MOGADISHU Saturday, September, 3, 2022 (QJ) – Somalia Federal Government Prime Minister, Hamsa Abdi Barre send his deepest condolences to all the families that have lost their loved once last night that has been attacked and killed by Al-shabaab in Afar-Irdood, 35 kilometer South-east from Baledweyne, and also sent his deepest condolences to Somalia whole […]
Mahmood Mattan spoke very little English and could not read or write in the language The family of a father who was wrongly convicted of murder have been given a police apology 70 years after he was executed in a British prison. Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali and former seaman, was hanged in 1952 after […]
A Swedish-Somali politician has left the ruling Social Democrats party in protest over recent remarks by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, saying the party has become too xenophobic. Saida Hussein Moge criticized Andersson over comments she made last week where she said Sweden should not have any “Somalitowns.” The Social Democrats have “become a more xenophobic […]
A Somali TV reporter was badly wounded when two members of an elite police unit fired on him as he tried to cover the recent hotel siege in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and yet they were released within hours. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for a full police investigation into this flagrant case of impunity. Ahmed […]
A first of its kind all-female media outlet has been launched in Somalia, seeking to amplify women’s voices and report on the rarely-discussed challenges they face on a daily basis. Dubbed Bilan, meaning bright and clear in Somali, the media house consists of one editor and five journalists and will produce TV, radio and online […]
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Amid protests that turned deadly, persistent drought and election controversies, Somaliland’s media are coming under attack. Arbitrary arrests, threats, beatings. Somaliland’s journalists are bearing the brunt of a spike in attacks, media associations say. In a recent incident, police in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region, detained two Horyaal 24 TV […]
Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city is located on the Gulf of Aden – one of the globally most frequented seaways connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Only a few years ago, Berbera port was a dilapidated runway, originally built by the British […]
When Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office in May he declared a top priority was bringing an end to the country’s 15-year Islamist insurgency. Three months later al-Shabab staged one of its most spectacular ever attacks, storming a hotel a short drive away from the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu. They held […]
HARGEISA (QJ) – Today was the saddest day for Somalis all around the World because one of the most Prominent and Greatest Poet Passed away. And the only thing Trending in Social Media was the condolences message’s of Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Hadraawi, which united all Somalis who shared their deepest sympathies and Unwavering condolences post’s on […]
Somalia on Saturday backed China on Beijing’s rising tensions with Washington after a recent visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In a Foreign Ministry statement, the Horn of Africa nation voiced support for China’s sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity and national unity, and adherence to UN and African Union resolutions. “The government […]