Somalia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo are in Eritrea for talks with President Isaias Afwerki aimed at strengthening ties in the Horn of African region. The three are due to hold talks in Asmara on a “wide range of issues.” “I...

By: SONNA Somalia Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Government, Daud Aweis Jama on Monday welcomed Catriona Laing, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia after landing at Aden Abdulle International Airport.

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...

The present Yemen, whose formation dates back to 1990, has had two different historical and political experiences. The northern part of the country was under the Ottoman Empire and gained its independence in 1918; while the southern regions remained under the British rule known...

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...

By: Mohammed Dhaysane , Anadolu Agnecy The Somalia government on Saturday announced that the country’s military has regained control of the strategic town of El Dhere from the al-Shabaab terrorist group. In a press...

Two rival Somali clans have signed up to a groundbreaking peace deal which aims to end the cycle of revenge killings. Following three weeks of mediation, the rival Sa'ad Yoonis and Ba'iido clans in the disputed Sanaag region reached an agreement on harsh new rules. Now,...

WASHINGTON —  Somali regional authorities in Puntland are vowing to retake a town captured by pro-Islamic State militants this week. The president of the region, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said his administration would push back against the militants, who faced little opposition when they took over...

Horndiplomat-The Explosion Targets to Somali Government Soldiers in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne Killed 2 and Other 7 Wounded. Horndiplomat Reports Somali police Shade-Centre near the textile shopping complex in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne suburb today targeted land-Mine BLAST , Two soldiers were killed and seven others wounded . Meanwhile The Somali security...

A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a district headquarters in Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein says the large blast has badly damaged the compound of the Hodan district’s headquarters. There are no immediate reports of...