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Turkey, Somalia sign MoU to boost cooperation on investments

Turkish Investment Office Signs Mou with Somalia Investment Promotion Agency
By:Horndiplomat staff Turkish Investment Office and the Somalia Investment Promotion Agency-SOMINVEST sign an MoU to boost cooperation on investments, promote collaborative ventures, and provide technology transfer between the two countries. The Turkish ​Investment Office and the Somalia Investment Promotion Agency (SOMINVEST) signed a memorandum of understanding...

Somalia and Ethiopia Sign trade agreement to swap Fish for khat

Somalia and Ethiopia Sign trade agreement to swap Fish for khat
By:Horndiplomat & Agences Ethiopia and Somalia have signed a trade agreement to swap Fish for khat, The Agreement would see Mogadishu export fish to Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia, Abdulfatah Abdullahi Hassan and Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries, Abdizaz Hajj Bashir flagged off the 5000 ton...

No visa required for Syrians who want to reside in Somalia

No visa required for Syrians who want to reside in Somalia
BY:VOA   Since the war in Syria broke out a decade ago, refugees have fled to countries in the Middle East and Europe as well as to countries in Africa that face instability, like Somalia. And, as Mohamed Sheikh Nor reports from Mogadishu, Somali officials say...

Qatar Charity lays foundation stone for health centre in Somalia

Officials at the foundation stone-laying ceremony.
By:GULFTIMES Qatar Charity (QC), with the support of benefactors in Qatar, has laid the foundation stone for a health centre in Hamar Weyne district of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The foundation stone-laying ceremony was attended by the governor of Banaadir region and mayor of Mogadishu, Omar...

Kenya to reopen Mogadishu embassy, ministry says

Somalia, Kenya agree to normalize bilateral relations
By: The East African Kenya says it is prepared to reopen its embassy in Somalia, following an invitation by Mogadishu on Saturday. In a note sent to Mogadishu on Monday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Kenya also asked Somalia to reopen its mission in Nairobi, which...

Ten soldiers killed in suicide bomb attack at military base in Mogadishu

Ten soldiers killed in suicide bomb attack at military base in Mogadishu
By:Horndiplomat staff A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district Tuesday morning killing at least ten soldiers and injuring ten others. Sources said the bomber detonated his suicide vest during a morning parade causing death and injuries in its wake. It...

Azerbaijani FM, Somalia ambassador discuss bilateral cooperation

Azerbaijani FM informs ambassador of Somalia about Armenian's atrocities
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received Jama Abdullahi Mohamed, non-resident Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia accredited to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted with satisfaction the existing friendly and cooperative relations with Somalia, emphasizing that this cooperation is also successfully continued on...

Puntland State in Somalia to ban female genital mutilation

By:Anadolu Agency Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland on Thursday completely banned female genital mutilation (FGM), officials announced. The decision came after a cabinet meeting chaired by the state's President Said Abdullahi Deni in state capital Garowe, where the ministers voted to completely ban the practice,...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomes Somali agreement on elections

By: XINHUA  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday welcomed the agreement reached by the Somali federal government and federal member states leaders on the implementation of the Sept. 17, 2020 electoral model as an outcome of the summit convened by Prime Minister Mohamed Roble. Guterres urged...

Somalia’s PM commits to free, fair polls after impasse over elections resolved

Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble attends the Somali election negotiation in Mogadishu, Somalia May 27, 2021 REUTERS/Feisal Omar
By:Reuters Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said he was committed to free and fair polls after he signed an agreement on Thursday with leaders from the country's regions to hold indirect elections after delays triggered a crisis. Under the indirect election system, clan elders were...