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National Consultative Forum enters day two :What are the subjects of discussion?

It’s the second day of the National Consultative Assembly meeting in Mogadishu. The conference has its key agendas on electoral Issues and National Security . Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and the Heads of States…

Revival of Somalia’s Political Integrity depends on Exiling Farmajo

The 2016-2017 parliamentary and presidential elections, in which Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo defeated incumbent president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with wide margin, represented a political momentous in the history of post-civil war Somali government for peaceful transfer…

Revealed :Shocking ordeal :Inside Dr Abdisamad’s 12-day captivity horror that shocked the nation.

The kidnapping of Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad unfolded in the full glare of a sizable crowd in Nairobi’s city centre. Chillingly, the kidnappers’ initial intention was to murder the Horn of Africa expert within hours and…

Popular Somali Comedian Ajakis passes on in Mogadishu after short illness.

Abdi Muriidi Dheere (Ajakis), a popular comedian, has died in Mogadishu today. He was taken to Yardimeli Hospital in Mogadishu where he was treated for fever before he passed on. Speaking to Mustaqbal, Universal TV…

Omar Abdirashid: “Statement from the National Consultative Assembly could provoke new tensions”

Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, responding to a statement from the National Consultative Assembly meeting on the parliamentary election process, described the decision as one that potentially trigger tension . Sharma’arke described…

Muhammadu Buhari: Africa needs more than US military aid to defeat terror.

The author is president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Though some believe the war on terror winds down with the US departure from Afghanistan, the threat it was supposed to address burns fiercely on…

Somalia sets up national payments system as it rebuilds country.

Somalia has set up a national payments system as part of plans to develop the financial industry in one of the world’s most fragile states, following decades of political and economic instability. The 13 lenders…

The Obstacles threatening Somalia’s 2021 Upcoming Elections.

With all the political stakeholders and international partners expressing their satisfaction in May 27 election Implementation deal and welcoming the idea coming at the backdrop of a consensus reached following protracted political confrontations, the mistrust…

To Somalia’s Ocean Stars :Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

I watched last night game by the Somalia’s Ocean Stars with a sense of pride and admiration for the quality evident of a team that hardly trains. It is quite baffling that a team that…

Somalia condemns KDF airstrikes in Gedo , terms action Provocative

The Federal government of Somalia has issued a hard hitting statement condemning Kenya’s continued airstrikes ” that kill and maim civilians in Somalia. In the statement dated 4th June 2021 issued by County’s foreign affairs…