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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…