Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine found to be 90% effective
By A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech has been found to be more than 90 per cent…
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Internet outage to last for ‘unspecified time’-Hormuud Telecom
Major parts of Somalia will be without internet for an ‘unspecified time’ the country’s largest telecommunications operator has warned barely two…
Read moreTrump takes a brief car ride, ignoring own COVID infection
By Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Infected and contagious, President Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday…
Read moreTurkey’s wealth fund in talks over urgent support for hard-hit Turkish Airlines – sources
By ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s wealth fund is in talks to provide emergency funding to flag carrier Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS, one of…
Read moreFood losses in Sub-Saharan Africa up to $4b annually-FAO
Sub-Saharan loses up to $4 billion annually in food losses owing to inadequate storage facilities and insufficient agro-processing skills. In marking…
Read moreVaccinate your children against polio, WHO, UNICEF urge parents in new campaign
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the children’s agency UNICEF have called on caregivers and parents in south-central Somalia to avail…
Read moreOil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa
By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading…
Read moreSomalia to auction oil blocks starting August
Somalia is opening its first bid rounds this August with the plan to auction seven oil blocks, the Ministry of Petroleum…
Read moreOver 500 now contract COVID-19 in Somalia as 28 die
The number of COVID-19 cases in Somalia Tuesday crossed the 500 mark with deaths climbing to 28 as Somalia is fast…
Read moreCOVID-19 deaths in Somalia hit 23, positive cases jump to 436
Twenty-three people have died out of COVID-19 in Somalia making it the country with the highest death toll in the region…
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