Somalia

By U.S. AFRICA COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, United States Africa Command U.S. forces, in an advise-and-assist capacity, partnered in a Somali-led operation to disrupt and degrade al-Shabaab's terrorist network near Bulcida, Somalia, May 9. U.S. forces, in an advise-and-assist capacity, partnered in a Somali-led operation to disrupt and degrade...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Military transport planes from the United Arab Emirates landed on the sleepy Yemeni island of Socotra last week, unloading tanks and troops as part of the Gulf Arab state’s drive to extend its influence over a strategic waterway flanked by...

A security guard who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital of Mogadishu kidnapped the German nurse who went missing earlier this week, the country’s security minister revealed yesterday. Garowe Online reported Abdalaziz Ali Ibrahim saying: “One of the security...

The States of Djibouti and Somalia have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of air and land transport. According to the Djibouti Information Agency (ADI), which relayed the news on Wednesday (May 2nd), the agreement will allow the two countries to exploit the Djibouti-Mogadishu...

Mr. Abdirashid Duale, General CEO of Dahabshil Group speaking to BBC Somali services said they have provided relief assistance to more than 3000 residents of Belet Weyne and its environs in the Hiran region of Somalia. Mr Duale told the BBC Somali reporter, “We are all...

By Prof. Abdirahman Ahmed Shunuf On the Anniversary of Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal’s untimely death 16 years ago, we present a brief analysis of his legacy. The aim of this article is to show how the selfish policies of the Somali Republic found it expedient...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a German nurse from the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday night, police and the ICRC said. Abductions and killings of Somali aid workers are common in the Horn of Africa country,...

Horndiplomat-Marking World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, today commended the courage and dedication of the country’s journalists who operate in one of the world’s most dangerous environments for media workers. According to UNSOM press statement. “I salute the hundreds of...

Horndiplomat -The President of semi-autonomous regional state of Puntland, Abdiweli Ali Gaas, on Wednesday, fires top officials at Ministry of Fisheries over corruption.According to the presidential statement. The list of officials Mohamoud Mohamed Ali (gabax)  deputy minister  of Fisheries and Marine Resources Ali Hersi  Farah Mohamoud director general...

Horndiplomat-Mariam Abdullahi, a WHO logistics officer for polio vaccinations in southern regions of Somalia was looking forward to getting married soon, friends say. She came from Baidoa to Mogadishu to buy items for her upcoming wedding. On Tuesday afternoon gunmen assassinated in Bakara market. The...