Day: May 7, 2023

Mogadishu, Veteran Journalist, Isse Farah Mohamud on Sunday morning passed away here in the capital Mogadishu after certain disease. He died at the age of 70s according to his family and friends.

Isse Farah was a senior writer for former National Newspaper, Xiddigta October which was running from 1973 to 1991 and he was writing for the same Paper called ‘Wargeyska Dalka’ before he got sick several months ago according to his colleague at the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Somalia.

Farah Was born, and raised in Mogadishu while he graduated from Somali National University in the field of Journalism during the 1980s and he left wife and children. May his soul rest in Jannah.

Source: Somali National News Agency

Mogadishu, The Governor and the Mayor of Mogadishu, H.E Yusuf Hussein Jim’ale (Madale) received in his office the Deputy Representative of the United Nation’s Secretary General to Somalia, Mrs. Kiki Gbeho.

The Governor and the Deputy Representative discussed several issues including the general security of the country, the successes against the Al-Shabaab terrorists, and the security of the capital, and the office of the UN commended the efforts of the Mayor on ensuring the peace of the capital.

They also discussed the issues of the refugees in Mogadishu who came to the capital seeking safety, food, water, shelter, and more.

The United Nations welcomes the idea of rebuilding the country using the ideology of ‘build your country with $1’.

Source: Somali National News Agency

Frank Lampard encouraged his players to celebrate with a beer or glass of wine after Chelsea took a ‘small step forward’ by halting their six-match losing streak with a 3-1 win at Bournemouth.

Late goals from Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix earned the Blues an overdue victory after Cherries defender Matias Vina cancelled out Conor Gallagher’s early header at Vitality Stadium.

Success on the south coast was Lampard’s first since returning to Stamford Bridge on an interim basis a month ago and a fitting way to cap his 100th game in Premier League management.

The former England and Blues midfielder urged his team to embrace the club’s first triumph in almost two months but warned they cannot ease off going into their final four fixtures of a dismal campaign.

‘They should enjoy it and we’re happy because when you don’t have that feeling for a while, it gradually knocks you down,’ said Lampard.

‘It was very evident in the dressing room from coming in that there was a lot of picking up that needed to be done and unfortunately you need results to come in line with that to keep you stepping forward, so that’s been tough.

‘Today was a nice small step forward.

‘The lads are all human, we’re all affected in similar ways when you’re not winning games or you don’t feel like you’re at your best and the only way to get through that is to fight and to work through it.

‘I’ve been in relative periods where they’re tough, so absolutely they should enjoy tonight and have a beer or have a glass of wine or do whatever they do.

‘But we cannot take our foot of the pedal in terms of trying to take steps forward until the end of this season because it’s important.’

Victory in Dorset moved the two-time European champions on to 42 points, three ahead of their hosts, albeit they remain in the bottom half of the table.

Bournemouth had the better of the chances before the late drama, with Dango Ouattara squandering a golden opening by heading over from inside the six-yard box.

Badiashile and Felix punished that profligacy in the final eight minutes, leaving Chelsea supporters to salute the long-awaited win with ironic chants of ‘we are staying up’.

Some of the away end had jeered substitutes Hakim Ziyech and Raheem Sterling but the pair responded by claiming assists for Badiashile and Felix respectively.

Lampard hopes to help rebuild the bond between fans and players and backed the under-fire duo to show their true class following underwhelming campaigns.

‘Our fans were fantastic today so I personally appreciate their support,’ said Lampard.

‘I appreciate we had a moment on the end of the pitch where everyone feels good for a day.

‘I think that’s important to build a connection between players and fans.

‘Opinion can always change in a period but Hakim and Raheem want to do well, as football players they’ve got big talent both of them.

‘I think their class is permanent and I’m pleased for them for having some impact when they came on.’

Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil rued his side’s missed opportunities.

‘I thought it was an even contest,’ he said. ‘There were lots of bits in it that I liked.

‘When we were on top, Vina has a one-on-one where Kepa (Arrizabalaga) makes a good save, Kepa makes a great block from Dango as well from four, five yards out and obviously the massive chance, Dango’s free header.

‘If we get our noses in front then the game will probably finish very differently.

‘I’m disappointed we weren’t clinical enough and then we get punished at the other end.

‘We were well in the game.’

Source: Somali National News Agency

The Arab League on Sunday welcomed back Syria’s government, ending a more than decade-long suspension and securing President Bashar al-Assad’s return to the Arab fold after years of isolation.

In November 2011, the 22-member body suspended Damascus over its crackdown on peaceful protests which began earlier that year and which spiralled into a civil conflict that has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and battered the country’s infrastructure and industry.

While the front lines have mostly quietened, large parts of the country’s north remain outside government control, and no political solution has yet been reached to the 12-year-old conflict.

“Government delegations from the Syrian Arab Republic will resume their participation in Arab League meetings” starting Sunday, said a unanimous decision by the group’s foreign ministers.

Assad has been politically isolated since the war began, but recent weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity ahead of an Arab League summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah on May 19.

The ministers in a statement emphasised their “keenness to launch a leading Arab role in efforts to resolve” the Syria crisis and its “humanitarian, security and political consequences”, noting that humanitarian aid must reach “all those in need”.

They also agreed to form a ministerial committee to continue “direct dialogue with the Syrian government in order to reach a comprehensive solution”.

Several Arab countries cut ties with Damascus early in the conflict, betting on Assad’s demise, while some including Qatar and Saudi Arabia provided support to the Syrian opposition.

The last Arab League summit Assad attended was in 2010, while the opposition attended the pan-Arab group’s summit in Doha in 2013, sparking a furious reaction from Damascus.

– Diplomatic push –

Regional capitals have gradually been warming to Assad as he has stubbornly held onto power and clawed back territory lost earlier in the conflict with crucial support from Iran and Russia.

The United Arab Emirates, which re-established ties in late 2018, has been leading the recent charge to reintegrate Damascus into the Arab fold.

A February 6 earthquake that wreaked devastation in Turkey and Syria sparked Arab outreach to Assad’s government, while intensified diplomatic activity has been underway in the region since a March decision by rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume ties.

In March, Saudi state media said Riyadh and Damascus were in talks on resuming consular services, and in April, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan made the first visit to Damascus by a official from the kingdom since the start of the war.

That meeting came less than a week after Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia, also on the first such visit since the conflict began.

Mekdad has visited a string of Arab countries including in recent weeks in a diplomatic push, including to Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.

On Monday, he attended talks in Amman with foreign ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt to discuss the long-running conflict.

In April, nine Arab countries including Gulf states meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending Syria’s long spell in the diplomatic wilderness and its possible return to the Arab League.

Source: Seychelles News Agency