Somalia

By:  Reuters Somali pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship, a regional official told Reuters on Thursday. The ship was traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Mogadishu port when it was attacked by six pirates on Wednesday night, said Musse Salah, the governor of Gardafu region...

Press-Release Mogadishu, 12 April 2022 – Millions of Somalis are at risk of sliding into famine as the impact of a prolonged drought continues to destroy lives and livelihoods, and growing needs outpace available resources for humanitarian assistance, United Nations agencies warned today. The United Nations Food...

Turkey's largest military base overseas is now operational in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The base will especially serve as a military academy, and some 200 Turkish soldiers deployed there will primarily have the duty to effectively form the Somali army. The purpose is to reinforce the...

Mogadishu – International partners* welcome the announcement that Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member State (FMS) leaders will meet on 15 February to finalise arrangements for implementing the 17 September election agreement, building on progress made during the recent Dhusamareb Forum. International partners do not believe...

What informed the appointment of the politically unknown and youthful Hassan Ali Khaire as prime minister of Somalia? That could turn out to be the easiest question to answer about Somalia’s politics. It would appear newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo’s choice of Khaire...

There were at least four people from Minnesota on the returned flight. By Mila Koumpilova Star Tribune A plane with deportees to Somalia, including at least four from Minnesota, returned to the United States on Friday after a stop in Senegal that authorities said did not go according...

The President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, Mr. Volkan Bozkir, held a meeting today with Mr. Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia. According to United nations, They discussed the priorities of the...

By: Anadolu Agency At least seven people were killed and several others wounded by a suicide bomber targeting a busy restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia on Friday evening, a police official said. The attack took place near Mogadishu Airport at a popular restaurant frequently visited by government...

By:Simple flying ACC Aviation will source and deliver two North American aircraft to Daallo Airlines. Somalia's Daallo Airlines has appointed ACC Aviation to source Boeing 737-800 and De Havilland...

Hundreds of Somalians in the capital Mogadishu trooped to the Banadir Stadium on Friday evening to witness the country’s first football match under floodlight in three decades. Since the start of the civil war, no football match has ever been played at night and the...