Somalia

Somalia has received $50 million in new aid from Saudi Arabia but the gesture does not change the central government’s decision to remain neutral in Riyadh’s dispute with fellow Gulf state Qatar, a senior Somali official said on Tuesday. The money follows a visit to...

By:Mohamed Olad Hassan Tuesday May 16, 2017 In Somalia, a country long troubled by deadly violence, there's a disturbing new trend: an increase in summary executions. Somali military courts and the militant group al-Shabab have each executed about a dozen people so far in 2017, all of...

Horndiplomat-The Mauritius Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) has condemned the premature releases of convicted pirates by Puntland and Somaliland. The following statement was issued today by the Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of...

By: FAO Rome - While humanitarian assistance has prevented worse outcomes and staved off famine in parts of Somalia thus far, millions of rural Somali people continue to face unprecedented challenges to their food security. Reversing the alarming...

The Somalia presidency will now be contested by 23 candidates after one contender withdrew on Saturday. Mr Abdullahi Ali Hassan pulled out saying the field was too crowded. “I feel that the field is too crowded for a self respecting person to remain in the race,”...

BY:VOA Opposition leaders in Somalia welcomed a rare move by the African Union to condemn a term extension by Somali lawmakers for themselves and the president. The AU Peace and Security Committee expressed "deep concern" over the vote by Somalia’s lower house of parliament this month...

Two East African countries say U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is "dangerous" and could spark an international crisis. "We are urging the U.S. government to seriously reconsider the risks that its decision could have on the future...

The Somali Council of Ministers yesterday adopted a new media Bill but journalists have criticised a number of its provisions considered as repressive on press freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in  denouncing...

Press Release In light of the tragic incident at Zoobe junction on Saturday, Dahabshiil group is donating $500,000 to victims of the attack. Dahabshiil Group pay through eDahab $250,000 to the injured and...

By: Katharine Houreld   NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, a blow to the military as African peacekeepers start to withdraw this month. African Union (AU) troops landed in Mogadishu a decade...