New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council bas welcomed the agreement reached on Thursday by the Somali federal government and the federal member [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the 27 May agreement between Somalia’s national and Federal Member State leaders to proceed with [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - A summit involving leaders of Somalia’s political factions is underway in Mogadishu, a welcome relief after months of escalating tension, [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday announced the appointment of former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has welcomed the decision by the Lower House of Somalia’s Federal Parliament to nullify a special [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has called on Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo and Parliament to act swiftly to annul the 12 April, 2021 [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somali Federal Government, in consultation with the United Nations has declared drought conditions in the country following delayed and poor successive [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) issued a statement on Tuesday, alongside international partners, strongly condemning an outbreak of violence in the capital, Mogadishu, [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States said it is "gravely concerned" by Monday's violent clashes in the Somali capital, Mogadishu and called on [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) has condemned the extension of the mandate of the Somali president [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia is bracing for record levels of population displacement due to drought, which is affecting parts of the Horn of Africa [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced the appointment of Vice Admiral José M. Núñez Torrente as Operation [...] Full text...
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The United States is deeply disappointed by Somalia's decision to approve a legislative bill extending the mandates of the president [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somali Police Force (SPF) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Police component have commenced intensified security patrols in [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN and international partners working to support a lasting peace and democratic election process across Somalia, said on Sunday [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somali (PANA) - A children's charity, Save the Children, is warning that millions of children and their families in Somalia will be left without [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Poor rain forecast for the next few months threatens to exacerbate the plight of tens of thousands of Somalis displaced [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Increased “brinkmanship, pressure tactics, and tests of strength” are threatening progress in Somalia, the country’s UN envoy told the Security [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief expressed grave concern on Friday over an outbreak of violence in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Secretary-General Antonio [...] Full text...
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threatening 2.6 million people, the UN agriculture [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The Pan African Forum wants the Kenya-Somalia maritime case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) deferred.
The lobby has written to UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Somalia and the United Nations have launched the 2021 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), seeking US$ 1.09 billion to provide life-saving [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Humanitarian advocate, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says it lost one of its colleagues in Somalia during Sunday's indiscriminate attacks in Mogadishu.
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The United Nations envoy for Somalia has strongly condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on a hotel near the international airport in capital, [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A project to create new jobs in Somalia's fisheries industry has been launched with the aim of increasing and diversifying livelihoods [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the death of a 19-year-old Somali asylum seeker in [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A two day national conference on peaceful elections and freedom of expression, bringing together key stakeholders in the electoral process concluded [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has awarded medals and certificates to Ugandan soldiers for their outstanding role in ensuring [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has prolonged the mandates of its two Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions in Somalia and Operation [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya and Somaliland have agreed to upgrade bilateral relationship and open Consulates in both countries.
The step includes issuance of visa on [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan diplomats in Somalia have been ordered to leave Mogadishu, the Somali capital, within seven days after Somalia severed ties with [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Kenya (PANA) – The UN humanitarian response in Somalia was heavily affected by insecurity on the ground in Somalia and the targeting of aid [...] Full text...
Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) – Recovery from the cyclone Gati, which recently hit the coastal region of Somaliland, causing massive destruction to property, has been slow.
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Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece has formally accused Turkey and some NGOs of facilitating the immigration of Somalis into its country.
The Greek Minister of Migration, [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of majority of US troops out of Somalia.
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least nine people were killed during the tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Puntland’s Bari region on 22 November, [...] Full text...
Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Desert Locust crisis which struck the greater Horn of Africa [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall on 22 November in Puntland’s Bari region in Somalia, has displaced 70,000 people, the UN [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The “broad political consensus” reached in September that ended a two-year stalemate in Somalia must be “preserved and indeed deepened”, [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday that large populations of Desert Locust in Somalia have moved towards southern [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday completed the first review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The U.S. military intervention in Somalia is failing to advance American interests while bringing significant costs for both Somalis and American [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The United Nations in Somalia has condemns the murder of two humanitarian workers, who were reportedly killed in the capital, Mogadishu, by [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has released US$9.26 million to scale up priority life-saving assistance to nearly 300,000 people affected by [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Despite multiple hits from flooding, desert locusts, and the global coronavirus pandemic, the authorities in Somalia have sustained a strong commitment [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Somalia is working with its international partners to build a democratic, inclusive and prosperous country for its citizens, President Mohamed [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - International partners have welcomed the resumption of dialogue between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the five Federal Member States [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - With elections slated for November delayed due to COVID-19, Somalia is at a critical juncture, the top United Nations official [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN in Somalia Monday strongly condemned a terrorist attack that took place on Sunday at the Elite Hotel in the [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Incessant fighting, recurrent droughts and floods, and the worst locust invasion in more than 25 years are forcing more people to [...] Full text...