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Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia border communities strike peace deal

Ali Maalim, Deputy Governor Mandera appends his signature to the Mandera Triangle Agreement together with Abdiaziz Farah, Commissioner, NCIC. Image: HANDOUT
By:THE STAR Communities along Kenya Ethiopia and Somalia borders have sealed a deal to enhance peace, security, trade and movement of people. Mandera Triangle Cross-Border agreement signed by the three countries seeks to provide...

Somalia Int’l partners note the midpoint of House of the People election

International Partners
International partners* note the election of approximately half of the seats in the House of the People. International partners again underscore the need for procedural irregularities to be addressed in an impartial and transparent manner in order to build confidence in the electoral process and...

Yemen’s war pushing Somali refugees to return home – UN agency

More than 30,000 Somali refugees have apparently returned to Somalia from Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said, and an increasing number are seeking aid to return home. Babar Baloch, spokesperson at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), today told reporters...

Ethiopia’s premier rules out conflict with Somalia regarding Red Sea Access deal with Somaliland

Abiy Ahmed says Ethiopian, Somali peoples ‘bound by blood’
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...

Saudi king sends congratulations to Somalia – but on wrong day

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has congratulated Somalia "on the anniversary of the country's national day", but on the wrong date. Bizarrely, it does not appear to be a slip-up. Since 2007, the monarchy has sent his congratulations on 20 October, despite the fact that Somalia does...

Somalia:More Than 53 People Killed by Truck Bomb in Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia—The death toll from a truck bomb in Somalia’s capital has risen to 53, security and medical sources said Sunday. More than 60 others were injured, authorities said, as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of casualties. Some residents of the city called...

Over 60,000 flee homes in Mogadishu following an outbreak of violence on 25 April

Residents flee following renewed clashes between rival factions in the security forces, who have split in a dispute over an extension to the president's term in Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 27, 2021. (Reuters)
Mogadishu, 28 April 2021 – Initial estimates indicate between 60,000 and 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Mogadishu following an outbreak of violence on 25 April. Those displaced include vulnerable internally displaced persons who had sought refuge in the Somali...

Somalia and international partners discuss quick resolution of electoral impasse

Somalia President , International partners discuss quick resolution of electoral impasse.
By:Staffreporter Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo meets with  diplomats from international partners held in Mogadishu on Saturday to discuss quick resolution of electoral impasse.   A statement from Villa Somalia noted that the President had agreed to a compromise and called on all parties to the process...

Ethiopia FM Welcomes Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister to Tana Forum

Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedu Andargachew welcomed Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled to Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa , which is being held in Bahr Dar (May 4-5). This Year’s theme of Tana Forum is Political Dynamics in the Horn...

Turkish, Somalia presidents meet in Istanbul

Meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed lasts for over an hour. Turkey’s president on Friday met with his Somali counterpart in Istanbul for talks, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. The closed-door meeting between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Somalia’s Mohamed...