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Coronavirus - Somalia: As Somalia braces to effectively respond to COVID-19 outbreak, life-saving essential health care services are scaled up
African Press Organization
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April 23, 2020
Download logo The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Somalia including associated deaths attributed to coronavirus disease. While the cases grow in numbers, the health systems in Somalia is being rapidly confronted with...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (23-04-2020)
African Press Organization
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April 24, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 42 - Male: 32 - Female: 10 - Recovery: 2 - Death: 2 Total confirmed cases: 328Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia.
Somalia: SRCS volunteers among the casualties of attack in Mogadishu
African Press Organization
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October 16, 2017
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) mourn the loss of life of four SRCS volunteers killed amongst many others following the huge explosion that detonated in a very busy street of Mogadishu...
Somalia: Urgent medical supplies reach hospitals for bomb blast victims
African Press Organization
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October 17, 2017
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) have been responding to urgent needs following Saturday’s explosion in Mogadishu. Two days on, the death toll continues to rise as bodies under the...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 06.6.2020
African Press Organization
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June 7, 2020
New cases confirmed today: 85 Somaliland: 29 Benadir: 19 Galmudug: 17 Jubbaland: 14 South West: 5 Hirshabelle: 1 Male: 58 Female: 27 Recovery: 13 Death: 3 Total confirmed cases: 2,289 Total recoveries: 431 Total deaths: 82Distributed by APO Group...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (20-04-2020)
African Press Organization
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April 21, 2020
Download logo - New cases confirmed today: 73 - Male: 51 - Female: 22 - Recovery: 1 - Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 237Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia.
Somalia participates in 16 Days of Activism campaign to end gender-based violence
African Press Organization
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November 30, 2017
On 27th November, the British Embassy hosted an event to mark the 16 days, bringing together activists, government representatives, NGOs and members of the international community. In a round table discussion on the DFID funded CHANGES project,...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (4th June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 4, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 58 Benadir: 32 Hirshabelle: 11 Somaliland: 8 Galmudug: 3 Puntland: 2 Jubbaland: 1 South West: 1 Male: 49 Female: 9 Recovery: 12 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 2,204 Total recoveries: 418 Total deaths:...
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 braces for COVID-19 pandemic
African Press Organization
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April 9, 2020
Download logo As the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelms countries with strong health care systems, Somalia – already reeling from the cumulative effects of multiple recent shocks – is preparing for the worst. The country has experienced conflict,...
Coronavirus – Somalia: New COVID-19 Testing Equipment arrived in Mogadishu
African Press Organization
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April 9, 2020
New COVID-19 testing equipment arrived in Mogadishu. Thanks to the Italian Embassy in Somalia for generous support and WHO Somalia & WFP Somalia for their technical and logistical support respectively.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (1 June 2020)
African Press Organization
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June 1, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 47 Somaliland: 28 Benadir: 9 Puntland: 5 Jubbaland: 5 Male: 38 Female: 9 Recovery: 13 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 2,023 Total recoveries: 361 Total deaths: 79Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...
Somalia attends ITU conference with full voting rights for the first time in decades
African Press Organization
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October 12, 2017
The Minister of Posts, Telecom and Technology has told that Somalia is no longer the only country in the world with no telecom regulation after the president signed the communications bill into law on October 2nd. The Minister was speaking at ITU...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (31 May 2020)
African Press Organization
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May 31, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 60 Jubbaland: 32 Somaliland: 18 Benadir: 6 Galmudug: 4 Male: 53 Female: 7 Recovery: 21 Death: 5 Total confirmed cases: 1,976 Total recoveries: 348 Total deaths: 78Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and WHO send aid plane to Somalia to assist efforts to counter COVID-19
African Press Organization
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April 14, 2020
Download logo The United Arab Emirates, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, has dispatched an aid plane carrying approximately 27 metric tonnes of medical supplies to Somalia. The aid, which consisted of seven metric tonnes from...
Coronavirus – Somalia: COVID-19 equipment for De-Martini received from International Organization for Migration in Somalia
African Press Organization
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April 14, 2020
The Ministry of Health- Somalia received COVID-19 equipment for De-Martini from International Organization for Migration in Somalia.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia.
Coronavirus – Somalia: Testing for COVID-19 will be done at the Ministry of Health - Somalia National Public Health Research Laboratory (NPHRL)
African Press Organization
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April 8, 2020
Download logo HE. Dr Fawziya Abikar informs the public that the testing for COVID-19 will be done at the Ministry of Health - Somalia NPHRL in Mogadishu. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Somalia.
Coronavirus - Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (30 May 2020)
African Press Organization
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May 30, 2020
Download logo New cases confirmed today: 88 Galmudug: 47 Somaliland: 29 Benadir: 10 Puntland: 2 Male: 71 Female: 17 Recovery: 17 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 1,916 Total recoveries: 327 Total deaths: 73Distributed by APO Group on behalf of...
Coronavirus - Somalia: Joint Statement on COVID-19
African Press Organization
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April 13, 2020
Download logo Somalia’s international partners* express their solidarity with the Somali people and government at all levels in facing the global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19). They commend the Somali authorities for the measures they...
Coronavirus - Somalia: 8th case of Coronavirus confirmed in Somalia
African Press Organization
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April 7, 2020
Download logo The Ministry of Health & Human Services, Federal Republic of Somalia confirms the 8th case of coronavirus in Mogadishu. This is a 58 year old male of Somali citizen with no travel history. Total confirmed: 8 Recovered : 1 Deaths:...