The World Bank has appointed Mr. Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda, effective September 1, 2024. Mr. Fan, who has over 35 years …
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The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has partnered with the Somali Bankers Association (SBA) to roll out a National Digital Identification system. This new system, formalized through a Memorandum …
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The UN’s top relief official in Somalia called on all parties to protect civilians and humanitarian workers in the country’s conflict areas. George Conway, the deputy special representative of the …
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Somalia’s cabinet approved a bill that, if confirmed by parliament, will revert the country’s election system to universal suffrage for the first time in decades, ending a process of indirect …
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Several people boarded and took control of a ship during a suspected pirate attack in the Indian Ocean, nearly 1,100 km east of Somalia’s coastal capital, Mogadishu, the British army …
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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday that it had received a report of a boarding incident 600 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, Somalia. “Authorities are investigating. …
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In response to a failed pirate hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia’s maritime police force has increased patrols in the area. The commander of the maritime …
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Somalia has formally been admitted to the East African Community (EAC). It joins Kenya, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania in the bloc. …
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The Somali Army will be able to replace the African Union forces, which are expected to leave the country at the end of 2024, assured, on Sunday, the Somali President, …
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Somalia is reeling from devastating flooding that has ravaged towns and communities, leaving an estimated 1.7 million people in urgent need of assistance, according to humanitarian aid groups. The town …
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