Somalia

ATMIS female peacekeepers mark International Women's Day with calls for women inclusion in decision making

Mogadishu – On International Women's Day, female peacekeepers serving with the Africa Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) called for a renewed commitment to gender equality and inclusion of women in decision-making forums.

Women's Day: More to be done to safeguard women rights and achieve equality in Somalia

By - ANFA ADEN ABDI*

Somali man who set wife ablaze to be executed - Court

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) – In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, the Banadir Regional Court in Mogadishu handed down the death penalty to a man convicted of burning his wife to death in January. The announcement came during a brief court session attended by representatives from both families.

Persistent humanitarian crisis grips Somalia as displacement woes continue

MOGADISHU (KAAB TV) – Despite assertions from humanitarian organizations that the number of people requiring assistance has decreased in 2024, the situation remains dire for displaced populations in Somalia.

Muna Ibrahim Dakhtar: Setting a leading example for Somali women journalists

Hargeisa – Two days a week, before dawn, when the streets of Hargeisa are still empty, and the tea sellers are only just starting to set up their stalls, a solitary figure rushes through the waking city.

RSF decries expulsion of two British TV journalists from Somalia's Puntland region

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the expulsion of a British TV news reporter and his producer from Puntland, an autonomous region in northeastern Somalia, to which they had gone to cover the crisis affecting shipping in the Red Sea.

Crisis in Somali Airspace Raises Alarming Safety Concerns

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Tensions between Somalia and Somaliland have escalated, putting air traffic control management at risk and heightening the potential for a dangerous collision.

ATMIS supports public engagement on Somalia's constitutional amendments in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, 23 February 2024 – A public consultation meeting to review the first four chapters of the constitution concluded in Mogadishu with a plea to parliament to adopt a document that reflects the views and aspiration of the Somali people.

Somaliland frees independent TV founder, Puntland blocks and detains Chanel 4 reporters

MOGADISHU, Somalia 20 February 2024 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is relieved that MM Somali TV founder and journalist Mohamed Abdi Ilig was freed from jail on Sunday after a court in Hargeisa ruled his innocence while we are concerned about the actions of Puntland authorities to detain…

Somali air traffic employee found dead in his apartment, family says he received threats

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Abdinasir Muse Abdi, known as Dahable, an employee of the Somali Civil Aviation, was discovered dead in his apartment in Mogadishu's Wadajir district on Sunday.