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UNDP sanctions 18 Somali entities and individuals over graft, collusion and fraud

The UN Development Programme has blacklisted 18 Somali individuals and organisations from conducting any business with the UN agency over what it termed as their 'engagement in proscribed practices'.

The man behind Somalia's only free ambulance service

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's capital city - where there are frequent and deadly bomb blasts - only has one free ambulance service, which was founded by Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan 13 years ago.

VIDEO Air strike kills Islamic State deputy in Somali region

Sunatimes.com - An air strike killed the deputy leader of the Islamic State group in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, alongside another militant, a local security official said on Sunday.

Djibouti/Somaliland : Réunion d'urgence ce matin entre le président de la Somaliland et Ahmed Osman Guelleh Arab.

Somaliland. L'interview que le président du Parti Démocrate Djiboutien — PADD —, Hassan Cher Hared, a accordé hier aux médias somaliens en ligne dénommés « WAAGACUSUB.COM » du célèbre journaliste Dahir Alasow a éclairé aux lambdas djiboutiens et somalilandais le visage caché…

Mogadishu has fallen back into the hands of terrorists

Waagacusub.com - Huge explosions have rocket the Somali capital, the last 30 days. They became incontrollable, as they occur at least twice a day, while targeting government officials and their offices.

"The Biggest Threat to Press Freedom in Somalia is Not al-Shabab – it's Farmajo's Regime"

Waagacusub.com - Veteran Somali journalist Abdalle Mumin mostly reports on his country from exile in Nairobi, Kenya. When he does go home, about once a month, Mumin keeps his head down and his footprint light. He stays in secure camps inside the "green zone," only travels encircled by private…

Somalia:The Role of the Media in "the Most Corrupt Country"

Waagacusub.com - Somalia was ranked last out of the 180 countries included in Transparency International's latest Corruption Perceptions Index which draws on surveys and expert assessments to measure public sector corruption. Each country is given a score from zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very…

Kenya:"We're ready to lose Somalia Miraa market"

Waagacusub.com - According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Somalia remains Kenya's key miraa market, taking in about 50 tonnes of the commodity daily.

Somali British football trainer returns Mogadishu to train Somali Youth

Waagacusub.com - Mohamed Ahmed Hassan aka Mandeela had lived in Britain for more than 30 years, and was a football trainer in a school that taught the football and body buildings, but now he is back to Mogadishu so that he might help the Somali youth who admire the skills of football who currently play…

Qatar thrash UAE to reach Asian Cup football final

Qatar to face Japan in the final after beating hosts in front of a hostile crowd in Abu Dhabi. Qatar beat hosts United Arab Emirates 4-0 to reach the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd, sealed Qatar's progress to the title match for the first time…

EU and IGAD countries expressed support for the reform agenda of the Federal Government of Somalia

The EU and IGAD countries expressed support for the reform agenda of the Federal Government of Somalia and underlined the need for concrete implementation of the political, security and economic reforms critical for Somalia's stability. In this context, it is essential that the Federal Government…

President Farmajo Expelled UN Envoy to Deny Accountability and Justice to Somali Victims

For the last 2 years, the Somali people have been painfully struggling to cope with the shocking reality of leadership failure under President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo elected on high hope of him fostering the statebuilding project (not leading established state) of Federal, Democratic Republic founded…

Somaliland:Will Dahabshiil pay for its ties to Abdi Iley?

The Somaliland financial services firm stands accused by Ethiopia of collusion with the former administration of the Somali region - a charge vigorously denied by Dahabshiil.

Somalia: Press Release on UN Letter and Call for Clarity on US Position

PRESS RELEASE this will show the Somali public that the US friendship and resumption of diplomatic presence in Somalia goes beyond individuals in power and is meant to further mutually advantageous sustainable relationship between our two countries and people.

Somalia: ASOJ condemns the murder of veteran journalist

The Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) condemns the murder of veteran journalist and other innocent people by coordinated double suicide bombings in Mogadishu.

CPJ Report on the harassment & violations of media rights by Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Osman.

Police on November 20, 2018, arrested Nur Ismail Sheikh, an editor for the privately owned website Shaaciye, at a Mogadishu hotel where a government official from the Banadir Regional Administration, had asked to meet him, according to Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, a journalist who is familiar with the case,…

Somalia: Parliamentary Budget Committee investigations expose the corruption of the government of Farmaajo

Parliamentary Budget Committee investigations expose the corruption of the government of Farmaajo

CORRUPTION IS THE CURSE ON SOMALIA – VOTE BUYING 'ELECTIONS' WILL ONLY HARM MORE

Culture Of Corruption "There is nothing that is a more certain sign of insanity than to do the same thing over and over again and expecting the results to be different" —Albert Einstein.

SOMALIA: FUNDS RELEASED ILLEGALLY FROM THE CENTRAL BANK

Sunatimes.com - Earlier this evening (December 8.2018), an armoured black Toyota land Cruiser was dispatched from the Headquarters of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) by Fahad Yasin's orders, the de facto head of NISA. The vehicle went to Hotel Shamo at KM 5 and collected Mariam…

Somalia PM Hassan Khaire: Portrait of a con artist

Waagacusub.com - A narcissist who always demanded a praise from his underlings. Failure to do so meant midnight sacking letters for an unspecified corruption.