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Police disperse protesters demanding government find soldiers who reportedly fought against Tigray rebels Magdalene Mukami   | 20.01.2021 MOGADISHU, Somalia Hundreds of Somali parents, whose sons and daughters have been missing since going to Eritrea for military training, took to the streets of north-central Galkayo city on Wednesday, demanding that the government find their children. The parents said they have been unable to contact their c...

Puntland to Swap Fish for Khat from Ethiopia Bosaso (PP News Desk) — Puntland State Aviation Minister Ilyas Osman inaugurated Ethiopian Airlines cargo service to enhance trade relations between Somalia and Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Consular in Puntland Degnachew Yitbarek, Somali and Ethiopian businessmen had attended the ceremony held in Bosaso. Barter system: Ethiopian businessmen will import Habo tuna to Ethiopia in a deal that reflects Somalia inability to benefit from comparative advantage ...

For too long, the State Department has given Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed a free pass. That should end. The parents began gathering in Mogadishu’s streets on Jan. 20. Soon, reports began trickling in about similar protests in other towns and cities across the country. The spark was an acknowledgment made by Abdisalan Yusuf Guled, the former deputy head of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency, on Jan. 18 that 370 Somali soldiers had died fighting in the Ethiopian province of Tig...

Parents camp in Mogadishu streets, demanding government disclose fate of soldiers sent to Eritrea for training Magdalene Mukami   | 22.01.2021 MOGADISHU, Somalia Hundreds of Somali parents have been camping in the streets of Mogadishu for the last two days, demanding the government tell them about the fate of their sons who were sent to Eritrea for military training. The protesting parents said they have been unable to contact their children ...

Somalia Price Bulletin, January 2021 Format The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. Maize, sorghum,...

With UN Support, Puntland Launches Database System to Track Gender-Based Violence Cases Format Garowe – The process of registering, tracking and recording gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Somalia’s northern Federal Member State of Puntland is expected to improve following the launch today of a United Nations-backed, specialized online database. “This will help the Attorney General’s Office to strictly monitor repeated and multiple GBV cases, which have become prevalent recently,” ...

Updated On January 28, 2021 Somali men secretly sent to Eritrea military force: Eritrea is known to be one of the world’s most secretive countries. When the officials from Somalia’s National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash Ali Jamac Dhoodi realised that his son had died in Eritrea.  Dhoodi, like many other parents in Somalia, were made to believe that their sons were being recruited by Somalia’s federal government for jobs in Qatar. But the truth was these young ...

Qatar-Somalia relations are historical and longstanding, minister says January 28, 2021 at 3:27 pm | Published in: Africa, Middle East, News, Qatar, Somalia Somali internally displaced people receive food distribution from a Qatari charity in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 22, 2018 [MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP via Getty Images] January 28, 2021 at 3:27 pm Relations between Somali and Qatar as historical and long-standing, based on the mutual respect, joint understanding and co-ordination in the regi...

Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force Reuters 1/28/2021 By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next years soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalias National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash. They told him his son had died - not in Qatar, but in Eritrea, one of the worlds most secretive countries. "They showed me a pic...