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Somali firm turns to solar for cheaper power
2 June 2020 - A new solar power plant in Mogadishu should quadruple the city's generation capacity and cut bills, the owners said, providing relief to businesses facing crippling costs from diesel-generated electricity. BECO, Somalia's largest electricity supplier, said it had been producing 8 megawatts (MW) since March using solar panels bought from Germany and Britain, and this was expected to increase to 100 MW by 2022 ... (more)

Somalis turn a profit by transforming their scrap plastic
22 January 2019 - As the rubbish built up on the rubble of Mogadishu's wrecked streets, Ahmed Abdullah saw a business opportunity. He recruited a team of workers -- many of them refugees from Somalia's long conflict -- and sent them out to collect plastic bags, bottles, and wrappers to turn into roof tiles and other recycled goods. In June 2018, he and others founded their company, Green Plastic. (more)

Young people can 'open new chapter' for Somalia, UN Youth envoy says in Mogadishu
2 October 2014 - The United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi on a trip to Somalia this week reiterated his unwavering commitment to empowering young people to participate in development and peace processes, calling them the long-troubled country's 'biggest asset'. Meeting with the UN officials in Somalia, Mr Alhendawi reiterated support for two initiatives: a comprehensive strategy on youth that aims at increasing youth participation in governance processes, prevent violence and promote reintegration, stimulate employment and economic empowerment of youth including through providing employment skills to the youth. (more)

Somali warlord agrees to talks, boosts government peace efforts
31 August 2014 - A Somali clan leader who fought for years to retake a strategic southern port city he once controlled has laid down arms and joined talks, bolstering government efforts to show it can restore order to a chaotic nation. The African Union force AMISOM, which has been involved in reconciliation efforts, said Barre Hirale and nearly 100 members of his militia gave up their weapons on Saturday after discussions with clan elders and Somali federal government delegations. (more)

Somalia ambassador arrives in US
14 July 2014 - Somalia has posted an ambassador to the United States for the first time in more than 20 years. It is a step forward in a nearly two-year effort to improve relations between the US and Somalia as the war-ravaged African nation struggles to regain stability against extremist attacks and a weak government. The US Embassy closed in 1991 when Somalia's government collapsed in civil war. (more)

Somalia: New Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
21 December 2013 - The top United Nations official in Somalia congratulated Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, who was appointed on 21 December following a vote in the Federal Parliament, calling the process a key step heading into 2014, which will be 'pivotal year' for the country. (more)

Agreement ends fight over Somali port city
28 August 2013 - Officials say Somalia's government has signed a deal over the administration of a southern port to end months of dispute that threatened wider conflict in the region. According to an agreement signed Wednesday, officials meeting in Ethiopia agreed to a two-year Interim Jubba Administration, a leadership period that would pave the way for the creation of a federal state controlled by the central government. (more)

Somalia to restart mail after 22-year hiatus
26 April 2013 - Somalis may soon be receiving letters from abroad for the first time in more than 20 years after a deal was struck with the United Nations' postal agency, the latest step towards ending Somalia's isolation following two decades of civil conflict. The Swiss-based Universal Postal Union said in a statement on Friday that international postal services could start operating again in Somalia within the next few months. (more)

Somalia: Mogadishu festival helps move past sounds of war
8 April 2013 - Mogadishu's first music festival in decades acted as another step in moving past a city soundscape once filled with gunfire and mortar shells. The Reconciliation Music Festival was organized by a Somali rap group who moved overseas, Waayaha Cusub. Last week's performances attracted international artists to a capital city that until recently was music-free. (more)

Donors step up ties with Somalia; praise rebuilding efforts
28 February 2013 - Major Western donors have stepped up efforts in recent weeks to reengage with Somalia, opening the way for increased development assistance to a country trying to shake off years of conflict. A senior British official said in Washington that London will host a conference with the new Somali government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 7 May. (more)


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New approach for Somali security forces to prevent terrorism
21 November 2017 - 'During these dangerous times of high tensions in Somalia, terrorism could quickly end if Somali security forces were trained to form what is known in Latin American military circles as Prevention Wings of the Military. These units would be comprised of Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) experts,' writes Dr David Leffler in the publication of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting in Nigeria. The purpose of these IDT groups would be to practise Transcendental Meditation (TM) and its advanced programmes twice a day. 'Extensive peer-reviewed research and military field-tests worldwide show that proper application of these programmes brings about measurable decreases in crime, terrorism and war, and improvements in quality of life.' Somali leaders would be wise, he said, to investigate these technologies and 'learn how to rapidly establish perpetual peace'. (more)


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A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll
20 June 2022 - Bashir Nur Salat lives where three crises converge -- global warming, spiralling food prices, and war. He, like millions of others in Somalia, are in the crosshairs of what some aid workers are calling the 'The Three Cs': climate change, costs, and conflict. ... Somalia, riven by a long-running Islamist insurgency, needs to import more food but people can't afford to buy it. Foreign aid is dwindling and food prices spiking because of war in Ukraine, the world's fourth-largest grain exporter. (more)

Somalia hit by worst desert locust invasion in 25 years
18 December 2019 - Desert locusts are destroying tens of thousands of hectares of crops and grazing land in Somalia in the worst invasion in 25 years, the United Nations food agency said on Wednesday [18 December], and the infestation is likely to spread further. The locusts have damaged about 70,000 hectares of land in Somalia and neighboring Ethiopia, threatening food supplies in both countries and the livelihoods of farming communities, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. (more)

At least 26 dead in Somalia hotel attack claimed by Islamic rebel group
13 July 2019 - The death toll from a car bomb and gun attack on a hotel in Somalia rose to 26 on Saturday [13 July], officials said. ... The attack [Friday, 12 July] in the southern port city of Kismayo targeted the Asasey Hotel, which is popular with politicians and Somali expatriates. The Shabab, an Islamic rebel group with links to Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group, which has killed thousands across East Africa, seeks to overthrow Somalia's Western-backed government and has accused the president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, of being an apostate and an American 'puppet.' (more)

Somali forces brace for new attacks after hotel assault leaves dozens dead
13 July 2019 - Security forces in Somalia are braced for a wave of new attacks by Islamist extremists following a bloody overnight assault on a hotel that ended on Saturday [13 July]. The death toll from the attack in the southern port city of Kismayo, which began on Friday evening, has risen to 26 people, including a prominent Canadian-Somali journalist and several foreigners. (more)

Two million people at risk of starvation as drought returns to Somalia
6 June 2019 - More than 2 million people could face starvation by the end of the summer, unless there are urgent efforts to respond to the drought in Somalia. Mark Lowcock, the UN's humanitarian chief, said the country is facing one of the driest rainy seasons in more than three decades, and a 'rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation'. (more)

Somalia's Puntland region declares state of emergency over drought
5 December 2017 - Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland declared a state of emergency on Tuesday (5 December) and appealed for food and water because of shortages triggered by a severe drought. Drought has gripped large parts of the Horn of Africa country this year and the United Nations says children face acute malnutrition. The crisis is compounded by al Shabaab's Islamist insurgency that seeks to topple the central government that is backed by African Union peacekeepers and the West. (more)

Final death toll in Somalia's worst attack is 512 people
2 December 2017 - The final death toll in October's massive truck bombing in Somalia's capital is 512 people, according to the committee tasked with looking into the country's worst-ever attack. Somalia's government has blamed the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group for the Oct. 14 attack, which struck a crowded street. Security officials said the bomb weighed between 600 kilograms and 800 kilograms (1,300 pounds and 1,700 pounds) as the extremist group's bomb-making capabilities grow. (more)

276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia's history
16 October 2017 - The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia's capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country's information minister said early Monday (16 October), making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll was expected to rise. ... As angry protesters gathered near the scene of the attack, Somalia's government blamed the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group for what it called a 'national disaster.' However, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group, which often targets high-profile areas of the capital, had yet to comment. (more)

After bombing, Somalia fears renewed al-Shabab onslaught
16 October 2017 - As the toll rises above 300 from one of the world's deadliest attacks in years, the al-Shabab extremist group has sent a powerful signal that the international focus on extremism can't afford to overlook the African continent. Saturday's truck bombing on a crowded Mogadishu street showed that al-Shabab, targeted for years by U.S. airstrikes and tens of thousands of African Union forces, has once again made a deadly comeback. Pushed from Somalia's capital in recent years, al-Shabab has retreated mostly to rural areas of the country's south, where the fragile central government can't assert its authority and local fiefdoms are in charge. From there, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group has continued to plan guerrilla-style attacks like Saturday's truck bombing in the capital, Mogadishu. (more)

Somalia truck bombing toll over 300, scores remain missing
16 October 2017 - More than 300 people were killed in the weekend truck bombing in Somalia's capital and scores remained missing, authorities said Monday (16 October), as the fragile Horn of Africa nation reeled from one of the world's worst attacks in years. As funerals continued, the government said the death toll was expected to rise. Nearly 400 people were injured after Saturday's bombing targeted a crowded street in Mogadishu. (more)

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