Somalia

By: Staff Writer Somalia has welcomed a declaration announced by the Libyan House of Representatives for a ceasefire and cease of military operations in all Libyan territories. The following statement was issued today by the Somalia Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Federal Republic of Somalia government warmly welcomes...

By: AFP The UN's top court handed Somalia control of most of a potentially oil and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after a bitter legal battle with Kenya, which strongly rejected the ruling. Kenya got only a small slice of the disputed tract...

By: UN NEWS Recognizing the benchmarks reached on implementing the security transition, the Somalia Transition Plan and the national security architecture, the Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution lifting the arms embargo on the Federal Government of Somalia.

By: Bangkokpost Eighteen Thai fishermen rescued from reportedly slave-like conditions on a trawler in Somalia returned to Bangkok on Monday as labour officials considered opening a human trafficking probe. The fishing crew arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport on Thai Airways flight TG581 from Dubai, where 14 of...

By: THE STAR Kenya and Somalia have committed to ending violent extremism, Defence Cabinet secretary Aden Duale said. Duale said the two countries will partner in areas of trade and investments as they...

BY: Horndiplomat staff, HOL Kenya has notified the International Court of Justice that it will not participate in the maritime case against Somalia just a day before it is scheduled to begin. Kenya has cited the court's perceived bias and its unwillingness to delay the...

An Irish employee at payments firm Stripe was denied entry to the US last week after visiting Somalia. According to Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, who tweeted about the situation, the unnamed employee was interrogated because they had a Somalian stamp in their passport. We first...

By:Gulf Times Amir of Qatar His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met on Sunday at Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan, with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. During the meeting, co-operation relations between the two countries and ways to develop...

By: The National President Sheikh Mohamed has ordered that Dh35 million of humanitarian aid be sent to Somalia to support its development and alleviate extreme poverty. The aid confirms the UAE’s keenness to help friendly countries and its efforts to develop its bilateral relations with Somalia, news agency Wam said. Somalia, which...

Mogadishu, 14 April 2022 – International partners* welcome today's swearing-in of newly-elected members of Somalia's House of the People and Upper House.  After a period of more than one year in which all Somali elected institutions exceeded their constitutional timelines, we are pleased that the new...