Somalia

By:REUTERS Former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday that soldiers had attacked his residence and that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was responsible. His accusation came as Somali soldiers exchanged gunfire in the streets of the capital Mogadishu, in a sign of deepening splits in...

By:Zakariye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says that the return of Eritrean-trained Somali troops will start this month and finish in January 2023 while speaking to the Somali community in the US.

BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN The global security picture is growing ever more complicated for the new U.S. president. The United States will send several dozen troops to help train Somali forces in their fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabab, Pentagon officials said Friday, the...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned Tuesday’s attacks against the UN compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, saying that intentionally attacking UN personnel may constitute "a violation of international humanitarian law.” Seven mortars landed inside the compound, injuring two UN staff members and one contractor....

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...

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...

Five Kenyans are among 72 people deported from the US over immigration issues. The rest are Somalis. Police and immigration officials said a private plane carrying the 72 individuals landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Friday morning after a long journey that started from...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somali Islamic extremist group al-Shabab is confirming that one of its top commanders was killed by a U.S. airstrike in July. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist groups, says al-Shabab issued a statement Monday confirming the killing of Ali Muhammad...

By: Anadolu Agency More than 100 opposition members of Somalia’s parliament held an emergency meeting Tuesday at the Jazeera Palace Hotel in the capital, declaring the formation of a national salvation cluster. They said the current president’s term expired Monday and they would not accept an...

By:Goobjoog News Somalia is taking measures to reduce contact with Kenya amid an ongoing diplomatic row heightened by the move mid this month by authorities in Nairobi to deny entry top government officials. The Ministry of Health Saturday notified aid partners in Nairobi to change venues...