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Addis Ababa, October 20, 2017 (FBC) –Ethiopia has provided medical supplies for victims of the recent terrorist attack occurred in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A plan carrying the medical supplies reached at Mogadishu airport early today. The international communities, including Djibouti, Kenya, Qatar and Turkey,...

Somalia and tourism are not quite the words that usually go together in the last few decades. But Somaliland, on the other hand, is a completely different story. Although Somaliland is a part of Somalia, in many other aspects they are completely different. Somalia...

By:Ismail Akwei Self-declared independent state of Somaliland is gearing towards its third presidential election on November 13 in which 704, 089 registered voters are expected to elect a new president. Three candidates are vying to replace the country’s fourth president Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo who withdrew from...

By: Kate Stanworth Horndiplomat- Adnan Abdo Mohamed is a street photographer and medical student who roams the downtown areas of Somaliland's cities capturing candid and colourful street scenes with his smartphone. Over the past couple of years he has developed a large following for his...

Horndiplomat-17 October 2017-As we draw closer to the scheduled Somaliland Presidential Election on 13 November 2017, the political climate is, naturally, becoming heightened, with statements issued by many individuals and groups on a daily basis through online and offline media. As an Election Observation...

WASHINGTON — The newly Turkish-built military base in Mogadishu was the original target of Saturday’s deadly truck bomb, a senior Somali intelligence official told VOA Somali. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says all the intelligence reports received before this attack -- and information...

By Jason Burke Security personnel say they have detained key member of cell behind attack that has killed at least 320 people Security officials in Somalia say a key member of the cell that launched a devastating attack on Mogadishu has told them that al-Shabaab, a...

Somalia is still on the verge of famine, says Peter de Clercq, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. About seven million people still depend on humanitarian aid. DW: A looming famine could be averted in the past few months, but you say that the country is...

Paris, France | AFP | A massive truck bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday killed at least 276 people and left 300 injured. Following are five questions about the attack, the bloodiest in the country’s long history of violence and instability. – What...

BY JOHN HALTIWANGER President Donald Trump, who's famous for his restless Twitter fingers, hasn't said a thing about Saturday's horrific terrorist attack in Somalia. At least 300 people were killed and roughly 300 more injured in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, by two devastating car bombs. The Somali government has blamed the incident—which represents the...