Somalia

24 April 2019, DJIBOUTI (Djibouti): The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) welcomes the recent decision by the Government of Belgium to recognise diplomatic and service passports issued by the Federal Government of Somalia. The following statement was issued today by the IGAD Executive Secretary.  IGAD Executive...

Horndiplomat-Somalia's President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed arrived in Asmara for a working visit in early morning hours today. President Farmajo who was accompanied by the Minister of Education and other senior officials was accorded warm welcome by President Isaias Afwerki on arrival at Asmara International Airport. According...

By: MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-(Moscow)- Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, met with his Russian counterpart Mr. Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation as well as a number of regional and...

BY:VOA The deputy leader of the Islamic State group in Somalia has been killed in an airstrike, a Somali regional minister told VOA. Abdisamad Mohamed Gallan, security Minister of the Puntland region, told VOA Somali the airstrike that killed Abdihakim Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Dhoqob, took...

Following his recent efforts to achieve normalisation with Eritrea, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed embarked on a shuttle diplomacy mission across the Horn of Africa. Since the signing of the landmark June 2018 peace agreement between the two long-warring nations, Abiy held several bilateral and tripartite...

By:Mohamed Duale HornDiplomat-High level Eritrean delegation led by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebreab have arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday. Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed met with Eritrean Foreing Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Advisor Yemane Gabreab at the Villa Somalia . During the...

By:Mohamed Duale, HornDiplomat-High level Eritrean delegation led by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebreab have arrived in Mogadishu . Upon arrival at Mogadishu International Airport, the delegation received a warm welcome from Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Isse Awad. The Purpose of...

BY:REUTERS A car bomb exploded at a restaurant near the police academy in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday evening, police said. No group immediately claimed responsibility, though Islamist al Shabaab fighters have launched a string of attacks in the city. https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1113854015828373506   “A car bomb parked at a...

By: MohamadDuale Horndiplomat- Somalia to appoint Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, a Somali citizen as the next central bank governor of Somalia. Abdullahi has financial management and banking experience. For the last 2 years he worked as a senior economic policy adviser to the office of the Prime minister...

Nairobi, April 03 , 2019 - Somalia and Kenya agreed today to normalize relations between the two neighboring countries after a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad and his...