Somalia

By:Anwar Abdifatah Bashir The two countries share gigantic issues. Both are Muslim nations with Sunni sect. As “Angus Hamilton” who was a British war correspondent who had visited in early 20th century both countries, had written two memoirs. Afghanistan Book in 1906, and Somaliland Book...

MOGADISHU,(Xinhua) -- Somalia's electoral team failed to meet the Sept. 24 deadline for the start of the elections of members of the Lower House, raising concerns the delay could affect the election of the president slated for Oct. 30. By Saturday, the day polling stations...

BY:ANADOLU AGENCY A suspected al-Shabaab terrorist was arrested in the Turkish capital Ankara, security sources said on Wednesday. The suspect, who was learned to have operated in Kenya, was nabbed in a joint operation by police and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), said the source on...

In 2013, African Union (AU) leaders committed to a future where the continent is free from the scourge of conflict; pledging to “end all wars in Africa by 2020”. But the high ideals of Vision 2020 – also referred to as “Silencing the Guns” –...

Mogadishu (HOL) - A military court in Mogadishu sentenced a soldier to death on Monday over the killing of a Somali cabinet minister the soldier is expected to face a firing squad. The military tribunal concluding it’s hearing on Wednesday and rendered its verdict this...

 By: Xinhua agency The second annual diaspora conference kicked off in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Monday with the government seeking to tap investment opportunities from its citizens abroad. The conference, attended...

Several African countries have downgraded ties with Qatar, which has wielded influence in the continent since the 1990s   Cairo: Nearly four months on, the Gulf crisis is reshaping alliances in Africa and placing pressure on wavering countries in the continent, analysts have said. In June, Saudi...

By: MoDuale Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday received young Somalian inventor Guled Adan Abdi in Ankara. "When we saw the plane models that he made with limited means in Somalia, we said that this talent should be in Teknofest. Abdi Guled in Turkey and...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the UN envoy in Somalia Michael Keating have welcomed a ceasefire reached between forces of the country's Puntland and Galmudug states. The rival forces clashed in the central city of Galkayo last month, killing more than 20 people, including...

By:AFP Somalia’s regional leaders of South West and Galmudug State have arrived in Mogadishu in a bid to end an ongoing public spat between President Mohamed Farmaajo and his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. Presidents Abdiaziz Hassan Laftagareen of South West and Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoorqoor of...