The government of Somalia has partnered with various stakeholders, including telecoms operators and the World Bank, to roll out a phased project towards establishing the country’s first telecoms sector regulator. recently reported that Abdi Sheik Ahmed has been appointed to head the regulator. The country’s telecoms sector comprises several players including Dalkom, Golis Telecom, Hormuud

The RAKGAS execution of the production sharing Agreement PSA with government of Somaliland, seems in doubt. The PSA launch starting with an awareness raising campaign in the target area of Sahil Region failed to take-off as slated in Berbera. Without prior warning the participants awaiting launch of the campaign including Businessmen, local leaders and ordinary

Abu Dhabi-The Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government  of Somalia Mr. Hassan Ali Kheyre visited the two-day visit, while the United Arab Emirates will meet with heads of state. Prime Minister accompanied by Foreign Minister Mr Ahmed Isa Awad, National Security Minister Mr. Mohamed Abukar Islow Duale, MPs and other members. Prime Minister Hassan

Despite being availed millions of dollars the Hargeisa Water Expansion Project has failed miserably. Accordingly citizens of the Somaliland capital city Hargeisa continue to suffer from scarcity of safe, clean and sufficient water. This is per chairman of the Social services parliamentary committee MP Abdirahman Osman Alin ‘Abdirahman Dheere’ during a briefing with Somnews TV

Mogadishu-Somalia Prime Minister H.E Haassan Ali Kheyre has demanded the police and intelligence agencies to response the security situation and make reliable safety in Mogadishu, The prime minister Kheyre, together with the minister of internal security H.E Mohamed abukar Islow and chief of security forces spoke to Mogadishu stabilizing forces and pointed the army to

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to go on a five-day official visit to four African countries starting Monday According to a statement release by the president’s office, Erdogan will hold talks with his counterparts in Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali in one-on-one and inter-delegation meetings. The leaders are expected to discuss regional and

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition, the Ethiopia Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front EPRDF has set a date for its much awaited congress, local media portal, the Addis Standard reports. The EPRDF’s Council is expected to begin its meeting on Thursday March 1, 2018. The gathering is supposed to run for three days at the end of which the

The East African Community  needs $78 billion in the next ten years to fund more than 200 infrastructure projects in the five member states. The key projects to be funded include the Standard Gauge Railway hydropower, oil and gas projects across the region, which together are to cost $62.2 billion. Leaders from the EAC member

Polling stations on Friday opened in Djibouti for legislative elections boycotted by the main opposition, Movement for Development and Freedom party. According to the party, three years after promise of electoral reforms, nothing has been done in that direction. They argue that the process lacks transparency and credibility. The ruling party is, however, expected to

Chaos reigned in Parliament Thursday after cabinet minister Obert Mpofu refused to answer questions regarding the claimed theft of $15 billion in revenues due to government from diamond mining at Marange. Mpofu was appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy. He was mines minister when, according to former president Robert Mugabe, the