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By: Xinhua The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has disbursed 8.9 million U.S. dollars to Somalia after reaching a staff-level agreement. The IMF executive directors welcomed the Somali authorities’ commitment to economic...

For immediate release The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, condemned yesterday's attacks against the Somali National Army bases in Barire and Awdhegle towns in Lower Shabelle region. "We strongly condemn these attacks that targeted Somali forces. This is a vivid reminder...

By: Harun Maruf , VOA NEWS The U.S. military has reported two new airstrikes against al-Shabab fighters in Somalia’s Hirshabelle State.In a statement, the U.S. military in Africa says it conducted two “collective self-defense” strikes against the...

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...

Self-declared state set for third smooth presidential poll but economy still fragile John Aglionby, east Africa Correspondent When Somaliland elects its new president on Monday voters will be engaging in a rare event for east Africa: a ballot that is expected to be free, fair and credible. The incumbent...

The election of Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American lawmaker, has been hailed as historic and great achievement for Somali and immigrant community in the United States. Minnesota voters elected her in a state where the uneasy assimilation of large numbers of Somali refugees became an...

MOGADISHU, Dec. 14, 2018: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, held a two-day consultation meeting in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 13th-14th 2018. The two Presidents held bilateral discussions at...

Businesses in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa have refused to open as part of a tax-hike protest that has hit small business operators. The “resistance” which started sometime last week in the wider Oromia region is said to have reached the capital with Addis Standard (AS)...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Minister of Public Work Housing and transport Mr. Ali Hasan Ahmed, who is in Turkey for official visit, met with the Foreign Minister of Turkey Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. ‘The Somaliland Minister proposed for the Turkey Minister how his country could strengthen its bilateral relation...

BY: DAILY NATION Addis Ababa. Ethiopia on Monday warned Egypt to refrain from establishing any military base that would pose a security threat to the East African region. The reaction comes days after an Egyptian delegation met Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi in Hargeisa where the two...