Release of 10,000 detainees announced
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HargeisaPress) —About 12,500 people have been detained since state of emergency was declared in October in Oromia and Amhara regions.
Ethiopia says...
Mo Farah’s Sports Personality of the Year snub ‘could be because some don’t consider...
Runner-up triathlete king Alistair Brownlee amazed Somalia-born Team GB runner who retained his two Olympic titles got just A FIFTH of winner Andy Murray's...
UPDATE: Gunman who wounded 3 Somali’s at Zurich Mosque is dead: police
Copenhagen, (HargeisaPress) — Three Somali men were wounded in a shooting at a mosque after a gunman clad in all black burst into a...
12 killed in Al-Shabaab clashes with locals in Somalia
Twelve people were killed, including nine civilians and three Al-Shabaab militants, in their clashes in south Somalia on Saturday, officials said.
Ahmed Mohamud Ahmed, spokesman...
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed appointed UN Deputy Secretary-General
Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed has been appointed as Deputy Secretary-General by New UN Secretary-General Guterres
Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the...
AMISOM statement on the death of a civilian in Mogadishu
On 15 December 2016, an AMISOM Police vehicle was involved in a fatal road accident along KM4 road, Mogadishu, resulting in the death of...
NATO ends anti-piracy operation; Seychelles to continue to monitor sea threats
A decade after the Somali pirate threat began to paralyze the maritime trade off East Africa, harming Seychelles’ tourism numbers in the process, NATO...
5 million people affected by drought in Somalia: action is needed now
Drought is widespread across Somalia warn ACTED teams in the country. In Puntland, severe drought has directly affected up to 150,000 people and has...
Welsh Somalilanders on war-ravaged home they cannot forget
Scenes of shelled-out buildings and panic-stricken people fleeing Aleppo may seem far removed from the lives of most people.
But for some members of Cardiff's...
Don’t eat spaghetti from a roadside cafe in Somalia
At the end of his three-year posting, Africa Correspondent Martin Cuddihy reflects on the memorable stories, experiences, and a few life lessons.
If there is...