Somalia

New research by seismic services company Spectrum Geo has confirmed significant hydrocarbon potential in the seas off the Somali coast, especially oil, which is easier to extract than natural gas. The government is keen to exploit the reserves, but is the threat of piracy...

By Susan Svrluga One morning early in his freshman year at Cornell University, Ahmed Ahmed got a writing assignment back, flipped it over and stared at the letter in shock: C+. He went to his biology class, where the professor displayed a large graph showing the...

By: Adam Farah, Horndiplomat Political editor Horndiplomat-The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has received credentials from the newly appointed Russian ambassador to Somalia on July 11. In a statement, Somalia's Presidency said  The incoming Russian ambassador to Somalia Mr Mikhalil Golovanov...

By: Zakariye Ahmed, Horndiplomat correspondent  SOMALIA: 15 people including MP Amino Mohamed Abdi, former MP Hassan Ali Abdi Dhuhul, soldiers have been killed and others injured in two suicide explosions that happened last tonight in Lamagalaay military camp in Beledweyne town, the second election constituency...

Horndiplomat-UN to ‘limit’ personnel presence in Mogadishu following mortar attack on January 1 which wounded 3 personnel, per notice. U.N. personnel who were schedule to travel to Mogadishu on Sunday were told to remain in Nairobi. Move only applies to personnel assigned to Mogadishu. An...

By: Mohammed Dhaysane, Horndiplom Correspondent in Mogadishu Senator Ilyas Ali Hassan National resources, transportation and infrastructure committee of Somalia upper house Chamber director criticized Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo speculation plan to go to Hargeisa. Ilyas, who talks to Voice of America (VOA) said that there...

By: Yusuf Hassan, Horndiplomat Correspondent in Mogadishu Horndiplomat- US Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale met today with Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre in Mogadishu, Somalia. According to the US Mission to Somalia, The Under Secretary reaffirmed America’s commitment to assist Somalia with political...

By: East African Somalia’s Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will be in Uganda next week for a two-day State visit, in a trip seen to drum up regional support and bolster business ties as he enters the third month of...

  Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya. The decision was made on the margins of a historic one-day summit in the Somali capital,...

Since 2010, Somalia’s airspace has been an issue between the successive governments of Somalia and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which currently manages the airspace on behalf of Somalia. The Somali state has made several unsuccessful attempts to regain the control and management of...