Mogadishu – The humanitarian branches of the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations today launched an appeal for $80 million to provide immediate help for people affected by recent flooding in the country’s centre and south – resulting from the heaviest rainfall experienced in Somalia in more than three decades. The appeal falls

President Uhuru Kenyatta today announced that the production of oil from the Turkana oilfields will start without any hindrance after an agreement was reached on the sharing of revenue.The President, said the revenue from oil will be shared on the basis of 75 percent for all Kenyans through the National Government, 20 percent to the

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed departed the country on Thursday for a state visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip is his first outside Africa after three visits to neighbouring countries.State-media EBC quoted a Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs as confirming that the visit follows an invitation from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudi. During

Mogadishu- Ministry of Post, Telecom and Technology is facilitating the establishment of Somalia’s first Internet Exchange Point  in Mogadishu Mogix The IXP will allow local Internet Service Providers  to connect their networks and exchange Internet traffic locally, providing high-bandwidth and low-latency access. Nisha Goburdhan, an IXP expert from Packet Clearing House , said a domestic

Somalia Deputy Prime Minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Akdeğ The leaders discussed wide range issues including education, bilateral relations, and cooperation.Mr Guleid who is in Ankara on tour of duty said he discussed with Akdağ on means to strengthen the relations between Somali and Turkish governments. “During my tour

Mogadishu- Somali Times Chinese Ambassador to Somalia,  Mr. Qin Jian has today on Monday handed over 1.5 Million U.S Dollar in Cash to Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Isse Awad to help people affected by floods after handing over ceremony held at the Ministry in Mogadishu, Mr.Ahmed Awad , The Minister thanked People’s

Harare-Somali Times  The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, H.E. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, received the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to South Africa, His Excellency Mr. Jamal Mohamed Barrow, who presented his credentials as a non-resident ambassador of Somalia to Zimbabwe. The Ambassador conveyed the greetings of His Excellency President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Doha-Somali Times The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani today meets the visiting Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to discuss the distinguished fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries besides Arab and international issues of common concern.This is the Somalia  president’s Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed second official visit to Qatar within a year.The meeting between the

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the delegation led by President Mohamed arrived in Doha, capital of Qatar. The Presidential delegation accompanied by the delegation includes Ministers, MPs and senior diplomats from the Somali federal government. A statement from the office of the Somali President’s Media Office said

The Central Bank of Somalia to issue a new national currency under Phase which will be limited to exchanging the counterfeit Somali shilling notes currently in circulation with new currency. Over the past two years the IMF has provided the Central Bank Somalia. with extensive technical assistance  to support the currency reform project. All preparatory