Politics

EU announces €105.5 million of Covid-19 response support for Horn of Africa countries

BRUSSELS (HORN OBSERVER) The European Union (EU) is providing an additional €105.5 million to countries in the Horn of Africa as the coronavirus pandemic risks worsening the humanitarian situation across the region where many continue to suffer from armed conflict, displacement, and recurrent droughts…

Why Elections Are a Pillar of Stability in Somalia

Despite the inordinate challenges confronting Somalia for decades now, one pillar has kept the country from relapsing into civil war and further disintegration: national elections every four years. In some ways, it's nothing short of a miracle that, since 2000, when the Somali state was reconstituted…

Somalia, Kenya to cooperate on the fight against Covid-19

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's Foreign Minister on Monday said that his country will work with Kenya to strengthen their cooperation on preventing the spread of Covid-19.

Pressured and overwhelmed, Somalia health minister considers resignation

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia Health Minister, Dr Fawsiya Abikar Nur is on the verge of resigning from her position in a time when the Horn of African country faces another desperate situation as COVID-19 cases spiral, sources within Somali Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Health…

Somalia's partners see Jubbaland agreement as a helpful step to resolve disputes

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's international partners have welcomed the dialogue between the Jubaland administration and the leadership of the Jubaland Council for Change which culminated in a reconciliation agreement signed on 23 April.

Presidential candidate Guled urges united front against Covid19 in Somalia, calls for timely election

MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) Somali presidential aspirant, Abdikarin Hussein Guled has called for a united front to combat against Covid-19 in Somalia as the Somalis already face social and economic effects of the pandemic.

Consultations on Somalia's new constitution closes in Hirshabelle

Jowhar, Somalia– A three-day public consultation ended today in Jowhar, at which representatives from all walks of life in Somalia's federal state of Hirshabelle discussed and shared views on key elements of a future constitution for their country.

Somalia's international partners urge all stakeholders to work together to hold elections on time

Mogadishu – Somalia's federal electoral law has now been approved by the House of the People and was signed into law by the President on 20 February. This law is part of the essential electoral legislative framework required so one-person-one-vote national elections that allow as many citizens…

US government calls on Somali President to end Offensive in Gedo region

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) The US Political coordinator at the US Mission to teh United Nations has on Monday called for the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo to end offesive by the Somali National Army in Gedo, calling it "Politically motivated and unacceptable"

Somalia President signs Federal Electoral bill into law

The President of the federal republic of Somalia H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has signed the long-awaited Election Bill into law on a historic night at the State House, Villa Somalia.