EAST AFRICA:Kenya's High Court has declared that a government-backed plan to amend Kenya's constitution

Sunatimes.com - Kenya's High Court has declared that a government-backed plan to amend Kenya's constitution is irregular, unconstitutional, and illegal. The judges ruled that President Kenyatta violated the constitution by "initiating a process which ought to have been started by ordinary…

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CENTRAL AFRICA: President of South Sudan has dissolved the parliament as part of the 2018 peace agreement

Sunatimes.com - President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has dissolved the parliament as part of the 2018 peace agreement. New MPs have also been appointed, including legislators from the former rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), which was led by Riek Machar,…

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Uganda President has received a special message from his US counterpart, Joe Biden

Sunatimes.com - The message was delivered by US Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown who also held a meeting with Museveni at State House , Entebbe on Tuesday. "I had a meeting with the US Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Natalie Brown, accompanied by Amb. Adonia Ayebare. We discussed issues of mutual interest.…

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WEST AFRICA: G7 group has pledged $389 million to assist victims of the Boko Haram

Sunatimes.com - The G7 group has pledged $389 million to assist victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria. The financial aid aims to support efforts by the UN and other agencies to combat the worsening humanitarian crisis.

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Uganda: Bobi Wine loses International support...!!

Sunatimes.com - Western Diplomats have turned their backs on Ugandan opposition Leader Bobi Wine, according to a senior Intelligence Official in the Horn of Africa. Western Governments have dropped Bobi Wine after he was accused in Uganda of involving himself in violence to send wrong message to the…

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Investigative Journalists cannot work in Somalia -Stichting SOMIJ

Somij.org - Investigative Journalist congratulates World Journalists on World Press Freedom Day but unfortunately Investigative Journalists cannot work in Somalia, Says The SOMIJ Chairman Dahir Alasow.

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Death and detention major threats to media freedom in Somalia

ASOJ.ORG - Two journalists were killed and another 33 were detained while 133 cases of intimidation were logged in Somalia during 2020, the Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) reports in its State of Media Freedom Report 2021. Released on World Press Freedom Day 2021, the report titled Between a Rock…

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Security Council Press Statement on the situation in Somalia

New York - The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern about the continued political impasse and disagreement among Somalia's political leaders on the model for elections. The members of the Security Council recalled the significant progress made during the past decade in Somalia,…

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Somalia's Government Loses Control of Several Neighborhoods in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - The government of Somalia's outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has lost control of some of the neighborhoods of the capital Mogadishu, just a week after parliament voted to approve a term extension resolution.

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Somalia ex-Spy NISA Boss Says He Survived Assassination Attempt

Sunatimes.com - Former director of Somalia's Intelligence Agency Abdirahman Turyare has said on Sunday night that he survived an assassination attempt after forces loyal to the country's outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo fired on his vehicle. He was heading to the residences of officials,…

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Farmajo Asks Congo's President to Mediate Somalia's Electoral Dispute

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo asked his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi to mediate a bitter standoff on the country's electoral process during a meeting held in Kinshasa, DR Congo's presidency said in a statement on Monday. In a two-hour meeting, the…

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Somalia's Unsang Hero -Amin Ambulance founder

Sunatimes.com - As the secnd wave of the deadly corona virus continues to claim lives in Somalia, one man has sacrificed to help save lives by offe ring ambulances to ferry the sick to hospital at no cost. Somalia, is one of the poorest country in the world where basic healthcare facilities are poor,…

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Overview of Somali Security Forces -Heritage institute report

Sunatimes.com - Structural Impediments To Reviving Somalia's Security Forces. For over a decade, successive Somali governments and the international community have been earnestly trying to revive Somalia's security forces (SSF)1 as part of a broader effort to stabilize the country following…

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Somalia: Averting a Descent into Political Violence

Sunatimes.com - Tensions are running high following the Somali parliament's decision to extend the incumbent president's mandate by two years. External partners should urgently convene – and mediate – talks among the country's bitterly divided elites, to prevent its worst political crisis…

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Somalia charges foreigners with espionage, leaking of classified information Matt Bryden Emmanuel Deiser and David Hopkins.

Sunatimes.com - A court in Mogadishu has issued summonses to six persons affiliated with a regional think tank banned by Somalia in 2018. Banaadir Regional Court ordered the director and founder of Sahan Research Matt Bryden, Rashid Abdi, a prominent regional analyst and a senior analyst at Sahan, to…

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US Congress of Foreign Affairs Statement on the Election Crisis in Somalia

Sunatimes.com -Washington DC , Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the lower house of the Somali parliament voting to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's…

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UK Govt "We have consistently opposed any initiatives leading to a parallel process, partial election or an extension of prior mandates in Somalia"

Press release Statement by Minister Duddridge on the Somalia elections: Statement by James Duddridge on the decision of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament to extend the mandates of Mohamed Farmajo as President and of the Somali Parliament by two years.

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UNITED STATES threats Former Somali President sanctions and visa restrictions

Implementation of this bill will pose serious obstacles to dialogue and further undermine peace and security in Somalia. It will compel the United States to reevaluate our bilateral relations with the Federal Government of Somalia, to include diplomatic engagement and assistance, and to consider all…

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Somalia Warns Against 'External Actors' Interference in Its Elections

Sunatimes.com - Somalia has warned against interference by external actors in its internal affairs and the country's elections, as tensions continue to simmer over delayed polls. In a statement addressed to the United Nations Security Council, which was issued on Friday, the government of Somali…

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Stichting Somij aims at encouraging reporters to utilize investigative methods for in-depth reporting

SOMIJ.ORG - STICHTING SOMIJ is a Somalia-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping the people of Somalis to understand what is happening in their country. The goal is to give the people the information they need to make informed decisions in a participatory democracy, to hold government and…

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