Somalia

Kenya’s plan to carve out a semi-autonomous region called Jubaland in Somalia had already been finalised as early as 2010. The final process, which placed Kenya at loggerheads with the Somali government in Mogadishu, took place in January 2013 in Kismayu. At least 522 delegates were...

Two soldiers reportedly killed after explosion at a security checkpoint outside parliament in Mogadishu. A car bomb detonated near Somalia's parliament in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least two people and wounding several others, a senior police officer said. The bomb exploded on Sunday at a...

RIYADH, 23rd March, 2018 (WAM) -- An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday, expressed strong condemnation and denunciation of the explosion that took place in front of an hotel in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, leaving...

Horndiplomat-Somali lower House of Parliament is wrestling with politically motivated motion against its speaker, Mr Mohamed Osman Jawari. The motion accuses the speaker of inability and power abuse, a case that speaker denies. Mr. Jawari, 72 Norwegian citizen of Somali origin, is in his second term of the...

Two rival Somali clans have signed up to a groundbreaking peace deal which aims to end the cycle of revenge killings. Following three weeks of mediation, the rival Sa'ad Yoonis and Ba'iido clans in the disputed Sanaag region reached an agreement on harsh new rules. Now,...

Somalia's lower house of parliament voted to reject a deal by Somaliland and UAE ports operator DP World to grant a stake in the Port of Berbera to Ethiopia, aggravating the spat between the central government in Mogadishu and the country’s semi-autonomous northern region. The...

After the Republic of Somaliland, the UAE and the Federal Republic of Ethiopia signed a tripartite agreement to invest and develop Berbera port as a regional hub for trade, the Farmajo- lead so-called government in Mogadishu issued floods of televised threats trying to intimidate...

Somaliland signed a tripartite agreement with DP world and the Ethiopian government. This tripartite agreement allows DP world and the Ethiopian government to operate and invest on Berbera port and corridor. The Berbera port and corridor are expected to boost the economy of the...

By John Semakula Added 3rd March 2018 09:04 AM Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed noted that President Museveni’s decision and his commitment to achieve peace in Somalia are some of the decisions the people of Somalia will forever be grateful. Somalia and the African Union Commission (AUC)...