Uganda, Somalia Commit to Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation
By: CHIMP REPORTS
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Bagiire met and held discussions with Amb. Dr. Avv. Hersi Hagi Olosow; Director-General of Protocol and acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
The...
Somalia’s elections – where the people don’t vote
By Mohamud Ali, BBC News, Nairobi
Most of Somalia's new MPs have been sworn in following a unique election for its parliament - known as the House of the People. But the people did not vote in a poll...
Book Review: Africa’s First Democrats -By Bashir Goth
By Bashir Goth
Africa’s First Democrats: Somalia’s Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen
by Abdi Ismail Samatar, 308 PP. Indiana University Press, 2016
“To hold a pen is to be at war.” --- Voltaire
Why I review this book
As a firm believer in democratic principles and an...
Somaliland Needs a New Approach with Somalia
By:Gulied Jama and Yacqub Ismail
2018 opens a new cycle in Somaliland’s foreign policy. The result of the 2017 presidential election showed that hardliners won the election. By hardliners, it means that a senior leader from the military wing of SNM won the election by a majority of...
Dahabshiil, AECF partner to support SMEs in Somali regions
By:Star
Africa' s money transfer company, Dahabshiil through its subsidiary MicroDahab micro finance institution, has partnered with the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) to support SMEs in Somalia regions.
Ripple effects are expected to be felt in Kenya, which exported goods worth Sh11.4 billion to the...
US military reports killing five Al-Shabaab militants in new airstrike
By: AFRICOM
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab terrorists in the vicinity of Bush Madina, Somalia, April 3.
“Al-Shabaab’s goals, rhetoric, and it's over-reliance on both coercion and violence mirror al-Qaida,” said U.S. Marine Corps Bradford J. Gering, deputy...
Harboring ambitions: Gulf states scramble for Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one side, with Qatar backed by Turkey on the...
Somalia’s president suspends prime minister pending investigation
BY:REUTERS
Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister's powers, escalating a destabilising dispute in the Horn of Africa country.
The president, who had suspended Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble before over an earlier confrontation, said in a statement he...
Somalia voices support to Turkey’s Afrin campaign
'Turkey has a right to defend itself,' says Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad
By Addis Getachew
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia
Somalia on Friday expressed its support for Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin.
Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad spoke to Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of a meeting of top...
Somalia Opposition’s Forum Withdraw Talks With President Farmajo
Mogadishu(HornDiplomat)-The opposition’s Forum for National Parties say they are withdrawing talks with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on upcoming elections and political process. Statement accuses President Farmajo of “dishonesty”, alleges he “did/does not have appetite for dialogue”.
The following statement was issued today by the Forum...