Somalia’s Economy Featured on Agenda at IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings

WASHINGTON – Somalia’s Finance Minister, Biihi Iman Egeh, has taken part in a high-level session at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, with discussions focused on the economic impact of climate change...

Somalia’s Disaster Agency Earns Global Recognition

Somalia’s National Disaster Management Authority (SoDMA) has won an international award from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for its work on disaster preparedness and early warning. The recognition was announced during the World...

Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs

The highest temperature anomalies in 2023 were recorded across northwestern Africa, especially in Morocco, coastal parts of Mauritania and northwest Algeria. Several countries including Mali, Morocco, United Republic of Tanzania, and Uganda...

4 Years After Sri Lanka’s Worst Environmental Disaster, South Asia’s Coasts Reel from a New Spill

For the past four years, Asunta, Malkanti, and Chamari Randika have come each day to clean beaches in Sarakkuwa, a coastal village near the southern end of the Negombo Lagoon in Sri Lanka. Using rectangular metal sieves, they collect lentil-sized...

Displacement: An Inherent Problem in a Divided World

More than 120 million people have been displaced from their homes due to war, climate change, political instability and oppression in the past few years, a figure that has doubled in the last decade. Millions more are living in vulnerable...

Somalia’s State Minister of Defense Meets EU Ambassador in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU – Somalia’s State Minister of Defense, Omar Ali Abdi, held a significant meeting on Wednesday with the European Union Ambassador to Somalia, Francesca Di Mauro, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the European Peace Facility...

Somalia seeks extra $40m IMF funding to cushion against aid cuts

Somalia has requested an additional $40 million in financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help cushion the economy against the budgetary shortfalls caused by foreign aid cuts and to support the economic reform programme. The...

Mogadishu to Host Somali Success Forum Focused on Energy Transition

Mogadishu to Host Somali Success Forum Focused on Energy Transition MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s energy future will take center stage on Wednesday, 15th October, as Hormuud Telecom hosts the Somali Success Forum at the Jazeera Hotel in...

Somalia’s Deputy Planning Minister Meets with DRC Officials to Boost Development Cooperation

MOGADISHU – Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Mohamed Aden Mohamed, held a high-level meeting on Monday with officials from the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), led by the organization’s Country Director for...

Reviving Somalia’s Food Basket

From Conflict to Cultivation: Sahro’s Transformation Sahro’s hands, stained by ripe peppers, trace new furrows of hope as she walks to a small plot of land. What used to be a patch of dirt is now bursting with life: crisp lettuce, hot and sweet...

OP-ED: Lessons from Puntland: Leadership, Democratization, and Political Partnership in Somalia’s Evolving Landscape

OP-ED: Lessons from Puntland: Leadership, Democratization, and Political Partnership in Somalia’s Evolving Landscape In Somalia’s complex and often volatile political and security environment, Puntland State emerges as a remarkable example of...

Climate-curious but confused? Grab a beer and some cards

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A reggae promoter, two schoolgirls and a poet walk into a Nairobi garden. Or a college student, a tango instructor and a pastor walk into a café in Cleveland. All recently gathered to play Climate Fresk, a...

Somalia and IMF Seal Staff-Level Accord on ECF Fourth Review

A team from the International Monetary Fund has secured a staff-level agreement with Somali authorities to complete the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility arrangement. The agreement, pending approval by the IMF’s Executive Board,...

Somalia Launches National Consultations on Digital Transformation Strategy (2025–2030)

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s Ministry of Communications and Technology, in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), on Sunday launched a two-day national consultation aimed at shaping the country’s Digital Transformation...

First Genetically Confirmed Case of Familial Mediterranean Fever in Somalia: A Case Report and Diagnostic Challenges in Resource-Limited Setting

Introduction Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF 249100) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disorder that typically manifests in childhood or early adulthood.1 It is characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, polyarthralgia, erythematous skin...

Counting the Cost: Can Pakistan Afford to Mentor Somalia’s Navy?

Can Pakistan Afford to Mentor Somalia’s Navy? Photo : Times Now The question that lies, quiet yet corrosive, beneath the Memorandum of Understanding between Pakistan and Somalia is not of capability but of capacity. Can a state, that is burdened...

IMF reaches staff-level deal with Somalia on fourth review

MOGADISHU, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has reached a staff-level agreement with Somalia on policies to complete the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The IMF said in a...

Somalia’s Minister of Commerce Attends 24th COMESA Heads of State Summit in Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 10, 2025 – Somalia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mahmoud Adan Geseed, on Thursday participated in the 24th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA),...

AU’s Somalia peace mission cannot deliver on funding pledges alone

AU’s Somalia peace mission cannot deliver on funding pledges alone Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and political instability. The governments of Somalia and the...

OP-ED: Somalia at a Crossroads: Building a Durable Solution Beyond Humanitarian Response

OP-ED: Somalia at a Crossroads: Building a Durable Solution Beyond Humanitarian Response Interlocking Crises Reinforcing Fragility After decades of conflict, prolonged insecurity, and recurrent climate shocks, Somalia stands once again at a...