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Somalis in Tech announces Virtual Hackathon: Climate Change

Somalis in Tech announce the launch of their second annual virtual Hackathon with a specific focus on Climate Change. The community organisation Somalis in Tech have announced they will launch a second hackathon later this month. This year the theme is climate change an issue...

My Call to Action to the Global Leaders at COP26 and Next Steps in My Climate Activism

Kamaal Hassan Adnan
Press Release by Kamaal Hassan Adnan In the last few days over 300 youth from all over the globe gathered in Milan, Italy for the first time in history to discuss the major challenge against humanity RIGHT NOW; Yes! of course, the climate crisis. This...

Sudan state media report ‘failed’ coup attempt

Sudanese protesters gather outside the main entrance to the southern port in Port Sudan [File: Ibrahim Ishaq/AFP
An attempted coup in Sudan “failed” early on Tuesday, state media reported, without identifying the plotters. “There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported. A member of the country’s ruling council told Reuters that the situation has been brought...

Somalia’s international partners say they are “increasingly alarmed” by the dispute between President Farmaajo and PM Rooble

International Partners
  Mogadishu - As Somalis mark the one-year anniversary of the 17 September Agreement, international partners* are increasingly alarmed that the escalating dispute between the President and Prime Minister will undermine Somalia’s stability and derail the electoral process. We urge the President and Prime Minister to resolve their differences immediately,...

Seven Africans named in Time 100 influential list

AFPCopyright: AFP Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tweeted that she was "honoured and privileged" to be on the Time magazine cover
By:BBC Africa Time magazine has listed seven Africans among its list of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2021, including figures from the world of academia, science, activism and economics. The Nigerian head of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, featured on the list,...

Guinea coup: Soldiers claim to seize power

IMAGE SOURCEGUINEA TV image captionThe soldiers said they had acted because of rampant corruption and poverty
By:BBC The fate of Guinea's President Alpha Condé is unclear after an unverified video showed him in the hands of soldiers, who said they had seized power. They appeared on national TV claiming to have dissolved the government. However, the defence ministry said the attempted takeover had...

Turkey will continue to provide all kinds of support to Somalia: Akar

The defence ministers of Turkey and Somalia discussed bilateral and regional issues in a meeting on Friday.
By:ANADOLU AGENCY The defence ministers of Turkey and Somalia discussed bilateral and regional issues in a meeting on Friday. Hulusi Akar welcomed Hassan Hussein Haji at Turkey’s National Defense Ministry in the capital Ankara. The ministers first held a one-on-one meeting before chairing talks between their delegations. They...

UAE sends plane with urgent food, medical assistance to Afghanistan

A file pic of UAE aid sent to Afghanistan in June. (Mofaic/Twitter)
By:WAM The UAE sent a plane carrying urgent medical and food aid to Afghanistan on Friday, as part of its contribution to providing the basic and necessary needs of thousands of Afghan families, especially the most vulnerable groups such as women, children and the elderly,...

UN Security Council extends UNSOM Mandate until 31 May 2022

The Security Council today extended until 31 May 2022 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), requesting it to strengthen its presence across the country “as the security situation allows”. Unanimously adopting resolution 2592 (2021), the Council further decided that UNSOM should continue to...

Trapped in Afghanistan, Rescued by Volunteers: How a Handful of Americans Freed 5,000 Afghans

Afghanistan's deputy ambassador to Qatar, Barakat Rahmati, left, and Zach Van Meter at the Willard Hotel in Washington, working on rescue efforts in Afghanistan.
By: The Wall Street Journal Zack Vanmeter, a private equity investor in Naples, Florida, called the Somaliland government last week asking if he would accept thousands of Afghan refugees. “He suddenly called me,” said Bashir Goth, Washington’s representative for the Somaliland. Two days later, on August 25,...