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In a gesture of respect and solidarity during the holy month of Ramadan, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has commenced food deliveries to Somali prisons. Over the next four weeks, detainees will receive essential items such as dates, goat meat, rice, beans, milk, and tea, ensuring they can observe Ramadan with dignity....

Explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa during a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The Ukrainian navy reported five fatalities, with no injuries to either delegation, according to BBC sources. Mitsotakis described hearing sirens and explosions, with Russia claiming to target a maritime drone facility during Wednesday’s assault. Zelensky...

Users of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage. The social media platforms were down for hundreds of thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The disruptions started about 10am eastern United States time (15:00 GMT) with...

Some 37 people have died due to the outbreak of cholera in Somalia since January, indicating the severity of the outbreak, the country’s health ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Health and Human Services said there has been a significant rise in cholera cases, with a total of 3,365 new cases reported, including 1,996 cases,...

Open-heart surgeries could be carried out at a hospital named after the Turkish president and located in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The new department at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital was opened with a ceremony on Monday thanks to cooperation between the Turkish and Somali health ministries. “It is a great honor for me to participate...

A British-registered cargo ship has sunk two weeks after being attacked by Houthis in the Gulf of Aden. Yemen’s government said the Rubymar was drifting and taking on water for days before it sank. It is the first ship to have been sunk by the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen since they began targeting vessels in...

Kenya’s President William Ruto has engaged a higher gear for back channels to ease tension between Ethiopia and Somalia, motivated by business fervor in both countries. And, from this week, both Addis and Mogadishu are expected to tone down their public rhetoric against each other, sources privy to the discussions indicated. President Ruto hosted both...

The police chief of Mogadishu, Moalin Mahdi, has declared that organizing any protest within the capital without prior approval from the police is against the law and could worsen the ‘problems’ of the city. He was commenting strongly about a public protest that took place yesterday at the Siinaay junction in Mogadishu following the killing...

A British container ship is in danger of sinking off Yemen’s western coast after being hit by Houthi missiles earlier this month, a Yemeni official warned Wednesday. On Feb. 18, the Houthi group announced targeting the cargo ship Rubymar in the Gulf of Aden with several naval missiles, causing severe damage. Due to strong winds...

Kenya and Ethiopia have solidified their partnership by signing seven Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) aimed at fostering collaboration in various spheres and ensuring peace, security, and stability across the continent. The MOUs cover a wide range of areas including cultural development, tourism, wildlife conservation, the blue economy, correctional services, petroleum and energy development, and capacity...