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Eight Iranian sailors have been freed from captivity of pirates in Somalia, an Iranian lawmaker has announced, as efforts continue for the release of the remaining captives. Ali Yar Mohammadi, an Iranian MP said Monday that the eight sailors were freed as a result of...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. His departure upends Trump's senior team after less than one...

Mateship is alive in Somalia. In Australia when there is a drought, rural people don't die. Nor do children suffer acute malnutrition. But here in Somalia it is the norm. In recent weeks, aid agencies have become increasingly anxious as conditions in Somalia have deteriorated. More...

Campaigners say tens of millions in urgent need in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia are in hands of an overwhelmed, outdated humanitarian network. Famine is looming in four different countries, threatening unprecedented levels of hunger and a global crisis that is already stretching the...

By:Abukar Arman @Abukar_Arman The election of Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia's president has inspired optimism for the future of Somalia. The stage seemed set for a ceremonial rubber-stamping of the status quo. Some of the new parliamentarians, many of who came through a corrupt process supported by...

Is Washington's 'disappointment' with UN's nominee for Libya envoy a sign of a growing rift between the two sides? Relations between the United States and the United Nations have sometimes been rocky. Various US governments have threatened to cut its funding or even have it moved...

WASHINGTON — The parliament of the break-away republic of Somaliland has overwhelming approved a deal to allow the United Arab Emirates to establish an air and naval base in the port town of Berbera. Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo presented the motion on Sunday to...

Hargeisa,Official statement that Released from Somaliland Foreign Ministry Said "In a letter to the UN Secretary-General signed by President Silanyo today, the Government of Somaliland asserts its sovereign rights under international law and announces a new 24-nautical mile Contiguous Zone in addition to the...

Kenya may have to study Somalia’s new President a lot more to know how the two countries’ relations will be under his leadership. Elected on Wednesday after incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pulled out of the third round of voting and conceded defeat, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo”...

Addis Ababa Feburary 10/2017 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said that his government will work with the Somaliland administration, an autonomous region of Somalia, on infrastructure development for mutual benefit. The Prime Minister made the remark during a discussion here with a delegation from Somaliland led...