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Somalia will push ahead with plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in early 2021, removing doubt that it will delay the vote because of the spread of Covid-19. “Holding a timely election is more important than […]

Garowe-(Puntland Mirror) Puntland Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Climate Change has died after contracting COVID-19. Ismail Diriye Gama-did, died in hospital in Mogadishu in the early hours of Monday, the ministry said in a statement […]

Somalia could be pushed to the edge if the government unilaterally postpones elections due to the coronavirus outbreak without consulting the opposition, according to the International Crisis Group. The Horn of Africa country is scheduled to […]

Al-Shabaab executed six men it said were spying for Somali intelligence agencies, the U.S. and Kenya, according to a broadcast on Radio Andalus, which supports the Islamist group that’s linked to al-Qaeda. The executions took […]

Somalia’s Prime Minister Hassan Khayre took a key step toward mending the shattered economy by securing a debt-relief accord with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. “We have weathered the storm,” Khayre, who […]

Somalia’s government cleared its arrears to the World Bank’s International Development Association, enabling the warn-torn nation to borrow from the lender for the first time in three decades. Somalia repaid the debt after accessing a […]

Somalia has agreed an initial roadmap with a Shell/Exxon joint venture to explore and develop potential offshore oil and gas reserves, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Monday. “I am delighted we […]

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had secured sufficient financing to provide $334 million in debt relief to Somalia, a milestone the bank said brought it one step closer to a decision on […]

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday said they had taken a next historic step toward forgiveness of Somalia’s $5.3 billion in debt, with a final decision possible by the end of […]

The current leaders of Somalia and the breakaway territory of Somaliland have met for the first time in the latest diplomatic effort by Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister. Somali presidential spokesman Abdinur Mohamed confirmed […]