Improvement in aviation safety and general security situation in Somalia has prompted foreign airlines to launch flights to Mogadishu, an airport official said on Tuesday. Said Eliye, director of operations and international relations at the Mogadishu international airport, said with the rising confidence in the country’s security, more international airlines were in talks to launch

European officials and companies met with African leaders in Vienna Tuesday for talks intended as a springboard to increase investment in Africa. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said investments of around 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion) could materialize as a result of guarantees and other

Baidoa –Governors, Election Commission Governors Election Commission announced that Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagher won the election of the governor of South West after the first round with of 101 votes, while the second candidate to the post Adan Mohamed Nur Saransoor received 22 votes. Hussein Osman Hussein, Adnan Mohamed Nur Saransoor, Ibrahim Moalin Nunow, Sayid

Sale would include 80 Patriot missiles, 60 other missiles, associated equipment, says Pentagon security cooperation agency WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale of the Patriot air and missile defense system to Turkey for an estimated total of $3.5 billion, the Pentagon said Tuesday. According to the Defense Security Cooperation

Chinese fishing vessel (file image courtesy Tim Watters) Somalia has issued a large number of fishing licenses to Chinese operators, raising concerns among domestic fishermen that foreign fishing pressure in Somali waters will increase. In a ceremony on December 11, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo announced that his administration has granted 31 fishing licenses to

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 18 – National carrier, Kenya Airways has launched daily operations from Nairobi to Mogadishu, Somalia. This comes after previous postponement occasioned by delay in getting additional airline and operational requirements for aircraft operating this route. Aircraft Leasing Services (ALS), which is already licensed to fly this route, will operate on behalf of

Garowe-Dictator Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the incumbent governor of Puntland State of Somalia, announced Tuesday that he would run again for governor election. Mr Abdiweli Gaas make the announcement at a ceremony held in Garowe, where more dignitaries including traditional leaders and his government officials were attending. At the ceremony, he delivered a long speech he

EPA Photo Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect following a dismal start to the season, the Premier League side announced on Tuesday. United has made its worst start to a league season in 28 years and was beaten 3-1 by arch-rival Liverpoool on Sunday in what was Mourinho’s final

Mogadishu-The Prime Minister of Somalia . Hassan Ali Khaire. The meeting was held last night with the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman and the Prime Minister of Somalia . Hassan Ali Khaire. The sensitivity of the meeting was said to have ended with

The U.S. House of Representative vote declaring persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar a “genocide” should encourage other nations to follow suit, a senior rights activist said. In an interview with Anadolu Agency on last week’s vote, Harn Yawnghwe, son of Myanmar’s first president Sao Shwe Thaike, said the move “affirms the action taken