Somali lawmakers explore critical roles in Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda – The Members of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia are exploring the critical role played by evidence data in the formulation of development plans, programmes and allocation of budget in Rwanda. The statistical…
Kenyan soldiers hit by al Shabab ambush attack, 3 dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A roadside bomb explosion has ripped through Kenyan Rapid Border Patrol Unit near Kenyan border along Somalia. The explosion followed by an ambush attack took place in Kiunga area near two neighboring states’ border,…
Somalia urged to take firm action against hotel attack masterminds
NEW YORK, US – The United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms on Friday’s deadly siege of a hotel in the port town of Kismayo, a town lies some 500km south of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The attack…
UN envoy visits Kismayo after hotel attack
Kismayo – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, James Swan visited the city of Kismayo, the interim capital of Jubaland, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that reportedly claimed the lives of at…
7,000 displaced families in Baidoa have a new Home
Over the course of the last 8 months, with support from EU and Norway, more than 7,000 displaced families, spread among 54 camps in the southern Somali city of Baidoa, have received plots of land on which to build their own homes, ending…
Somalia’s young entrepreneurs to tackle socio-economic challenges
Mogadishu – Ilyas Omar (22) engages in animated discussion with colleagues at the lounge of iRise, a technological innovation hub in Mogadishu’s Hodan district. Ilyas is representing his company ‘Maan Ifiye’ which is one of 20 start-up…
Somali MP blames his govt for hotel attack, 33 killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali lawmaker Hassan Abdi Osmail Hassan has accused the Federal government of being involved in Friday’s suicide and gun attack on hotel in Kismayo, a town lies some 500km south of the capital Mogadishu. Hon.…
UNHCR, Somaliland launch new programme to educate children
The Somaliland Government, Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF Somaliland launched a multi-year programme today to increase access to quality education for children and youth impacted by ongoing crises in Somaliland. Education Cannot Wait…
Puntland police arrest freelance journalist over critical interview in Garowe
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 14 July, 2019 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the arbitrary arrest of freelance journalist Mohamed Said Yusuf by Puntland police in Garowe on Saturday evening 13 July, 2019 over critical interview and calls…
Somali coffee shop hit by explosion
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A suicide bomber blew himself up at popular restaurant in Dhusamareb town in central Somalia, day after 33 people were killed in deadly siege of hotel in south of Somalia. The explosion went off on Sunday when a man…
Africans Solving African Problems; Bringing Peace to Sudan
Mareeg.com-The recent peace deal being implemented in Sudan was brokered by
African leaders without any interference or even input by non African
players ie the UN or western countries. As a matter of fact the deal
was made in Asmara,…
Somali hotel attack: death toll climbs to 33
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The death toll from Friday’s bomb and gun attack on a hotel in south of Somalia’s coastal town Kismayo has climbed to 33 while 56 other people were wounded. Somalia’s Jubaland state outgoing president, Ahmed Mohamed…
Somalia’s Houses of Parliament reach new deal
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s Upper and Lower houses of parliament have reached a new deal to resolve misunderstandings which existed in the last couple years between the two houses. Sen. Abshir Ahmed says the Houses’ leaderships…
Britain condemns hotel attack in Somalia
MOGADISHU – British Ambassador to Somalia Ben Fender has strongly condemned an attack claimed by al Shabaab at popular hotel in Somalia. Amb. Fender says he is appalled and saddened to hear of the attack in Kismayo, some 500km south the…