Somalia
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:00:22 GMTICJ Rejects Kenya's Request to Delay Somalia Maritime Case
[Dalsan Radio] Kenya's request for further postponement of the maritime case with Somalia had been rejected by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:33:28 GMTGovt Starts Issuing Aircraft Registrations And Aviation Licenses After 30yrs
[Dalsan Radio] The Somali government has Friday begun issuing certificates for commercial airlines for the first time in over 30 years.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:43:15 GMTInternational Partners Welcome May Elections
[PR Newswire] International partners welcome the announcement that Somaliland's parliamentary and local council elections will take place on 31 May 2021.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:24:36 GMTNation Misses a Vital Meeting With the 'Electorate'
[ISS] It wasn't even going to be a real one-person, one-vote election. That had been the original plan but had proved too ambitious. So Somalia reverted to its previous practice - an indirect election where powerful clan elders would elect delegates ...
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:35:53 GMTOpposition Presidential Candidates Seek Truce
[Nation] Somalia's opposition groups are calling for an urgent meeting with President Mohamed Farmaajo and other stakeholders in an attempt to resolve the electoral impasse.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:28:22 GMTUN Security Council Urges Somalis to Decide Quickly On Elections
[Shabelle] The UN Security Council called Tuesday on Somalia's leaders to quickly resume dialogue to arrange new elections, hoping to resolve a new crisis in the violence-ravaged nation.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:39:50 GMTControversy Rears Ugly Head in Somali Oil Deals
[East African] Somalia's sale of offshore oil blocks has hit a rock following the dismissal of the chief executive of the petroleum authority amid claims of political interference only six months into his tenure.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:36:14 GMTSomalia Petitions ICJ Against Kenya's Request to Postpone Maritime Case
[Dalsan Radio] The Somali government has rejected a request by Kenya to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone the maritime boundary dispute for the fourth time.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:35:13 GMTMystery of Missing Map as Kenya Wants Border Case With Somalia Suspended
[Nation] Kenya has petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone public hearings on the Indian Ocean boundary dispute with Somalia scheduled for next month, even as it protested at a missing map crucial to its case.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:04:52 GMTTen Facts About Child Soldiers Around the World
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Coronavirus pandemic feared driving more children into armed groups as world marks Red Hand Day
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:38:26 GMTInsecurity Threatens Somalia Humanitarian Work - UN
[Shabelle] Growing insecurity in Somalia poses grave threats to humanitarian operations in the country, a UN body said on Thursday.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:38:22 GMTSomalia Rejects Kenya Request to Delay Maritime Case
[Shabelle] Somalia on Thursday rejected the Kenyan government's request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone the maritime case between the two neighboring East African countries.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:38:17 GMTSomalia's Ratification of Seven (7) ILO Conventions Represents New Hope for Workers, Says Festu
[Shabelle] The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) applauds the official signing and ratification of seven International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions by Somalia's Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, on behalf of the Federal Governme...
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:38:14 GMTHealth Minister Sounds Alarm Over Virus Surge
[Shabelle] Somalia's health minister said on Wednesday she is "extremely alarmed" by the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:52:29 GMTSomalia Opposition Presidential Aspirants Call for Urgent Talks
[East African] Somalia's opposition groups have called for an urgent meeting with President Mohamed Farmaajo and other stakeholders in an attempt to resolve the electoral impasse that saw the country miss key poll deadlines.
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:46:20 GMTSomalia's Future in Jeopardy Amid Impasse Over Elections
[Capital FM] Mogadishu -- The survival of Somalia is facing new uncertainties amid a prolonged impasse over national elections which threaten ongoing efforts to achieve durable peace, stability, economic development and cohesion in the Horn of Africa...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:46:43 GMTSomalia Opposition Presidential Candidates Call for Urgent Talks
[East African] Somalia's opposition groups are calling for an urgent meeting with President Mohamed Farmaajo and other stakeholders in an attempt to resolve the electoral impasse that saw the country miss key poll deadlines..
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:25:17 GMTFarmaajo Schedules Another Meeting Over Poll Stalemate
[East African] Somalia's President Mohamed Farmaajo has scheduled another meeting with federal state leaders in the latest attempt to resolve an impasse that saw the country miss key election deadlines.
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:25:09 GMTKenya Speaks on Somalia Electoral Impasse as Pressure Mounts on Mogadishu
[Nation] Kenya has joined a growing list of international players in urging Somalia to negotiate an amicable electoral programme and save the region from instability.
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:46:23 GMTKenya Warns Against Attempts to Stir Up Tension Among AMISOM Partners
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has warned against attempts to stir up tension among African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) partner States even as it vowed to continue playing its rightful role alongside its Troop Contributing Countries in order to ...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:03:18 GMTStabilising Somalia for Elections and What Comes After
[Crisis Group] As tensions between the federal government and semi-autonomous federal member states escalate, Somalia's February elections are expected to be intensely contested. In this excerpt from our Watch List 2021, Crisis Group urges the EU and...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:29:40 GMTDoes Clan System Undermine Democracy?
[DW] As the Horn of Africa nation struggles to reach a consensus on this year's general election, the country's controversial clan-based indirect voting system is under scrutiny.
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:12:02 GMTUN Calls On Somalia to Resume Talks 'Urgently'
[Dalsan Radio] United Nations Security Council (UNSC) called on Somalia's political leaders to resume dialogue to find solutions for the political disagreement over the electoral stalemate.
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:12:01 GMTFarmaajo Calls for Resumption of Poll Talks
[Dalsan Radio] President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has announced the resumption of electoral talks in Garowe on February 15.
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:41:47 GMTPresident Is Legally in Office Until Next Polls - Govt Spokesman
[Dalsan Radio] The Federal Government of Somalia has termed "illegal" claims by the country's opposition that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is not to be recognised as the head of state after his term ended on Sunday.
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:27:40 GMTU.S. Judge Takes Over at ICJ From Somalia's Ahmed Yusuf
[East African] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday elected American jurist Joan E Donoghue as the new president of the UN judicial organ, bringing to an end the term of Somalia's Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, who has been at the helm since 20...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:39:48 GMTRelief for Kismayu Mother After 7yr Dead Foetus Is Removed in a Successful Surgery
[Dalsan Radio] A team of surgeons at Benadir Hospital in Mogadishu successfully conducted an operation to a woman who had an abdominal swelling for years.
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:37:07 GMTSomalia Confirms 58 New Covid-19 Cases, 2 Deaths
[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's Ministry of Health confirmed 57 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 48 hours raising the total number to 4920.
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:59:20 GMTChairman Menendez on Electoral Crisis in Somalia
[United States Senate] Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the , issued the following statement regarding Somalia's escalating electoral crisis after President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed's mandate expired withou...
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:30:48 GMTUN Security Council to Hold Somalia Meeting Tuesday
[Shabelle] The UN Security Council will meet to discuss Somalia's political crisis, diplomatic sources said Monday, after opposition leaders in the East African country declared the president illegitimate.