Somalia

 By: HOL A former Somali police officer, Zakariye Ali Ahmed Osobow, on the run for a murder charge, was apprehended in South Sudan as a result of a joint operation by the Somali Police and the International...

By: MoDuale Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud begins a two-day official working visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Upon landing at Bole Airport, he was welcomed by Abiy Ahmed with...

By: United Nations Hosh Jama Farah says there is nothing particularly special or different about him. He insists he is just a young Somali trying to better himself, provide for his family and help his country on its path...

Somalia's ban on Kenyan flights carrying the herbal stimulant khat has come into force, with no explanation as to why or how long it will be in place. But the semi-autonomous region Puntland region is among some federal states defying the ban. Khat is popular in...

Islamist groups have been responsible for murdering a large number of journalists over the past decade without their killers being brought to justice. Those murders feature prominently in the latest edition of the global impunity index compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). It...

 The following statement was issued today by the Chairperson of Commission of the African Union,Moussa Faki Mahamat: Press-Release Addis Ababa, 8 April 2022: The Chairperson of Commission of the African Union, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, expresses concern at the Press Statement issued recently by the...

Over 100 Somali refugees fleeing conflict in Yemen arrive in Mogadishu from UNSOM on Vimeo. One hundred and six Somali refugees returned to Somalia today after fleeing the ongoing conflict in Yemen. The returnees, who consisted of the elderly, women and children, arrived at Mogadishu’s Aden...

By: East African Somalia’s diplomatic relations with Kenya will in 2020 be tested depending on the outcome of the maritime boundary case which is due to be determined in June. As Mogadishu and Nairobi appeared to iron out relations as 2019 was coming to an end,...

Statements by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell Yesterday, the Lower House of the Somali Parliament voted to a de-facto extension of the mandate of the President and the Federal government by two years following the impasse on the electoral process which should have been finalised...

By: Jama farah, HornDiplomat Contributor US Congresswoman Ilhan Omer condemns attacks on press freedom and intimidations by the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA); calls on the Somali government to immediately cease these attacks on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. MINNEAPOLIS—Rep. Ilhan...