Somalia

By: Anadolu Agency, Mohamed Dhaysane  Somalia's two houses of parliament unanimously approved four chapters of its constitution on Saturday, paving the way for a new political system in the country. Sheikh Adan Mohamed...

By: XINHUA The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday that Somalia is hosting 38,642 registered refugees and asylum-seekers as of February. About 67 percent of them are women...

by J. Peter Pham Follow Twitter on TwitterL Writing in this forum, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr. and Joshua Meservey made an eloquent case for why the agreement granting Ethiopia—the world’s most populous landlocked country—naval access on Somaliland’s 740-kilometer coastline “has the...

By: REUTERS As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency...

By Reuters About 20 armed people boarded a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia and have taken control of it, a maritime security firm said on Tuesday. The vessel is the latest to...

By Ambassador Adam Jibril Muse All autocratic politicians share one basic belief that they own the absolute truth on life, the rulers of Somalia today continue to behave accordingly, both Al-Itisam of Hasan Sheik Mohamoud and Al-Shabab...

By: THE EAST AFRICAN Kenya’s President William Ruto has engaged a higher gear for back channels to ease tension between Ethiopia and Somalia, motivated by business fervor in both countries. And, from this week,...

By: Simple Flying Since the start of the year, tensions between Somalia and Somaliland (an independent but internationally unrecognized state) have been high. While the two territories have been going at it for years, tensions have...

By: ALJAZEERA ARABIC A Qatari Boeing 787 survived a collision with an Ethiopian Airbus A350 , when they were flying - Sunday - over the Gulf of Aden near Somalia. The Somali Aviation...

By: British Embassy Mogadishu UK Minister for Armed Forces James Heappey MP, visited Mogadishu on 25 February in order to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to defence and security cooperation with Somalia. His visit offered...