Reports

U.S to continue to fight al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab & ISIS, AFRICOM Commander says

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) On the aftermath of 9/11 nineteenth anniversary, the commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRIOM), Gen. Stephen Townsend has vowed to continue fighting al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab and the Islamic State (ISIS) in the world.

UN75 – An Opportunity for Somalis to Help Shape Global Priorities

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations turns 75 this year. Somalia has been a proud member of the UN for 60 of those years.

Do or Die: Somali president's comms director threatens journalists, unions who oppose media law

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) On Thursday hundreds of journalists, editors, photographers, women reporters, media bosses and representatives from Somali civil society groups protested against the country's draconian media law introduced a day earlier.

Somalia: Sharp decline in primary healthcare visits, child vaccinations amid Covid-19 pandemic as malnutrition and infectious diseases surge

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Primary health care visits and vaccination coverage have sharply declined in Somalia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns that diseases such as respiratory infections, measles, and acute watery diarrhea (AWD) as well as malnutrition could be going untreated, all while…

A cameraman seriously injured in Somalia hotel attack as NISA targets local radio

MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 August, 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) are very concerned about the health condition of Mohamed Abdi Hussein Araye, a cameraman with the state-owned TV, who was critically injured in a hotel attack in Mogadishu on Sunday, while we…

UN in Somalia condemns deadly terrorist attack on Mogadishu hotel

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations in Somalia strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Elite Hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, which reportedly killed at least 16 people and left many more injured.

Somali paramilitary forces end Elite Hotel siege with at least 20 killed

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) At least 20 people were killed and more than 30 were injured after gunmen and a huge car bomb targeted with an upscale popular hotel in Mogadishu's Liido beach area on Sunday.

Somalia's leaders must hold crucial meeting on election, Int'l Partners tell Somali leaders

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's international partners have called for the reconvening of the Federal Government and Federal Member States leaders in Dhusamareb on 15 August, as scheduled, with all FMS and FGS leaders attending, according to a statement issued on Friday.

Somalia to re-open schools next week ending months of restrictions

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Federal Education Ministry of Somalia has green-lighted the resumption of schools in the country next week following almost three months of suspension over COVID-19 preventive measures.

At least nine killed as jail break turns gun-battle in Mogadishu prison

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least four inmates and five soldiers have been confirmed dead as several others sustained injuries following a violent prison-break in Mogadishu central prison on Monday, police and government officials said.