Staff Reporter

Southwest elects seven MPs in Barawe

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Southwest state has today elected seven MPs amidst mortar shells attacks that killed at least one person.

AU appoints new diplomat to replace expelled AU envoy

ADDIS ABABA (HORN OBSERVER) - Ms. Fiona Lortan has been appointed as the Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) barely months after Somalia declared her predecessor Simon Mulongo persona non by ordering him to leave the country within seven days.

Ali Gudlawe makes his first trip to Beletweyne amid high tension

BELEDWEYNE (HORN OBSERVER) - Somalia's Hirshabelle state president Ali Gudlawe Hussein has arrived on Sunday for his first-ever visit to Baladweyne town.

Galmudug forces raid local media station in Abudwak

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) calls Galmudug authorities to investigate its Darwish police force for the raid on Sooyaal TV and Radio, a local independent media station in Abudwak town, Galgadud region, and beating and detaining its director Mahad Bashir…

Somalia drought: 1.4 million people may be forced from their homes

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Somalia's escalating drought is creating a massive displacement crisis. 245,000 people have already fled their homes, with numbers projected to reach up to 1.4 million as the drought worsens.

Somalia and Djibouti extradited over 380 members of ONLF

Mogadishu (HORN OBSERVER) - Somali and Djibouti governments have deported more than 387 Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) members during the last 20 years, the group's spokesperson confirmed.

20 militants killed in central Somalia operations

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) - At least 20 al-Shabaab militants have been killed and several other wounded in security operations in Central Somalia, Somali national army confirmed Wednesday.

Newly appointed US envoy reaches Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Newly appointed US ambassador to Somalia Larry André has today arrived in Somali capital, Mogadishu.

FIET replaces its former boss Mohamed Hassan Irro

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Muse Guleid Yussuf has been elected as the chairperson of Federal Elections Implementation Team (FEIT) in Afisyoni tent near Mogadishu International Airport Airport.

UN hails completion of upper house of election

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the failure to secure 30% women quota in the recently concluded Upper House elections amid the country is on the brink to resume to the elections of Lower House members.