Flash and riverine floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 14 people in Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Saturday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said since the start of the 2023 seasonal deyr (October to December) rains, floods have affected at least 405,652 people, with deaths

File Photo/Somali Times The new envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations in charge of Somalia, Catriona Laing issued a new demand related to the political conflict between the federal government and the Puntland administration. Catriona called on the president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and the president of the Puntland administration Said Deni to

File Photo/Somali Times President of Hiran State in Somalia, Ali Jeyte Osman, after 24 hours, clarified his position on the new position he was appointed yesterday by the President of the Federal Government, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Ali Jeyte was assigned to the office of President Hassan Sheikh for

Somalia opposition of the Puntland administration today issued a press release accusing the president of Puntland, Said Deni, of declaring a new conflict in order to remain in power. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? The opposition said that President Deni had a meeting with Puntland military officials and instructed them to defend his

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Puntland Electoral Commission (PEC) has officially announced the schedule for the Puntland presidential election in 2024, which has been extended to President Said Deni. A statement issued by the Puntland Elections Committee has announced that the Puntland Presidential and Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held on February 25 of next

The federal government of Somalia has announced that it has officially recognized the administration of SSC-Khatumo, which is based in Las Anod, the of Sool region northern Somalia. The Minister of Somali Affairs, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, who is surrounded by the transitional leader of the SSC, welcomed the government’s decision. Read: Why is Somalia an

File Photo/Somali Times Somali MP Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, who is the special envoy of the Somalia President in charge of humanitarian affairs, has reacted to the statement made by Ethiopia that it is looking for a port to invest by force or strategy. Abdirahman Abdishakur, who issued a brief statement, declared that this statement cannot

The President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud together with the Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre received the SSC Khatumo leader Abdiqadir Ahmed Awali. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? The president listened to a report on the general situation in SSC Khatumo areas from the leader Abdiqadir Ahmed Awali. Read: Somalia government failed to

File Photo/Somali Times The leader of the SSC-Khatumo state Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, has stated that his newly formed state will not participate in the upcoming elections for the Puntland regional state. Abdiqadir Ahmed who attended the Heritage forum in Mogadishu on Tuesday night, emphasized that the local people in Sool, Sanaag, and Ayn, collectively known

File Photo/Somali Times The Puntland governor is scheduled to come back Puntland this week after his longest trip while he was away from Puntland. The trip of the governor of Puntland was unique and related to his personal affairs, as there was no one from his government accompanying him on the trip. Read: Why is