Lewiston elects first Somali-American to city council
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Latest on Maine’s election (all times local): 11 p.m. Residents in Lewiston, Maine, have elected the first...
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Nadia Mohamed makes history by becoming first Somali elected to St. Louis Park City Council
Nadia won with 63% of the first-choice votes in the race, while Joseph Israel received 36% of the votes. She will replace Thom Miller, wh...
Local fishermen in Puntland complain of growing illegal fishing vessels on their coasts and send a strong message to the Puntland and federal governments and the international community
Local fishermen in Bargal district near Cape Guardafui in the autonomous Puntland state of Somalia, have complained strongly about the ...
Botswana votes in first real challenge to ruling party
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana voted on Wednesday in a general election that is expected to provide the first genuine challenge to the rul...
Russia lands nuclear bombers in Africa as Putin hosts continent's leaders
SOCHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia landed two nuclear-capable bombers in South Africa on a training mission on Wednesday, a flight appar...
Lion Air families told 737 MAX design flaws linked to deadly crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Mechanical and design issues contributed to the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet last October, Indonesian investigato...
DP World chairman says Djibouti dispute hurt company's ability to borrow
KIGALI (Reuters) - Global ports operator DP World (DPW.DI) has struggled to borrow from banks to finance new investments since a port it...
UN starts long-delayed truce monitoring in Yemen’s Hodeida
UN officers, tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between Yemeni government forces and Iran-allied Al Houthi militia in the port city of Ho...
A New Era in Pakistan Somalia Relations Underway
Ambassador of Somalia H.E. Khadija Mohammed Almakhzoumi says her country wants to further strengthen relations with Pakistan, especially...
Rwanda and Uganda warm up to each other
Kigali Somalivoice Rwanda and Uganda are committed to implementing the agreement signed in August in Luanda to ease tension between the...
#Egypt phases out Tuk-tuks, replaces them with minivans
The Egyptian government has announced an ambitious plan to phase out over three million three-wheeled vehicles - tuk-tuks and replace the...
A sea without coast guards: Foreign illegal trawling and waste dumping in Somalia’s waters
Somalia’s coast became home to illegal fishing and toxic wastes. It’s difficult to expose every illegal maritime activity in Somalia water...
British rocket scientist plummets to death in Saudi Arabia base-jumping accident
A British scientist, who sought to set world records in a wingsuit, has died in a base-jumping accident in Saudi Arabia. University of Sou...
UAE woman files for divorce from her husband for loving her too much
There's no such thing as the perfect marriage, simply because, there's no such thing. Sadly, a lot of marriages fail due to infi...
African Union Special Envoy Visits Somalia
A special envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop, arrived in Somalia today to hold talks wit...
When the racist chant began Wednesday night — “Send her back! Send her back!”
When the racist chant began Wednesday night — “Send her back! Send her back!” — President Trump paused to let the white-supremacist anger h...
Somalia’s human rights campaigner Ilwad Elman named among the most influential African women 2019
Human rights campaigner and social activist Ilwad Elman has been named among the 100 most influential women in Africa for 2019. The West A...
Hodon Naalleeye: A Light Extinguished too soon
When tragedy strikes people you have met and known for some time, people with the energy, the ability and the disposition to make chang...
Mauritius Leaks reveal Africa is losing crucial tax revenues
Responding to research published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists today that multinational corporations are...
With Guns, Cash and Terrorism, Gulf States Vie for Power in Somalia
When a small car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the bustling port city of Bosaso in northern Somalia, local news reports chalk...
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