Somalia

RIYADH, 23rd March, 2018 (WAM) -- An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday, expressed strong condemnation and denunciation of the explosion that took place in front of an hotel in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, leaving...

200 Turkish students visit several African countries as part of exchange program By Zuhal Demirci ANKARA -A group of Turkish students participated in renovation works at an orphanage-cum-school in Somalia on Sunday, as part of a visit to several African countries under an exchange program. The 2017...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia's Puntland state president Said Abdullahi Deni has returned to the state capital Garowe, the  State vice president Ahmed Elmi Osman karash and other state officials have welcomed him at the airport. President Sa'eed Deni returned to Garowe after his...

By:Mohamed Selh Somali lawmakers have approved the strong cabinet of Prime Minister Hamze Abdi Barre. 277 MPs were present at the Parliament session, and there was an uproar over the manner in which...

By KWAMCHETSI MAKOKHA More by this Author Kulbiyoh, the military camp in Somalia where al-Shabaab terrorists attempted to storm Kenya Defence Forces last week, is a distant and fading memory, just like el-Ade before it. The terrorists came on a suicide vehicle bearing improvised explosive devices, and...

BY:HOL Mogadishu-The Somali government has recalled its ambassador to UN Human Rights Council on Friday, barely a day after Somalia abstained to vote on a resolution condemning the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights. Ambassador Faduma Abdullahi Mohamed was summoned to Mogadishu by the Somali Foreign...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani today meets the visiting Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to discuss the distinguished fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries besides Arab and international issues of common concern. This is the Somali president’s second official visit...

Kenya’s plan to carve out a semi-autonomous region called Jubaland in Somalia had already been finalised as early as 2010. The final process, which placed Kenya at loggerheads with the Somali government in Mogadishu, took place in January 2013 in Kismayu. At least 522 delegates were...

By:Hassan Jama , HornDiplomat Contributor Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement on securing debt relief for Somalia in H.R. 1158 – the DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act. “I am thrilled we were able to secure debt relief for Somalia today. Somalia...

By George Obulutsa MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - The Latest on the attack in Somalia's capital (all times local): 10:40 p.m. The Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for the twin blasts in Mogadishu that have killed at least 18 people and injured 20 others. Al-Shabab made the claim...