Somalia

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...

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...

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: DAILY NATION The Kenyan government is making fresh efforts to negotiate with Somalia as a way of ending the maritime conflict between the two countries after the collapse of previous talks, senior government officials have told the Sunday Nation. CORPORATIONS Kenya is also set to file...

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU-At least 4 people including 3 police officials have been killed 3 others including the Deputy District commissioner of Qoryooley town his secretary were injured after bomb blast targeted to government officials in Lower Shabelle region on Sunday, officials and local media...

MOGADISHU, Somalia- Presidential candidate and Upper House Senator Abdirahman Mohamed Farole has announced withdrawal from the presidential race on Tuesday in the capital Mogadishu ahead of tomorrow’s ballot, Garowe Online reports. During a press conference in Mogadishu, Farole noted that he drop out form the...

Somaliland has unequivocally rebuffed a recent statement made by Somalia regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia and Somaliland. The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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.

By:Reuters Somalia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension it approved last month, after clashes in the capital Mogadishu and between factions of the security forces divided over the issue. The crisis has raised fears that al Qaeda-linked...

By:Staff reporter Somalia Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled on Sunday received United Kingdom Ambassador to Somalia, Mrs Kate Foster at his office in Mogadishu. The two sides discussed a wide range of topics including the current political situation, strengthening relations and cooperation btw the two...