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Hiiraan Online (HOL) is a website dedicated to news and information about Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It was founded in 1999 to deliver news to the growing Somali diaspora and is also based in Somalia. [1] [2] [3] It is published in English and Somali and discusses Somali news and affairs.
9 April — A series of mortar attacks occur in different parts of Mogadishu including Villa Somalia. Flights by Turkish Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines are canceled due to security threats. [23] 11 April — The Somali National Army repels an attempted attack by Al-Shabaab at the Bar Sanguni base in the Lower Juba region. [24]
In June 2017, the BBC decided to split the Swahili and Somali services. In August 2017, Abdullahi Abdi Sheikh was appointed as Editor, BBC Somali Service. On 28 October 2019, Abdullahi Abdi Sheikh resigned as editor. On 16 March 2020, Muhyadin Roble who worked at Radio Ergo (formerly IRIN SOMALI SERVICE) was appointed as editor of the service.
Somali National Television is the principal public service broadcaster in Somalia. Headquartered in Mogadishu, the nation's capital, its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting throughout the country. SNTV is regulated by the Ministry of Information, Posts & Telecommunication of the Somali Council of Ministers.
A constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30, 2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, and as a direct result, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself an independent state based on Article 4 of the ...
2 May – Somali forces kill 67 al-Shabaab militants and seize many weapons in a continuation of offensives against the group in the Mudug region. [10]25 May – Puntland's 2023 municipal elections occurred on Thursday, marking the second instance of one-person, one-vote elections in the autonomous state.
The Somali government claimed to have killed 47 Al-Shabaab fighters, although no bodies were presented as evidence. [3] They reported that 9 militants were killed in the first phase of the attack outside El-Dheer, followed by an ambush near Ali Yabaal village where 18 militants were killed. [ 8 ]
Founded in 2003, Horn Cable TV broadcasts in Somali from its headquarters in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. [1] The station also has studios in Mogadishu and London, among other areas. [2] Horn Cable TV is owned by Farhan Haji Ali, a Hargeisa-based Somali entrepreneur who is also the owner of the FAACO. [2]