Somalia

"The objective is to support the Somali government as it progresses towards delivering the future that the people of Somalia deserve.” -- Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander, U.S. AFRICOM.U.S. Marine Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), met with senior government officials...

A tweet by Martin Plaut,  the former BBC Africa editor who is now Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Commonwealth Studies,  left Somalis in the Twittersphere wondering why a President who had campaigned on anti–Ethiopian interference in Somali politics might give Ethiopia a base in the Southern...

Horndiplomat-The US Embassy made clarifications after sections of the media reported that the U.S Mission to Somalia located at the U.S embassy in Nairobi, Kenya would be moved to Mogadishu.   Statement by US Mission to Somalia Clarification after VOA Interview with Ambassador Yamamoto Nairobi, Kenya – Ambassador...

United States Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto on Friday disclosed that the U.S Mission to Somalia located at the U.S embassy in Nairobi, Kenya would soon be moved to Mogadishu. In an interview with Voice of America (VOA), Yamamoto stated that the move could take...

Meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed lasts for over an hour. Turkey’s president on Friday met with his Somali counterpart in Istanbul for talks, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. The closed-door meeting between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Somalia’s Mohamed...

Somalia Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Budget have opened an inquiry into 'missing' funds amounting to about $42M. How could a country like Somalia with the Somali Shilling going for 580 to a US Dollar say about 24.4 Billion Somali Shillings under the control...

Horndiplomat-The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has lifted the sanctions that were imposed on Eritrea the past years after countries in the Horn of Africa have opened a historic new chapter of normalizing their relations. The Somalia president Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed "Farmajo" reacted on lifting of...

The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea, diplomats said, after the country’s rapprochement with Ethiopia and thawing of relations with Djibouti. Diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the...

The national flag carrier airline of Turkey, Turkish Airlines should be wary of Africa’s largest airline by revenue and profit comeback as it seeks to grow its influence and dominance in the continent. Ethiopia Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier resumed its Addis – Ababa flight...

Kenya Airways is set to launch direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday. IN SUMMARY Kenya Airways says the move follows increased demand on the route as it stretches its wings in a move...