Somalia

GAROWE – The semiautonomous northern Somalia state of Puntland faces a potential leadership split just a month before the region holds the much-awaited presidential election after the vice president challenged the president over the formation of a new electoral dispute resolution committee, appointing his...

By : Harun Maruf, VOA The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia on Sunday resumed handing over security responsibilities to Somali government forces after a three-month pause, officials said. The mission known as...

Horndiplomat -From September 18th to 19th, EUCAP Nestor organised a workshop on Maritime Legislation. Four Somali Prosecutors - two of which were female - and four Somali Police Officers attended the event, hosted at the Mission’s HQ in Mogadishu. The Workshop focused on enhancing the...

KAMPALA- Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa, revealed on Friday that government is pushing for a revision of funding for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by the international community. Mr Kutesa, addressing journalists at the Media Centre about resolutions of the just concluded 28th...

The money, found in three unmarked bags, was seized from a Royal Jet airlines carrier at Mogadishu airport. Somalia's government says it has seized several bags of money worth almost $10m from a plane that arrived at Mogadishu airport from the United Arab Emirates capital...

(MOGADISHU, Somalia) — A Somali military officer says a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military academy west of Somalia's capital, killing at least five soldiers. Col. Abdi Hassan said the bomber dressed in a military uniform walked into the Somali military training camp...

BY: Horndiplomat staff, HOL Kenya has notified the International Court of Justice that it will not participate in the maritime case against Somalia just a day before it is scheduled to begin. Kenya has cited the court's perceived bias and its unwillingness to delay the...

DUBAI, 6th May, 2017 (WAM) -- Dar Al Ber Society has dispatched its second relief convoy to drought and famine-hit Somalia. Unlike the first campaign that was mostly focusing on securing necessary foodstuff assistance, a medical team has been sent to run a field hospital...

Turkey condemns terror attack in Mogadishu, dispatches a military cargo airplane to bring the injured Somali citizens to Turkey for treatment. Press Release Regarding the Terror Attack in Mogadishu We strongly condemn and curse the terror attack perpetrated with a bomb-laden vehicle in Mogadishu, the capital...

By: MoDUALE Djibouti on Wednesday reported 229 new COVID__19 cases and four more deaths, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,697. Djibouti has conducted a total of 24,129 COVID-19 tests so far with 18 deaths and 1185 recoveries. According to the Djibouti Health...