Sadad Dakhare (R), his father Mohamed Dakhare Farah and niece Safa Mohamed Hassan (L) who fell ill with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but have now recovered pose in a photo taken in Oslo, Norway April 23, 2020. Picture taken April 23, 2020. Samsam Muhammed Dakhare/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD

Jubbaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as “Ahmed Madobe” (second right), and opponents after they signed a unity deal in Nairobi on Thursday, April 23, 2020. By AGGREY MUTAMBO Jubaland President Mohamed Ahmed Madobe has inked a ‘unity’ deal with his arch-rivals, stealing a march on the Federal Government of Somalia. Brokered by the

Screen grab taken from video issued by Britain’s Oxford University, showing microbiologist Elisa Granato, being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK for a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University, England, Thursday April 23, 2020. The first vaccine trial for COVID-19 Coronavirus have begun Thursday. (Oxford University Pool via AP)

Somalia’s intelligence agency said Thursday it has submitted findings of a probe into journalist Harun Maruf to the Attorney General seeking to charge him against what it said was ‘threat to national security’ The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said in a tweet it was ready to pursue legal action against the popular journalist

The Ritz London, UK on 5 December 2013 [pathikAvashi/Flickr] When the iconic hotel, the Ritz London, was sold in March for some $927 million to a private Qatari investor, there were speculations over who the individual that managed to get their hands on one of the most prestigious real-estate in the capital was. It now

Photo/Somali Times Somaliland complains to International Community against President Farmajo program Bahnaano. Somaliland has sent a message to the international community to complain about a ‘Release’ project recently launched by Somalia President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland, the project is aimed at political objectives

Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L) meets with US President Donald Trump (R) US president asks Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani ‘to take steps toward resolving the Gulf rift’: White House U.S. President Donald Trump urged an end to regional divisions in the Persian Gulf during a telephone call with

Kenya’s Ambassador to China Sarah Serem is rejecting claims that Kenyans lodged on the streets in China after they were thrown out of their houses or hotels. Ms Serem, speaking for the first time in the face of growing accusations that the government has left stranded Kenyans on their own, indicated the Embassy had intervened

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly refutes the trumped up and baseless allegations by the Somali Federal Ministry of Information against Radio Hiigsi’s editor, Mohamed Abduwahaab Nuur (Abuuja) held incommunicado since March 7. In a statement on Wednesday 22 April, the Information Ministry weirdly and without any proof of evidence alleged that the imprisoned journalist “is

Two discuss global fight against COVID-19, bilateral ties, regional developments The presidents of Turkey and Somalia on Wednesday discussed the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic in a phone call, according to an official statement. Turkey’s Directorate of Communications said Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo also exchanged views on bilateral