The East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc. The verification team of experts from the EAC Partner States will be in Somalia from January 25 to February 3, 2023. The team will, among other roles, establish the country’s […]
Somalia’s bid to join EAC now enters verification stage
The East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc. The verification team of experts from the EAC Partner States will be in Somalia from January 25 to February 3, 2023. The team will, among other roles, establish the country’s […]
Somalia’s bid to join EAC now enters verification stage
The East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc. The verification team of experts from the EAC Partner States will be in Somalia from January 25 to February 3, 2023. The team will, among other roles, establish the country’s […]
Somalia’s bid to join EAC now enters verification stage
The East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc. The verification team of experts from the EAC Partner States will be in Somalia from January 25 to February 3, 2023. The team will, among other roles, establish the country’s […]
IATA Welcomes Restoration of ‘Class A’ ATC Services over Somalia
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the reclassification of airspace over Somalia and the surrounding region to Class A. This will take place at one minute past midnight on 26 January 2023 when air traffic control services will be operationally restored after a 30-year disruption. Some of the region’s busiest airways – linking […]
US airstrike in Somalia kills several al-Shabab militants
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that it conducted a collective self-defense strike in Somalia on January 23, 2023, at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army engagements against the terrorist group al-Shabaab. The strike occurred in a remote area near Haradheere, approximately 396 km northeast of […]
Somalia’s State of Affairs; a Response to Professor Abdiwahab Abdisamad – Abdi Noor Mohamed
As a Somali Kenyan academic, I rarely respond to many analyses on Somalia. But I occasionally find reason to respond especially when my peers raise issues which I find touches on peace and international security, my two areas of academic interest. Although the context is different, the reason I cannot avoid is also majorly in […]
Local Somali soccer group says ‘discriminatory’ rules left players sidelined CBC
A frustrating struggle between a local Somali soccer group and the eastern Ontario soccer association has left dozens of young soccer players on the sidelines because of miscommunication and alleged discrimination, those involved say. The group called Surad — named after the tall Somali mountain peak featured on their jerseys — was launched a decade […]
Terror attacks halt works on crucial Lapsset project The Star
Terrorism is slowing progress :-Rising terror attacks have forced security bosses to suspend construction of a crucial road linking Kenya and South Sudan. Workers on the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project were last week told works had been suspended for six weeks to allow security agencies time to address the problem of insecurity. Those […]
Refusing to stay silent on media directives, Somali journalist goes on trial VOA
JOHANNESBURG — The old maxim that “the pen is mightier than the sword” couldn’t be more appropriate when it comes to Somali journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin. As a child, Abdalle lost his arm in a militia attack. Determined to still write, he had to teach himself to do so with his left hand. The clan […]