Photo/Somali Times Information is still growing on the eight-hour direct attack on the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries. According to the Somali government, at least nine people were killed in the attack, including General Mohamed Nur Galal, who was staying at the hotel, and a man named

Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reports said that General Mohamed Nur Galaal was killed in the ongoing attack of the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. The officer was among those inside the hotel this afternoon when a heavily armed Al-Shabaab group entered, still fighting inside the hotel. Among the politicians who have already spoken out about the

Photo/Somali Times The blast reportedly took place in the Afrik Hotel Mogadishu , where there is a checkpoint for vehicles heading towards the airport. KM4 The blast was followed by heavy gunfire. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. Preliminary reports say two more explosions followed, followed by

Photo: Credit Facebook Somali MP Mohamed Omer Dalha. By Hadar Sela Last week a member of the public alerted us to an edition of a programme called “Dooda Jimcaha” which was aired on the BBC Somali Service radio on December 18th 2020. Among the contributors to that programme was the Somali MP Mohamed Omer Dalha

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo yesterday announced a conference of heads of state and government, following a meeting with the international community. The conference, which was Somali president’s call for a conference in Dhusamareb on February 1st and 3rd was a step in the right direction. Opposition as he put it. He

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa signing a document during the opening session of the 41st GCC summit in the Saudi city of al-Ula on 5 January (AFP) By AP Muhammed Afsal Weeks after Gulf leaders signed a “solidarity and stability” statement in Saudi Arabia ending a three-and-a-half year blockade on Qatar, Bahrain still

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo said considering the political and security situation in the country and the need to hold elections, he convened a meeting of state regional leaders. President Mohamed said the conference will be held in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug, and will run from February 1st to 3rd, 2021. He

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who received at the State House the Ambassadors and Representatives of the International Community based in Mogadishu, shared the Government’s commitment to holding transparent elections, in line with the Agreement reached on 17 September 2020. The Federal Parliament of Somalia. The President

Credit: AFP/Luis Tato/A group of Nigerian Policemen deployed in Somalia, as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission, patrol in Beledweyne, Somalia, on December 14, 2019. Top African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officials, led by the Deputy Special Representative of Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) Simon Mulongo, were in Baidoa on Thursday

Credit: Malawi24 Sex workers held protests in Lilongwe. By Charles Pensulo in Lilongwe Petition urges government to extend closing times for bars as women go hungry and are forced to skip HIV medication Dozens of sex workers took to the streets of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe on Thursday to protest against what they described as “targeted