Somalia

By:Michael Cohen Funding shortage hampers fight against militants, analyst says Conflict fuels humanitarian crisis in Horn of Africa nation Three deadly bomb attacks in Somalia’s capital this month have highlighted the failings of a decade-long international effort to quash an al-Qaeda-linked insurgency in one of...

Seven more candidates have been voted into the House of the People to represent Somaliland and northern regions in the latest round of voting, bringing to 26 the total number of members of parliament (MPs) thus far elected from that part of the country. Six...

By:Mohamed Olad Hassan WASHINGTON — Election observers in Somalia say corruption is running rampant ahead of Wednesday's presidential election, with candidates giving gifts and large sums of cash to lawmakers to secure their votes. Twenty-three candidates are challenging incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is seeking a...

Nairobi – African Union forces in Somalia (AMISOM) should release the findings of their investigation into alleged unlawful killings of 14 civilians by Ethiopian forces in July 2016, Human Rights Watch said today. More than six months after the incident, people in Wardinle in...

Self-exiled Somali opposition leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame has said he plans to return to Mogadishu this month to mark the first anniversary of his arrest. Mr Abdishakur said he intended to hold a big rally in the Somali capital, which will also be used to...

Horndiplomat-Somalia protests against Kenya’s recent tweet using the word “country” for Somaliland. The Somalia Ministry of Foreign  affairs handed the protest note to Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia. The following statement was issued today by the Somalia Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On Sunday (June 30th), the Ministry...

By:HARUN MARUF Al-Shabab militants launched an attack on an airbase used by the U.S. military supporting Somali forces, security sources said. The militants detonated explosions from two car bombs at Ballidogle airport in Lower Shabelle region, about 90 kilometers west of Mogadishu. A local source reported...

By:ANADOLU AGENCY Turkey welcomed a decision by the Somali parliament on Saturday that would see elections held in the Horn of Africa nation as soon as possible. "We welcome the decision of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament today (1 May), which endorses holding the...

Ghana is set to deploy to Somalia, a contingent of 160 police personnel from the country’s Formed Police Unit (FPU). Ghana’s deployment of additional officers to the Horn of Africa country is in response to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2431(2018), which recommended...

Deeqa Mohamed Muse, a Somtel employee in Puntland, Somalia, went viral for her response during a vox pop interview. While working a normal day, Deeqa participated in a street interview and politely redirected a political question to focus on her expertise...