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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…