Saturday, June 27, 2026

Somalia

September 23, 2025

Speaker Tajudeen tasks African nations on job creation, financial management

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has tasked African nations with creating jobs and blocking revenue to secure the continent’s economic future.

Tajudeen Abbas
September 19, 2025

Trump, White House share post of Nigerians nabbed by FBI for wire fraud

Does Ilhan Omar know these people? Are they from her wonderfully managed home country of Somalia?” said the U.S. president

Trump’s X post and Trump's official portrait
September 16, 2025

Four TikTokers face prosecution for insulting Somali president in dance video

Mr Aden warned that citizens caught disrespecting political leaders would face the full force of the law

Hasan Mohamud
August 15, 2025

UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict

A report stated that sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year.

Sudan conflict
July 22, 2025

Droughts causing record devastation worldwide, UN report reveals

In Zimbabwe in particular, the 2024 corn crop was down 70 per cent year-on-year, maize prices doubled, and 9,000 cattle died of thirst and starvation.

Drought
July 1, 2025

Kenya, France, Spain, others agree to tax premium flyers, private jets

The initiative, backed by Sierra Leone, Benin, Antigua and Barbuda, and Somalia, is the first to emerge from the “Sevilla Platform for Action.”

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
June 5, 2025

Chad suspends visa for American citizens in response to Trump’s travel ban

“Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give but Chad has his dignity and pride,” he said. 

Mahamat Idriss Deby and Trump
June 5, 2025

FULL LIST: Trump bans citizens of 10 African countries from entering U.S.

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday evening banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S., citing threats to national security.

Donald Trump
March 8, 2025

UN emergency fund releases $110 million for neglected humanitarian crises in Africa, others

The funds will also bolster aid responses in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Honduras, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Venezuela, and Zambia.

United Nations
February 20, 2025

U.S. air force will target terrorists across Africa: General Hecker

Mr Hecker stated this at a digital news conference on Wednesday, Wednesday, at the 2025 African Air Chiefs’ Symposium in Lusaka, Zambia.

Boko Haram; James Hecker