Somalia's Govt says Jubaland and Puntland's Appointment of Electoral Boards Unlawful

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's federal government said the appointment of regional electoral commissions by Jubaland and Puntland leaders was unlawful, hours after the two federal member states announced lists of their electoral committees. In a statement, Somali Ministry of the Interior accused the…

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Don't drag us into your politics, Kenya tells Somali leaders

Sunatimes.com - Kenya has called on Somali leaders to stop dragging it into their domestic affairs and instead concentrate on building their nation.

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Ethiopia Tigray Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 69

Sunatimes.com - Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to movement…

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Somalia:Man arrested in the brutal rape and murder of a young girl in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - Police in Mogadishu have arrested a man on Thursday suspected of a young girl's rape and murder. The spokesperson for the local police force, Sadiq Aden Doodishe, told reporters that Bashir Mohamed Qasim has been apprehended and will stand trial.

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Forced adoption case against Norway hits European Court of Human Rights

Sunatimes.com - The European Court of Human Rights heard arguments Wednesday over whether Norway violated the religious rights of a Muslim woman whose child was forcibly adopted by Christians. During a remote hearing before the ECHR, lawyers for Mariya Ibrahim argued the country not only violated her…

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Farmaajo signs resolution allocating Mogadishu 13 seats in the Senate

Sunatimes.com - President Mohamed Farmaajo has signed a resolution allocating 13 seats to Banaadir region in effect expanding the Senate from 54 to 67 members. Villa Somalia said Thursday the president assented to a resolution passed by the Lower House last June which sought to create representation…

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The Fall of Siad Barre and Civil War ( Part Two)

Sunatimes.com - Thirty years ago this week President Siad Barre's regime was overthrown. Why? In answer to that question lies with what others ( Foreign observers wrote about that historical fact of Somalia. It is important to note that thirty years is a long time. Nearly, Seventy five percent of…

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No evidence to show Kenya interfering with Somalia affairs, IGAD team report says

In summary ( This article is the editor's pick). • It recommended that more diplomatic efforts be deployed at the highest level in order to reconcile the two sisterly countries of Kenya and Somalia. • Somalia claimed there is a violation of the airspace of Somalia, violation of Somalia's…

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Somalia dismisses IGAD report, says 'influenced' by Kenya

Somalia has poured cold water on the newly released IGAD report on tiff with Kenya noting that the findings were not based on factual information from the ground and instead largely relied on Kenyan sources.

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The Somali health Service Collapses

Sunatimes.com - As Covid-19 cases continues to soar in Somalia, serious discontentment is growing due to misappropriation of funds within the ministry of Health in the country. Twelve top officials among them the Director General in the ministry have already been charged in court and convicted of corruption…

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Somalia: Jubbaland civilians were killed and injured and their properties were damaged

Proper Reconciliation Sunatimes.com - Forces loyal to the president of Jubaland clashed with Somali government forces who are stationed there. There were deaths and injuries and the most it was thought to be have been among civilians who had been caught unawares in the fighting. The Somali information…

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British Government: "shocked and saddened" by further reports from Tigray of massacres and Eritreans forcibly returned

Questions by Lord Alton, Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Eritrea in the UK Parliament and responses from the British Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL12040):

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Somalia: Jubbaland Massacre is not acceptable

Sunatimes.com - Violence Is Not Acceptable The reports of Jubaland violence is disheartening for the locals who have been struggling to cope with severe drought. The people in that region said that they did not get enough rains last season and life there is very hard for them as most of boreholes dried…

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UAE opens kidney dialysis centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland

Sunatimes.com - The facility will benefit more than 30 patients per day.A delegation from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has opened a kidney dialysis centre in Somaliland for the benefit of more than 30 patients per day.

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Electoral frauds in Somalia once for all - High Public expectation

Sunatimes.com - In the last few days there were shuttled diplomacy on the part of UN envoy to mediate the Somali Federal States and the Federal Government in an attempt to bring about all inclusive elections to take place in Somalia. All parties were encouraged to compromise and work effectively in…

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Somali troops may have been drawn into Ethiopia's civil war

Sunatimes.com - Multiple sources suggest that Somali troops may be fighting alongside Eritrean forces in the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region. But, in a tweet, the Somalia government "strongly denied false reports" that Somali soldiers were killed in the Ethiopian war.

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Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in Ethiopia's deadly Tigray

Sunatimes.com - Pressure is growing on Somalia's government amid allegations that Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in neighboring Ethiopia's deadly Tigray conflict. Mothers have held rare protests in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, and elsewhere, demanding to know the fate of their…

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Somalia:UN silently crafting AMISOM's future without AU's input

The UN is silently working out a new direction for the African Union force in Somalia (AMISOM) locking out the continent's voice as the mission which has been in operation for over a decade faces an uncertain future amid absence of stability in Somalia.

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In St. Cloud Somali language class, using greetings to build connection

Sunatimes.com - On an evening last November, Farhiya Iman spoke to a screenful of faces on a Zoom call — among them: A retired Spanish teacher, a doctor, a librarian, a graduate student and a judge. She explained how to say "Good morning" in the Somali language: "Subax wanaagsan."

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Somalia:Business magnate Abdi Hosh dies in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - Former military man and business magnate Abdi Hosh Ashkir who made a name in the 1970s through marine resources exports and real estate has died. Ashkir died in Mogadishu Friday. The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately clear.

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