Qatar FM meets Somalia Prime Minister
By:GulfTimes
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Monday with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre during Sheikh Mohamed's visit to Somalia.
During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations...
EU Stands by Somalian Gov’t, Defies ‘Senseless Violence’ After New Bombing
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A huge blast rocked a vegetable market in the Eastern African country on Saturday, killing at least 11 and wounding scores of others as the Eastern African nation is voting in a government and parliamentary election.
"Somalia, following decades of civil war...
Kenya’s security minister meets Somalia President over border tensions
Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Sunday met Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo in a bid to ease cross-border tensions between the two nations.
Matiang’i was sent by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to lead a delegation of top government officials for the visit as both...
OP-ED:A stunning visit of Farmajo to Eritrea!
Today his Excellence Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the Somalia president is going to Eritrea for three day official visit as declared Eritrea ministry of information in his twitter account.
If we look back the history, Eritrea tended to host the dissidents who are against the Somali...
Scholars call for Somalia to be protected from foreign interference
The Commission of Somali Scholars called on Sunday for politicians to protect their country from “foreign interference” and to respect its sovereignty, Anadolu reported on Sunday.
In a statement issued in response to the latest upheaval, the scholars expressed their concerns about the “unstable political situation” in...
Ben Stiller joins YouTube stars to fight Somalia famine
By Duarte Garrido, Entertainment Reporter
Ben Stiller is leading a star-studded campaign to raise $2m to fly food and water to Somalia through Turkish Airlines.
After raising $1m in less than 24 hours thanks to the power of social media, the Zoolander star is now reaching...
Somalia President appoints a new intelligence chief
By:Hiiraanoline
Somalia's Lower House lawmaker Mahad Salad has been appointed as the new director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency, days after the new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office on Monday.
During the weekly meeting in Mogadishu on Thursday, the Cabinet approved the appointment...
Kenya-Somalia boarder ‘wall’ turns out to be barbed wire fence
Following many attacks from al Shabaab, the government resolved to build a 440-mile wall along Kenya's border with Somalia.
The intention was to keep out rebels and boost security to curb the loss of lives witnesses from terror attacks.
The wall was expected to stretch from...
Somalia Ranked the Most Corrupt Country Globally in the Latest 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index
By: Transparency International
The index (CPI) ranks 180 countries and territories around the globe by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Diplomats: UAE pushes for incumbent Somali president’s re-election
The United Arab Emirates government has joined a long line of Arab and western governments supporting dozens of candidates vying for Somalia’s leadership seat amid fears of delays of the presidential election scheduled to take place on November 30, diplomat sources told Alleastafrica Wednesday.
Having...