President Yoweri Museveni has banned outdoor exercise to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus

ADDIS ABABA – Africa’s biggest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has lost more than half-a-billion dollars since January because of the coronavirus pandemic.

MOGADISHU (HOL) – Banaadir Governor Omar Filish has warned the spread of COVID-19 could be higher in Mogadishu than the official reports by the government noting ‘many people have died’.

The long, black hem of Ibado Mohammed Abdulle’s diya drags in the sand, creating mini tornadoes of dust under her sandals.

More than six weeks after Saudi Arabia reported its first case, the coronavirus is striking at the heart of the kingdom’s sprawling royal family.

Ali Abdi Iman, a severely disabled 60-year-old father of seven children, does not have the luxury of heeding the advice to stay at home to avoid the spread of Corona virus.

(ERGO) – Falis Abdi Hashi and two of her children are studying together in a free school set up by a group of volunteer teachers in Daryeel IDP camp,

Kenya Navy soldiers patrolling Lamu’s Indian Ocean waters have intercepted two boats ferrying a consignment of miraa estimated to be worth about Sh25 million.

One in every hundred Norwegian Somalis has tested positive for covid-19, while more than one in five of all coronavirus cases in the country were seen in people born outside Norway,

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MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somalia has recorded the first death from COVID-19 as the country confirms four more cases pushing the number of infected patients to 12.

MOGADISHU (HOL) – Testing for COVID-19 in Somalia will now be conducted within the country thanks to the acquisition machines by the Ministry of Health.

MOGADISHU (HOL) – First Instance military court judge Col. Hassan Nur Shuute has pledged all those behind the bloodshed in Wanlaweyn which has since claimed at least 20 live will face the full arm of th

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the country to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, his office said on Twitte

ISTANBUL (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up measures to stem rapidly growing coronavirus cases in Turkey but his refusal to impose a full lockdown to keep the economy afloat is drawing cr

Mr President, after warm Greetings from the suburbs in Nairobi, where you have spent most of your time in your struggle to fight against the ugly regime in the Region, I would like to bring to y

London (HOL) – A Somali cultural icon, Mohamud Ismail Hussein, or more commonly known as Hudeydi (Xudeydi), has died on Tuesday as a result of complications of COVID-19. He was 92.

Ethiopia has secured a £24 million grant from the United Kingdom to support refugees in two regions of the horn of Africa nation.

A special sitting of MPs was cancelled indefinitely due to fears of mass coronavirus infections among them and a warning from the Ministry of Health, the Nation has learnt.

In effect, the president sought to blame the group for the very missteps and failures that have been leveled at him and his administration.

ADDIS ABABA, April 7 (Xinhua) — The Djibouti Ministry of Health disclosed on Tuesday the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the horn of Africa nation has soared to 121.

The novel Coronavirus has upended everything. While Governor Tim Walz’s “Stay-at-home” order has affected everyone, it has especially taken a toll on the lives of African immigrant seniors and disabled individu

The novel Coronavirus has upended everything. While Governor Tim Walz’s “Stay-at-home” order has affected everyone, it has especially taken a toll on the lives of African immigrant seniors and disabled individu

Waxa la yidhi oo lagu celceliyey Somaaliya iyo Somaaliland waa in ay wada hadlaan. Waa hadal wanaagsan ee maxaa ay ka wada hadlayaan? “Mushkilada midnimada iyo goosashada”(Sida Soomaaliya tidhaa) ama gooni-isutaaga(sida Soomaaliland tidhaahdo); ha ka wada hadlaan oo

MANDERA (HOL) – Mandera County authorities have today confirmed two cases of Coronavirus for the first time since Kenya announced the outbreak last month.

Somalia’s former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has cautioned against efforts that could derail Somalia’s march towards democracy.

MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somalia has halted issuance of passports in its latest measures to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19 cases after the country recorded its seventh case Friday.

MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somali Medical Association (SMA) has warned of a possible spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country over what it termed as unattended cases reported in various medical facil

A special sitting to discuss the banning of miraa by a number of counties is being planned by the county assembly.

Africa’s biggest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has started to furlough workers, including crew members in response to the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on the global travel industry

MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — Somali and U.S. security forces on Sunday evening killed eight al-Shabab militants in the latest onslaught on the extremist group in the southern region, officials confirmed on M

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CAIRO — Osigan Caseres lost her job as a maid in this city and no longer sends home $300 each month to her daughters in the Philippines to buy food for her eight grandchildren.

Authorities in Wajir County have destroyed contraband sugar worth Sh1.8 million following a court order.

(ERGO) – Kaha Hirsi Ali has been concerned about the lack of education opportunities for her seven children, as they live a traditional nomadic life, herding their remaining goats in a remote part of central Somalia’s Galmu

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said.

NAIROBI (HOL) – Kenya has locked down its two major capital cities amid a consistent uptick of the COVID-19 cases as the East African nation races to contain further spread of the disease to other parts of the

The second wave desert locusts, 20 times bigger than the first one, will soon ravage farms in Kenya and East Africa, experts have warned.

The widow of one of at least five London bus drivers or workers feared to have died from coronavirus today paid tribute to him as a “hero on the frontline”.

BELEDWEYNE (HOL) – The standoff over change of leadership in Hiiraan continues to unfold as outgoing governor Ali Mohamed Arale maintains he will not leave office while the newly appointed governor Ali Jeyte Osman strikes a deal with

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, the founder of MuslimGirl.com, is making history as the first Muslim woman to run for federal office in the state of New Jersey.

NEW YORK – The U.N. secretary-general warned Sunday that the increase in social and economic pressures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has led to a global increase in violence against women and

journalist, Harun Maruf, who has been singled out by Somalia’s intelligence agenc as being a threat to national security. The accusation levelled by the agency has widely been condemned as an affront to press

(FOX 9) – The CDC has recommended all Americans wear some type of mask while out in public, so several women in Minnesota’s Somali community are stepping up to find materials and make them.

It was early evening of April 2, 2020 when I stepped on Jijiga’s main road to ride a Bajaaj. As I waited, I saw from where I was that traffic police were stopping the Bajaj to run on the main roa

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital Sunday for tests, his office said, because he is still suffering symptoms, 10 days after he was diagnosed with COVID-1

MOGADISHU (HOL) – The U.S ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto has come to the defence of VOA journalist Harun Maruf terming the threats by the national intelligence agency against the journalist an affront to media freedom

BOSASO (HOL)- Police in Puntland’s commercial capital Bosaso Sunday confiscated and destroyed several kilograms of khat following illegal smuggling of the leafy stimulant into the town.

In July 2019 Somalia’s president his excellency Mohamed Abdillahi “Farmaajo” set up a commission to revive talks with Somaliland. His move came three years after Somaliland’s former president Silanyo appointed Dr E

Somalia is often considered a quintessential example of a failed state that suffers from devastating humanitarian crises and the lowest levels of development in the world. The country has for decades now been engulfed with multiple crises, including but not limited to

The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations. As countries including their own impose dramatic travel restrictions, they might h

United Nations — The United Nations is facing a “dire” liquidity crisis as it deals with added expenses related to the need to “respond to the global health crisis” of coronavirus, according to an email from Movses Abelian, the U.N. undersecretary general for General Assemb

The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday urged Somalia to take proactive measures action to curb the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.

MANILA — Somalia has dealt with drought, localized displacement, heavy floods, and locust infestations in the past 9 months. But the arrival of COVID-19 could push the country into another crisis, aid worker

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s government appointed a new head of security in the restive, gas-rich state of Somali, two days after the incumbent was dismissed, the Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Mogadishu (HOL)- A former soldier was on Saturday sentenced to death by a military court in Mogadishu for murder of a civilian last month.

Mogadishu (HOL)- President Mohamed Farmaajo has called for immediate end to the fighting in Kismayo which has since led to the death of at least 20 people.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Two more cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Somalia raising the number to seven, Health Minister Fawziya Abikar has said.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Two young girls aged just 3 and 4 years old were abducted and raped near their home in Afgoye on April 1, according to the girls’ parents, police and hospital officials in the Lower Shabelle region an

London, UK (AFP) – British distance great Mo Farah has insisted he still intends to compete at the Tokyo Olympics even though they have been delayed a year by the coronavirus.