File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud has announced that he has been quarantined in Burundi for eight days after being diagnosed with Coronavirus. Speaking to state television, Minister Mohamed Abdirizak said the disease had spread to Somalia, from Mogadishu to Burundi. “Covid-19 has spread so much in Somalia that I am

Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Betty C. Maina speaking at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, JKIA on Monday, January 18, 2021. Kenya’s trade pact with UK will allow British firms to ship in goods duty-free for 25 years. The post-Brexit trade deal with the UK will, however, open the window for British

Photo/Somali Times The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police station in the capital, Mogadishu. Benadir regional deputy security commissioner Ali Abdi Wardhere issued a statement detailing the incident, saying security forces suspected the man who carried out the blast, and then fled, throwing off his seatbelt, which he noted later exploded.

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud addressed the media at a special session of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Somalia. The minister said the conference focused specifically on elections and the humanitarian situation in Somalia, presenting a multi-faceted report. Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud stressed

Photo/Somali Times Somali federal government Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe said, ”What happened on February 19th in Mogadishu was a coup attempt.” He described it as “surprising” that someone was declaring that there was no government in the country, and that he was holding a press conference in front of the Somali presidential palace.

Photo/Somali Times James Swan screen capture. The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Mr James Swan, speaking at a Security Council meeting on the latest developments in Somalia, said there was “political tension”. Mr Swan said Somalia was currently in a difficult political situation, which could hamper progress in rebuilding Somalia’s system and even the security

Photo: Credit Twitter/ The Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio to Congo. The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. The ambush occurred as

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif has called for renewed anti-government demonstrations and civil war supported by Kenya and United Arab Emirates in Mogadishu on February 26 2021. Sheikh Sharif’s vision is destruction and civil war also to go back to civil war 1991 has vowed to proceed with demonstrations against President Mohamed

Photo/Somali Times The Governor of the Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, held a press conference in Garowe last night talking about private conversation with the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo which made up a lot of lies according to reliable sources told Somali Times. Said Deni accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of believing

FILE – In this July 11, 2020 file photo, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli speaks at the national congress of his ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in Dodoma, Tanzania. Tanzania’s president John Magufuli is finally acknowledging Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had