Somalia

NEW YORK, United States of America, April 5, 2018/ -- Security Council Press Statement on Somalia: The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack of 1 April 2018 perpetrated by Al-Shabaab against the Ugandan contingent of the African Union Mission...

No civilians were killed in this airstrike STUTTGART, Germany, April 3, 2018/ -- In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Forces conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants near El Burr, Somalia, the afternoon of April 1, killing five (5) terrorists and destroying one...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents battled for hours on Sunday with African Union troops after exploding two car bombs outside one of their bases, Somali police, military and the militants said. Al Shabaab militants attacked an African Union (AU) peacekeeper base in the town of...

Khartoum, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Sudan announced that an economic coalition will be created among the countries of the Horn of Africa during a summit of its member countries on April 12th. The summit will be held in this capital city...

The Chinese investors who have placed their fingerprints on the  railways, roads , manufacturing , and the Turkish and Indian  investors in textiles and the coming of European and American  businesspeople to work in industry is a  good witness  to show that much has...

Written by Evgeny Satanovsky; Originally appeared at VPK, translated by AlexD exclusively for SouthFront In considering the situation in the Middle East, including the African part of the region, attention should be drawn not only to the external forces but also to the processes of the local elites, as demonstrated...

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (known as Farmajo) was elected Somalia's president by parliament on 8 February 2017. During the campaign he promised to renew the fight against corruption and suggested that he would be open to talks with al-Shabaab. He came into office with a...

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, March 28 -- The day after Somalia in the UN Security Council complained of Somaliland engagement with the United Arab Emirates, Inner City Press asked UN Spokesman Farhan Haq for the UN's position. He said it is a bilateral...

MOGADISHU, March 28, 2018—The World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released today a new joint report titled, Rebuilding Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Somalia, outlining the challenges and opportunities for Somalia’s agriculture sector. According to the findings of the report, over the past three...

The protest by Somalia comes amid a circuitous political row stretching close to a month now Somalia has accused the UN office in the country of ‘sensationalising political trends’ noting the statements from the Mogadishu based office have generated ‘negative impacts’ on the country. Somalia’s permanent...