Mogadishu January 22, 2023 (QJ) – A powerful fire broke out in several parts of the Bakaraha Market in the city of Mogadishu, particularly in the areas where gold, silver, copper, and spices are sold, causing significant damage to property. The fire, which lasted for several hours, was brought under control around 1:30am, with the help […]
Baidoa January 22, 2023 (QJ) – President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, visited the Training Center of the 60th Battalion of the Somali National Army in Baydhabo and addressed the 15th graduating class of the school. The President urged the soldiers to uphold the principles of military conduct and to prioritize the […]
NY January 21, 2023 (QJ) – Somalia has once again been granted the right to vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations, even though Somalia has not yet paid off the arrears to the General Assembly of the United Nations for the past two years. UN member states pay annual contributions or dues, and […]
Baidoa January 21, 2023 (QJ) – The Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Sheekh Aadan Maxamed Nuur (Madoobe), met yesterday with representatives of the Southern Federal State Presidential Candidates Union and Southern Federal State Reconciliation Assembly to discuss the ongoing reconciliation conference in Baydhabo. The focus of the meeting was on finding ways to successfully […]
Garoowe January 21, 2023 (QJ) – The President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, held the first official meeting with Puntland’s Negotiations Committee on the Federalization of the country, appointed by the President on January 14, 2023. According to a statement from the Puntland Presidency, President Deni briefed the committee on the current state of Somalia’s political […]
A suspected Islamic terrorist was caught with a ‘library’ of instructions on how to print 3D guns, a court heard. Abdiwahid Abdulkadir Mohamed, 31, was arrested at Heathrow Airport yesterday and charged with six counts of possessing documents likely to be useful for committing or preparing an act of terrorism following an investigation by the […]
WASHINGTON — People in Somalia are highly traumatized due to political instability, prolonged violence and humanitarian crisis, a new health study said. The joint study by the United Nations, Somalia’s health ministry and the country’s national university found that mental disorder is prevalent across the country. It said that cases are about 77 percent higher […]
DUBAI: US-Somali model Halima Aden is set to be a judge for this year’s Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge finals, held on Feb. 3. The annual program, in its fourth outing, aims to discover and accelerate the work of innovative and impactful fashion startups. Through mentoring and financial support, the company seeks to help the […]
BOSASO, Somalia, Jan 1 (Reuters) – At least 20 people have been killed in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces over several days, according to a doctor at a public hospital. For more than a week police and the military have been battling the protesters in Laascaanood, a […]
Gardaí investigating the murder of Mahamud Ilyas, whose body was found dumped in Co Meath at the weekend, have arrested a man and sealed off a house in West Dublin as a crime scene. Detectives are working on a definite line of inquiry and had since Sunday been searching for people of interest in the […]