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

Photo/Somali Times In a statement posted on his Twitter account, EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga called on the government to stop the persecution of journalists, in order to get a complete picture of the situation in the country. The statement by the EU ambassador to Somalia, came after a meeting of the international community

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has asked the international community to assist Somalia in the fight against Coronavirus and helping its people. The demand was made by Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, who held a meeting today in the online video conference with ambassadors from Somalia and other international agencies in the country. Meeting

In this Tuesday, Jan 28, 2020 file photo, mobile network phone masts are visible in front of St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London. Dozens of European cell towers have been destroyed in recent arson attacks that officials and wireless companies say are fueled by groundless conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and

Photo: Credit Reuters Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred. The holiest month in the Islamic calendar is one of family and togetherness – community, reflection, charity and prayer.

Photo: Credit Daily Nation The CS said this when he announced that the total number of coronavirus cases in Kenya had clocked 262 out of which 12 were deaths and 60 recoveries.”There are models that say that we could lose up to 28,000 Kenyans as a result of this disease,” said Kagwe who insited on

Photo: Credit Reuters By: Michael Horton Arms trafficking via the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea has a long history. However, the wars in Yemen and the vast number of arms and materiel provided by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have ushered in a golden age for regional arms traffickers. The

Former al-Shabaab commander and current Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin A senior official is the main contact person and is in constant communication with the militant group Report says top Shabaab and NISA leaders are in contact to derail the ongoing peace processes and target Kenyan forces in Somalia. Other NISA officials and their agents

Princess Basmah Bint Saud speaking at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC on 12 April 2017 (AFP) Princess Basmah says she is being detained without explanation or charges, and her health is deteriorating A Saudi princess, who has been missing for over a year, has spoken out publicly for the first time, pleading with

By Vanda Felbab-Brown For the past three decades, militia groups have been a defining feature of Somalia’s conflict landscape. Communities create or join such groups to respond to conditions of insecurity and vulnerability. Somali powerbrokers, sub-federal authorities, the national government, and external interveners also turn to armed groups as a tool for pursuing their own