Tag: Somalia
Pope Francis calls for not forgetting Somalia
At the end of the Angelus prayer on Sunday August 14 in Saint Peter’s Square, the Sovereign Pontiff appealed to the international community to mobilize towards the Horn of Africa.…
Somalia drought has displaced a million
In Somalia, since the start of the drought in January 2021, a million people have been displaced, according to figures published Thursday, August 11, by the UN and the Norwegian…
Ubah Farah, Somali and Italian writer, back from Mogadishu
Poetess and hyper-sensitive writer, Ubah Farah lives between Brussels and the many countries where she is called for writing residencies or literary festivals. His recent return to Mogadishu, after 31…
First attack by Shebabs in Ethiopian territory
For the first time, the jihadist group of Somali Shebabs carried out a large-scale attack inside Ethiopian territory. Local authorities confirmed the attack over the weekend, saying the attackers were…
Plane crash in Somalia! Passenger plane flipped over and crashed
The plane crash in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, became the agenda. While the images of the passenger plane that turned upside down were shared on social media, it is…
Kenyan khat producers relieved by resumption of exports to Somalia
It is a visit that marks the end of a climate of tension, that of the Somali president. Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud met his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, in Nairobi on…
Between the Somali and Eritrean presidents, a facade proximity
The official visit of the new Somali president to Eritrea ended on Tuesday, July 12. For four days, Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud and Issayas Afeworki wanted to display a certain closeness.…
Athletics star Mo Farah reveals he arrived in Britain under a false identity
Mo Farah, king of the athletics tracks knighted by the Queen of England for his Olympic exploits, reveals in a documentary that he arrived in Great Britain illegally under a…
President Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud visited soldiers deployed in Eritrea
After three years of denials or contradictory declarations, we now know a little more about the thousands of Somali soldiers sent to train in Eritrea, and whose very existence has…
establishment of an air bridge to deliver humanitarian aid
The European Union has set up, with several NGOs, a humanitarian air bridge to deliver emergency aid to the populations of several regions of the country, threatened by famine. This…