a criteria regarded as insult and discrimination against Somali women journalists seeking employment in the state media.

US airstrike in Somalia's Jilib town kills Hormuud Telecom Official

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Somali government together U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab terrorist in the vicinity of Jilib, Somalia, Feb. 24, however local media reports that Hormuud Telecom official was killed in the strike.

Abdiwali: The journalist who was not liked by al-Shabaab and Somalia officials

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) Early on Sunday of February 16, Abdiwali Ali Hassan, who is better known as "Abdiwali Online" for his love of using the internet to follow the news, and checking of social media platforms, left home at Hawo Tako neighborhood for work.

Bribe and threat, how Villa Somalia installed Qoorqoor as 'Galmudug president'

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER)- Many Somalis were not caught on surprise by the announcement from Dhusamareb last Sunday when a divided Galmudug's new State Assembly elected Ahmed Abdi Karie (aka Qoorqoor) as the new Galmudug leader.

Missing Somali Danish girl found and sent to Denmark, family told

MOGADISHU, Somalia - (Horn Observer) The family of Somali Danish Girl Amaal Nor Osman who went missing after fleeing a rehabilitation center two months ago has been found and sent to Denmark, family said Wednesday.

Mystery overshadows missing Somali Danish girl said to have been kidnapped in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia - (Horn Observer) A mystery has overshadowed a missing 16 year old Somali - Danish girl Amal Nor Osman who has been learning Islamic teaching in a local rehabilitation center in Mogadishu's Hodan district, where she has been studying before leaving the college to unidentified…

Somalia's president to assent draconian media bill into law ahead of elections

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) – Members of Somalia Federal Parliament's Upper House on Tuesday passed a controversial and draconian media bill which according to journalists' trade unions and opposition lawmakers described as a tool designed to stifle press freedom ahead of the country's…