Zidane Benched As Algeria Qualify For 2026 World Cup After 3-0 Away Win Vs Somalia

Riyad Mahrez led from the front as Algeria became the fourth African nation to qualify for the 2026 Fifa World Cup after cruising to a 3-0 win over Somalia, BBC Sport reports. The former Manchester City and Leicester City winger provided the cross...

Somali journalists expand St. Cloud's local news with KZYS, XIDIG TV

Two Somali-speaking journalists are expanding their news organizations to serve central Minnesota's East African community. KZYS radio launched a new website after receiving a grant as part of the Central Minnesota News Collaborative. XIDIG TV...

The Press Leaves the Pentagon

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that the New York Times and the Washington Post had the right, under the First Amendment, to publish classified documents exposing serious deceptions by the...

Sports11 minutes ago Amoura Hits Brace As Algeria Seal 2026 World Cup Spot Algeria have become the fourth African nation to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following a commanding 3-0 victory over Somalia on Thursday in Oran....

Algeria have become the fourth African nation to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following a commanding 3-0 victory over Somalia on Thursday in Oran. Goals from Mohamed Amoura and captain Riyad Mahrez ensured the Desert Foxes joined Morocco,...

Uganda, Somalia Sign New Cooperation Pacts Covering Security, Jobs, and Mobility

Uganda and Somalia on Wednesday signed three memoranda of understanding in Kampala to deepen cooperation on security, immigration and labor, and education and sports—agreements officials say will widen legal work channels, ease travel, and support...

No Democracy Without Media Freedom in Somalia, NUSOJ Says

EU – AU Human Rights Dialogue hears strong civil society warning on rights repression The European Union (EU) – African Union (AU) Human Rights Dialogue successfully concluded in Brussels, Belgium, on 7 October 2025, with civil society from both...

China has banned the highest number of social media platforms worldwide

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Facebook, with over 3 billion users, is the most widely banned major app worldwide, being blocked in seven countries, including North Korea and Russia. Across social media platforms, China is the most frequent country...

Somalia eyes oil boom as first offshore drilling set for 2026

Somalia is targeting its first oil drilling in January 2026, hoping to join the ranks of fossil-fuel producers. According to a programme released by the presidency on Monday, drilling will begin at Somalia’s first offshore block, using Turkish...

Somalia’s Parliament Endorses African Charter on Child Rights, Welfare

(MENAFN) Somalia’s federal parliament formally approved the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on Wednesday during a session held in Mogadishu. The meeting was overseen by Sheikh Adan Mohamed Noor Madobe, Speaker of the Lower...

Trump says Democrats ‘remind me of Somalia,’ asked African leader to take Ilhan Omar ‘back’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday compared the Democratic Party to an African country. The comments came as he said he asked a world leader to “take” Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, an immigrant from Somalia who is often the target of...

Türkiye Bolsters Somalia’s Healthcare with Advanced ICU Equipment for Mogadishu Community Hospital

In a significant development aimed at bolstering healthcare infrastructure in Somalia, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Türkiye’s state aid agency, has successfully provided advanced intensive care equipment to the Community...

How to watch NHL 2025/26: live stream every game, TV channels

Watch NHL 2025/26 live streams as hockey teams from the US and Canada clash on the ice once more on the quest for the Stanley Cup. Below we have all the info on how to watch NHL hockey from anywhere in the world with details on worldwide TV...

Capt. Phillips, played by Tom Hanks in Somali pirate film, to attend Navy SEAL gala on Long Island

He’s eternally anchored in gratitude. Nearly two decades after Capt. Rich Phillips endured a near-death ordeal at the hands of Somali Pirates off the East African coast, he is still constantly showing thanks to his saviors — the US Armed Forces....

Somalia envoy helps secure release of over 50 citizens jailed in DR Congo

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Somalia’s ambassador to Tanzania, who also represents the country in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has secured the release of more than 50 Somali nationals previously held in Congolese prisons, officials said...

Angiographic Characteristics of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: A Sub-Saharan Referral Center Experience

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for over 1 million deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019 alone.1 It also contributes significantly to global CVD mortality. Alongside rising rates of coronary heart disease, infectious...

The African Union Support And Stabilization Mission In Somalia (AUSSOM) Congratulates Its Sector 1 Troops And Somali Security Forces (SSF) For Liberating Awdheegle Town

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 6, 2025/APO Group/ -- The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) congratulates the AUSSOM Sector 1 troops and the Somali Security Forces (SSF) on the...

German Aid Worker Sonja Nientiet Missing Seven Years in Somalia

Sonja Nientiet left Germany to save lives in Somalia seven years ago, but her humanitarian mission has become a haunting reminder that in today’s conflict zones, those who come to help are increasingly becoming the victims themselves. The...

Can better regulation solve surrogacy’s ethical challenges?

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Buongiorno STAT readers, it’s been a while! The last time I hosted this newsletter I knew of regular sleep patterns, predictable...

Shabaab claims prison assault in Mogadishu

Shabaab fighters march in Somalia. Image from a Shabaab propaganda video. Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu was yet again the victim of a brazen terrorist attack conducted by Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa. Yesterday, at least seven...

Al-Shabab fighters killed in Mogadishu prison assault

All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali government has said. The al-Shabab group attacked Godka...