Somalia

Turkey has provided Somalia with humanitarian aid worth 456 million Turkish liras ($121.9 million) since 2011, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said Thursday. AFAD contributed 255 million liras ($68.1 million) worth of aid while the Turkish Red Crescent provided 176 million liras ($47...

By:Friederike Müller-Jung / abj For years, Kenya and Somalia have argued over where their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean runs. The International Court of Justice in The Hague could now decide who owns the sea, a decision that will only suit one. A narrow triangle...

Gunmen have fought their way into a hotel in the Somali capital after a suicide car bomb exploded at its gates, a police officer said Wednesday. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said dozens of people, including lawmakers, were thought to have been staying at Mogadishu's Dayah hotel...

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...

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: THE EAST AFRICAN Kenya’s President William Ruto has engaged a higher gear for back channels to ease tension between Ethiopia and Somalia, motivated by business fervor in both countries. And, from this week,...

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent Somalia's Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse received a copy of the credentials of the UAE's newly appointed ambassador to Somalia, Ahmed Juma Al Rumaithi, in Mogadishu. The...

By: Anadolu Agency Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ruled out conflict with Somalia on Tuesday regarding a Red Sea Access deal with Republic of Somaliland. Ahmed told the federal parliament that Addis Ababa...

Change always breeds optimism and it was no different when Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was elected as president of Somalia in February last year. Expectations were sky-high as the new president — universally known by his nickname, Farmajo — took office. Farmajo himself did little to...