Somalia

By: Reuters The State Department on Friday announced the addition of five alleged Islamist militants to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list, requiring the blocking of any ownership or interests in U.S. properties they hold. The designations also expose to possible U.S. sanctions individuals or foreign...

By: Horndiplomat Staff writer Somalia Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud insists the federal government will not accept the AU or “anyone else” to intervene in the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya. Somalia foreign minister told Voa senior journalist Harun maruf he says "all that remains...

By: Horndiplomat Staff writer Somalia’s South West state president Abdiasis Lafta Gareen has released candidates for the first five senate seats leaving out two key opposition senators who served in the 10th parliament. Senator Ilyas Ali Hassan has strongly raised the issue of the Unjust Actions...

By: Xinhua Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Roble has called on Somalis to unite in order to defeat terrorism after the death of four footballers in a roadside blast on Friday. Roble condemned the terrorist attack in Kismayo town of the Lower Jubba region in Jubaland State...

By:GOOBJOOG NEWS Somalia's South West state president Abdiasis Lafta Gareen has released candidates for the first five senate seats leaving out two key opposition senators who served in the 10th parliament. In the list, South West state minister for interior Adan Abdinasir Mohamed will replace immediate former...

By:Anadolu Agency Four football players were killed and several others wounded when a bomb blast targeted a bus carrying a local soccer team in Somalia's port city of Kismayo on Friday, an official said. Bomb blast kills 4 footballers in Somalia Omar Hussain, a local police officer...

By: The EastAfrican Somalia’s Jubbaland state has announced its first four senators to join the 11th Parliament of Somalia, as the country kicked off elections for representatives in the Upper House. Mr Ilyas Bedel Gabbose won first after defeating Mohamed Ahmed Sayid, 55 to 17 votes...

By: SKY NEWS Ramla Ali's historic appearance for Somalia at the Olympic Games ended in a unanimous decision defeat to Claudia Nechita in Tokyo. The 31-year-old became the first boxer ever to represent Somalia at the Olympics, but Ali was unable to progress further in the...

By:AFP Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia has postponed elections that were due to start on Sunday after months of delays in the deeply unstable Horn of Africa country, officials told AFP. Indirect parliamentary and presidential polls were due to open on July 25 with four days of...

By Carla Babb, Jeff Seldin, Harun Maruf, VOA ABOARD US MILITARY AIRCRAFT - The United States is again targeting fighters with the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab terror group in Somalia, launching its second airstrike in the past four days following a nearly six-month hiatus that began when President...