Mogadishu (HOL) — A Somali mother and her four-year-old daughter drowned in the Loing River in northern France on Monday, local reports confirm. The tragedy unfolded in Nemours, located in the Seine-et-Marne region, when the young girl accidentally fell into the river, and her mother drowned while attempting to save her.

Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia have escalated in recent days. Relations between the two African countries, already strained since 2011 due to Ethiopia’s construction and filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile—a project Egypt views as a major threat to its water and food security—have further deteriorated. The recent downturn comes after Egypt forged closer ties with Ethiopia’s rival, Somalia.

Waxaan halkaan hoose ku falanqeynaya Hindisaha Xeerka Doorashooyinka Qaranka ee Qof iyo Cod (Q&C) ee Golaha Wasiirrada ee Xukuumadda Jamhuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya (JFS) ansixiyay 8dii Agoosto 2024. Waxaan ka afeefanaya xaqiijinta asal ahaanta, sugnaanta xeerka sababtoo ah inay suura gal tahay in isbeddel lagu sameeyay xeerka kaddib markii Golaha Wasirrada ansixiyay. Waxaa shaki weyn laga qabaa asal ahaanta dokumentiga ka soo baxa xafiisyada/hay’adaha dowladda heer kasta iyo xafidaadooda, oo ah keyd dadweynaha Soomaaliyeed leeyahay.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali Foreign Minister Yusuf Garaad has called on the Somali government to take action against the Director of Transport and Aviation, who recently made disparaging comments about the people of South West State in the media.

Somalia announced on Wednesday that it has apprehended a senior member of the terrorist organization al-Shahaab in the central Galgadud region.

The United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) actions and inactions have failed to protect African populations from violence and unrest, according to a new Oxfam report.

Mogadishu (HOL) – A Somali People's Assembly member, Sareedo Mohamed Abdulle, accused the Somali Intelligence Agency of preventing her and other MPs from travelling to Baidoa on Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre, approved the nomination of two new ambassadors and endorsed a National Procedure Policy for the reporting and monitoring of human rights during a meeting in Mogadishu on Thursday.

Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in the second wave, the Health Ministry said.

The government requires Sh106 billion to implement the reforms within the National Police Service, the Kenya Prisons Service and the National Youth Service, President William Ruto revealed yesterday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Several Arab League ambassadors gathered in Mogadishu on Wednesday to inaugurate the Arab League Council of Ambassadors to enhance diplomatic relations between Somalia and Arab states.

• The Somalia president has already reached out to international organisations including the European Union, the African Union, United States, China and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

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Jigjiga (HOL) – Gunmen killed six men, including five from the same family, inside a mosque in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State on Tuesday night in what residents described as a suspected clan revenge attack.

Baidoa (HOL) – At least 12 al-Shabab militants, including foreign fighters, were killed in a clash in the Qansah Dhere district of Somalia's Bay region, according to military officials.

Nairobi (HOL) — A new development has emerged in the ongoing legal battle between Somalia's embassy in Nairobi and a Kenyan construction contractor following the court's decision to uphold the embassy's bank accounts freeze.

Strict Islamic rules around disposal of the sacred text are colliding with state environmental laws, leaving Muslim leaders looking for a solution.

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Westerville schools have filled a Board of Education vacancy left after a board member left midterm on Aug. 31 after 25 years of service.

Mogadishu HOL) — CAF has announced the officiating team for the highly anticipated Super Cup match between Egyptian rivals Al Ahly and Zamalek, with Somali referee Abdulkadir Artan appointed as the fourth official.

Turkey plans to deploy frigates to Somali waters to protect a Turkish energy research vessel, two sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Flights between Mogadishu and Baidoa were temporarily halted on Tuesday morning, leaving passengers stranded at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport.

Somalia has joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday at the General Conference in Vienna.

Three hundred families who fled from clan conflict in Hirsalama village in central Somalia’s Mudug region are struggling to get enough to eat in the wind-blown coastal village of Dhinowda.

Kenya has reportedly awarded a concession of $1.3 billion to India's privately-owned Adani Group to build power transmission lines at Kenya's busiest airport, JKIA.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, arrived in Mogadishu on Monday for high-level talks with Somali government leaders to enhance cooperation between Somalia and the regional bloc.

Kenya's auditor general has started to examine the country's debt to ascertain the amounts owed to various creditors, Finance Minister John Mbadi told Reuters on Monday.

Bosaso (HOL) - Puntland regional administration has reaffirmed that Bosaso airport is secure, with both domestic and international flights landing as usual, just days after the airport was temporarily closed following a warning from the Puntland Security Force (PSF).

Mogadishu (HOL)— A Quran teacher has been arrested in Mogadishu for allegedly strangling a 17-year-old girl in the Warta Nabada district following a security operation, police said.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Workneh Gebeyehu, arrived in Mogadishu on Monday to hold high-level meetings with Somali leaders.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near former President Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., while he was golfing Sunday, according to two law enforcement officials. The Republican presidential candidate is safe.

After denials for months, the Israeli military says there is a “high probability” its air strike was responsible for the deaths of three Israeli captives in Gaza in November.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., painted a grim picture of the world stage and predicted a 9/11-style attack on the U.S. if President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris continue to control U.S. policy.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Ethiopia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union, Nebiyu Tedla, has disparaged recent comments by Somalia's Foreign Minister, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, as «comical.»

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces and Jubbaland troops killed several Al-Shabaab militants early Sunday in a clash in Janay Abdalla, Lower Jubba, marking the latest offensive in the government's ongoing campaign to dismantle the militant group.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — The Biden administration has introduced new regulations to curb the influx of low-cost shipments from China, a move that directly targets popular e-commerce giants Shein and Temu.