Somalia

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Several of Somalia’s small and medium-sized businesses are getting support from the new Somali Business Catalytic Fund, launched in November The fund aims to boost economic growth in the country by providing grants to profitable businesses...

The United States is considering a sharp reduction in its special forces operations in Somalia and other African countries, the New York Times reported on Monday. As many as half of the US counter-terrorism troops based on the continent could be withdrawn over the next three years,...

Horndiplomat-The International Organization for Migration says it has repatriated 150 Somali migrants stranded in Libya this past week. Most had been held in government-run detention centers for months under abysmal conditions. IOM Statement Tripoli/Mogadishu – This week (30/05), IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in collaboration with the...

President Uhuru Kenyatta today held talks with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia who is on an official visit in the country. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues and security matters including the continued support for African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in which Kenyan forces...

Berbera Port deal has been groundbreaking; at the stroke of a pen, Somaliland took a massive step towards international recognition and permanent separation from Somalia By Dr. Brendon Cannon and Dr. Ash Rossiter - Brendon Cannon is Assistant Professor at Khalifa University’s Institute of International and...

Her hijab in the field is what gets the attention of the spectators, and many including herself wonder: “Who would ever think a black, Somali-born immigrant girl with eight siblings could ref a men’s game in England with a hijab on?” Born in Somalia, Jawahir Roble,...

Troops from the Puntland state of Somalia’s federal government, led by Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo, launched two heavy-arms attacks on two fronts in areas where Somaliland forces are stationed in the Tukkaraq area. Two attacks in one week targeting Somaliland forces, in a new breach of...

MOGADISHU (Xinhua) -- The East Africa bloc's weather prediction center has issued a warning of an active tropical cyclone named Mekuku threatening the coast of Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)'s Center for Climate Prediction and Application Center (ICPAC) said...

COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General have passed new regional legal instruments among them, the COMESA Airspace Agreement and the Agreement on Admission of Somalia to COMESA. The regional airspace Agreement and its enabling regulations aims at achieving a seamless upper airspace for the...

Somalia’s international partners are gravely concerned over the latest armed clashes taking place today near the Tukaraq area of the Sool region between Puntland and ‘Somaliland,’ and are urgently calling for an immediate ceasefire. According to reports, heavy fighting broke out earlier this morning between...