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Explora Books Showcases Glenn A. Bell’s High-Stakes Thriller at London Bookfair 2025
EIN Presswire
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March 3, 2025
The International Publishing Event Features the Action-Packed Novel ‘Back to Somalia’ by Glenn A. Bell VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, March 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The London Bookfair (LBF) 2025, taking place from March 11-13 at...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (16th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 16, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 16 Somaliland: 15 South West: 1 Male: 11 Female: 5 Recovery: 27 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,658 Total recoveries: 649 Total deaths: 88Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human...
Coronavirus - Somalia: COVID-19 ventilators provided to help Somalia fight pandemic
African Press Organization
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June 2, 2020
Ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients are being supplied by IOM, the International Organization for Migration, to help thousands of Somalis affected by the disease. The ventilators, donated to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), and funded...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Children missing out on routine vaccinations in Somalia amid COVID-19 fears
African Press Organization
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July 29, 2020
Download logo In the recent past, 25-year-old Zahra Mohamud* had visited the Hawadle maternal and child health centre in Hargeisa regularly to have her older son Ibrahim* vaccinated against the most common childhood diseases. However, since the...
Coronavirus - Somalia: African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) supports Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) with Personal Protective Equipment against Coronavirus
African Press Organization
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June 15, 2020
Download logo As part of efforts to support communities in its Areas of Responsibility, AoR, in the fight against COVID-19, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Friday presented a range of personal protection and hygiene supplies to...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 15 June 2020
African Press Organization
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June 16, 2020
New cases confirmed today: 39 Benadir:14 Puntland:12 Somaliland:8 Jubbaland:3 South West:2 Male:25 Female:14 Recovery:45 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,642 Total recoveries:622 Total deaths:88 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of...
Somalia: UN voices deep concern at reported destruction of housing for displaced persons
African Press Organization
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January 3, 2018
A senior United Nations official in Somalia expressed deep concern over reports of the unannounced destruction of settlements for internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as humanitarian infrastructure in Mogadishu. “I am deeply saddened to...
African Development Bank and development partners propel Somalia back from the brink
African Press Organization
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June 10, 2020
Download logo In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom Government and the European Union, settled its arrears to the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), paving the way for the lifting of 30-year old sanctions imposed by...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (8th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 8, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 34 Somaliland: 19 Galmudug: 15 Male: 24 Female: 10 Recovery: 29 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 2,368 Total recoveries: 470 Total deaths: 84Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19
African Press Organization
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June 8, 2020
New cases confirmed today: 45 Benadir: 25 Somaliland: 17 Puntland: 2 South West: 1 Male: 35 Female: 10 Recovery: 10 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 2,334 Total recoveries: 441 Total deaths: 83Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of...
U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions
EIN Presswire
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June 7, 2025
Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19
African Press Organization
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May 28, 2020
Download logo FAO Representative in Somalia Etienne Peterschmitt discusses COVID-19 and its impacts on vulnerable groups and the UN agency's work. What is the situation like in Somalia at present? Somalia is a challenging place to operate even in...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (3rd June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 3, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 57 Benadir: 34 Somaliland: 18 Jubbaland: 5 Male: 30 Female: 27 Recovery: 26 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,146 Total recoveries: 406 Total deaths: 79Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: The Somali Health and Demographic Survey Report - A tool to fight COVID-19 in Somalia
African Press Organization
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June 2, 2020
Download logo Somalia, like many other countries, is grappling with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, with over a thousand laboratory-confirmed cases and dozens of associated deaths registered so far. With the support of international partners, the...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (2 June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 2, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 66 Benadir: 33 Somaliland: 26 Puntland: 7 Male: 42 Female: 24 Recovery: 19 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,089 Total recoveries: 380 Total deaths: 79Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (27 May 2020)
African Press Organization
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May 27, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 13 Somaliland: 8 Benadir: 5 Male: 10 Female: 3 Recovery: 12 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 1,731 Total recoveries: 265 Total deaths: 67Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (11th July 2020)
African Press Organization
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July 11, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 13 Somaliland: 5 Jubbaland: 4 Benadir: 2 Galmudug: 2 Male: 6 Female: 7 Recovery: 55 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 3,051 Total recoveries: 1,264 Total deaths: 92Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...
Somalia: Minister of Post and Telecom calls for independent, effective Communications Authority
African Press Organization
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January 25, 2018
The Minister for Post and Telecom, H. E. Eng Abdi Ashur Hassan, told that the number-one priority for the Ministry at this time is to establish a credible and effective regulatory authority that is operationally independent for carrying out its...
Coronavirus - Somalia: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid orders aid flight to Somalia in support of COVID-19 response, flood relief efforts
African Press Organization
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May 13, 2020
Download logo His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered an aid flight to support the delivery of ventilators and other critical supplies as well as relief items to Somalia....
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (5th July 2020)
African Press Organization
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July 5, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 36 Benadir: 12 Puntland: 11 Somaliland: 10 Jubbaland: 3 Male: 31 Female: 5 Recovery: 41 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,997 Total recoveries: 1,014 Total deaths: 92Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...