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Villa Somalia employee under scrutiny for being on double govt payroll

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) An employee working at the Office of Somali President (The Villa Somalia) has been caught with receiving overpayments from the government for almost more than three years, according to a document seen by Horn Observer and interviews with senior officials from the Somali Civil…

Killing of health workers from rural clinic an appalling tragedy: ICRC

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was deeply shocked by the killing of eight people in Gololey village in the Balcad district in Somalia's Hirshabelle State on Wednesday.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia condemns the abduction and killing of NGO health personnel in Middle Shabelle

MOGADISHU: The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Adam Abdelmoula, has condemned the abduction and killing of NGO health personnel in Gololey village in Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday.

FOA Somalia hands over equipped vehicles to combat Desert Locust to Somailand

Hargeisa, (Horn Observer) FOA Somalia has this week handed over 6 vehicles equipped with vehicle-mounted sprayers and backpacks to the Somaliland's minister of Agricultural Development amid in a bit to fight the grown desert locust invasion in Somaliland regions, FOA Somalia said.

Ahead of general elections, Somalia's AG threatens media and journalists with dire consequences

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's Attorney General (AG) Sulayman Mohamed Mohamud has been threatening media and journalists trying to report the abuses and human rights violations committed by the Somali police and state officials ahead of the country's general elections later in the year.

Despite calamity, Somalia plans to hold its first national elections for first time in decades

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali government is looking ahead to its first direct elections in a half-century, the top UN official in the country told UN Security council on Thursday, in a time of dramatic crisis as a result COVID-19 and floods that wreak havoc in parts of the country.

AU Special Representative in Somalia extends best wishes to the people of Somalia on Eid al-Fitr

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, extends his warm and best wishes to the government and the people of Somalia on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

Somalia journalists union welcomes EU Parliament's call to end continuous attacks on journalists and restrictions on media freedom

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) welcomes the statement on Tuesday 19 May, by Maria Arena, Chair of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, on the continuous attacks on journalists and restrictions on media freedom in Somalia.

Somali media and journalists' representatives call for free press and end of impunity in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer)- Representatives from Somali Journalists union and employers associations jointly condemned the continued enforced disappearance against Radio Hiigsi editor, Mohamed Abduwahaab Nuur (Abuuja) since 7th March in Mogadishu and the acts of pressure and intimidations by…

Somalia AG widens probe on corruption as hundreds of thousands of aid money unaccounted

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia Attorney General, Saleban Mohamed Mohamud on Saturday issued a stern warning to government officials and their alleged allies in what he termed as a widening probe on public corrupt deals committed recently to loot funds meant to fight against Coronavirus.