Somalia

Addis Ababa, September 1, 2018  –Ethiopia and Somalia formed, for the first time, a Joint Committee in cooperation to establish a long-term cooperative relationship based on mutual respect and good-neighbourliness, as well as the preservation and respect of the sovereignty and unity of both...

Horndiplomat-Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo held bilateral discussions with President Xi Jinping,the President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretar y of the Communist Party of China ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. President Farmajo commended President Xi Jinping on his reform...

Horndiplomat-In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 27, killing three (3) terrorists. We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike. U.S. forces will continue...

Colonel Zakia Hussen Ahmed has been promoted to the rank of a brigadier general in the Somali Police Force. She becomes the first woman in the country’s p olice history to attain the rank. Speaking during her installation on Sunday at General Kahiye Police Academy in Mogadishu,...

The government of Somalia is paying a US lobbying firm Sh40 million ($400,000) through the end of this year to help it gain renewed funding for the country's army and to lift the Trump administration's ban on Somalis' travel to the US. The agreement with...

Millions of Muslims across the world are today (Aug. 21) marking Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday that commemorates the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Like any celebration, the festival of sacrifice is a time for sharing, helping the poor and needy, reconnecting with friends and...

Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Eissa Awad and Qatar's ambassador Hassan bin Hamza Hashim on Sunday placed the cornerstone of the project to build the diplomatic institute, which is financed by Qatar Fund for Development. The project is one of many developmental schemes offered...

The quarrel between Djibouti and Somalia seems past. Somali President Mohamed Farmajo was Thursday, August 16 in Djibouti where he met with his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh. The two countries have only boasted of their bonds of friendship and good understanding. Yet before this day, the context...

A militant group associated with Daesh in Syria and Iraq has started levying taxes on businesses in Somalia, Garowe Online reported yesterday. “The traders and businesses in Bosaso city continue to work in fear after being asked huge sums of money by Islamic State branch in...

There will be three weekly return flights from Addis Ababa to Mogadishu, Hussein Hosh, manager of the airline, told Mogadishu-based Radio Dalsan. Somali and Ethiopian businessmen have been urging their governments to restart commercial flights. Travellers from Somalia currently use a longer routes via Nairobi...