By Asha Elmi - Reporter
Ethiopia, 15 November 2025 — The President of the Somali Regional State, Mustafe Mohammed Omer, has launched the construction of a new Islamic university in Jigjiga today, a project valued at more than 3.57 million dollars.
The institution, which is primarily community-funded, will be built on a 1.5-hectare plot allocated by the regional government.
Senior officials of the Somali Regional State, including Vice President Ibrahim Osman Farah, joined religious leaders, elders and community representatives at the ceremony.
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The planned university will offer programmes in Sharia, Arabic language and education among others.
The new institution will become another major Islamic higher-education centre in the Somali Regional State, following Raaso Islamic University, which was inaugurated in Raaso in September 2025.
