Somalia

Following up on the response which Aid Partners gave of a letter the FGS Minister for Planning sent off to donors on June 9, in which he argued that the Special Aid Arrangement accorded the Republic of Somaliland be not renewed and must be viewed, and...

Horndiplomat.The Ethiopian government has to mediate between the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, with diplomatic disputes. The Relations between the UAE and Somalia have been steadily declining since the latter’s decision not to cut ties with Qatar, preferring to take a neutral position in the dispute between...

Abdirahman Ibrahim Warsame ‘Qawdhan’, a long-serving, former Assistant Minister of successive Puntland State of Somalia administrations decried unfounded criticism which a Puntland member of parliament fired at the African remittance giant, Dahabshiil, last week, calling the MP to apologize. Mr. Qawdhan described Dahabshiil as a high-achiever...

Horndiplomat-In 2013 the international community signed a “New Deal Compact” with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), setting out the priorities and principles governing the partnership between donors and the FGS up until 2016. At the London Conference in May last year, this agreement was replaced by...

Dahabshiil, the largest money transfer company in Somalia - and Africa, at large - has vehemently denied claims by a member of Puntland parliament named Sadiq Abshir Garad. Speaking to the media at his office on Sunday, the manager of the firm's Banking branch in Bosaso, Yasin Beldaje dismissed the...

Horndiplomat-Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo welcomes Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at Mogadishu Aden Ade airport and the two leaders headed to the presidential palace.   https://twitter.com/fitsumaregaa/status/1007888512073551872?s=19 https://twitter.com/M_Farmaajo/status/1007909320128950272?s=19 This is a developing story, Please check back at the Horndiplomat for Updates. By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale SOURCE:HORNDIPLOMAT

Somalia and the UN in collaboration with other international partners have unveiled a joint policing model to strengthen peace and security at national and regional levels. The UN-backed Joint Policing Program (JPP) supports the two-tier policing structure and sets future development of strong national and...

the Pentagon has identified the soldier killed Friday in a firefight with Somali extremists. Alexander W. Conrad, 26, of Chandler, Arizona, died following the clash, which also claimed the lives of one member of the Somali-Kenyan partner force and saw four Americans wounded. Conrad was assigned to...

Welcoming security, economic and political reforms in Somalia — including the peaceful election of a new Speaker of the House of People and resumed Parliament activity — the Security Council today noted with concern recent fighting in the northern Sool region, urging parties to...

Established in 1957 by the British to speak to the Somali-speaking region in the Horn of Africa, the BBC Somali Service was one of the most trusted Somali radio in history. Being neutral was the custom of the radio, which attracted the hearts and...