Somalia

By: VOA NEWS U.N. agencies are warning of famine in Somalia and a surge of child deaths across the Horn of Africa if their appeals for urgently needed funds to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of hungry, malnourished children remain unmet. The Horn of...

by Patrick Gathara When Kenyan troops crossed the proverbial Rubicon and entered Somalia nearly six years ago, it caught almost everyone by surprise. It was Kenya’s first sustained and significant foray into its troubled neighbors territory and ran counter to the country’s historic pacifism -at...

By: Nairobi News The Somali business community in East Africa is looking to explore trade opportunities at the first-ever business summit between the two countries in Kampala. Corporates and the business community from the...

Dayib refuses to participate in an election that has been ”marred by corruption, rigging, intimidation, violence and blatant disregard for the rule of law”. Finnish-Somali Fadumo Dayib is pulling out of the Somali presidential election. She announced her withdrawal on Twitter yesterday, Friday. Dayib writes that...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, arrived in Djibouti for official state visit. The President was received by Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh upon his arrival at...

SOURCE: XINHUA  Kenya Airways (KQ) said it would resume direct flights to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, starting February 2024 as part of efforts to promote trade and ease the movement...

The European Union (EU) has approved a EUR 20.5 million budget support payment to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), under the EU’s Somalia State and Resilience Building Contract and Support to Debt Relief Action (SRBC). This coincides with the FGS and EU launching...

Trump administration plans to pursue wider military involvement, including special forces operations, as ISIL expands. With frequent suicide bombings and assaults on Somalia's hotels and military targets, the armed group al-Shabab continues to threaten stability in the war-ravaged country. The emergence of fighters pledging allegiance to...

PENTAGON — U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Friday that he was optimistic about improving Somali accountability concerning the distribution of American aid to Somali armed forces, much of which was suspended because of corruption concerns. "I'm sure we can get this thing under control,...

By Mary HarperAfrica editor, BBC World Service News This Thursday, the great and the good will descend on London to discuss Somalia, a country that has topped the Fragile States Indexfor eight of the past 10 years. The London Somalia Conference, co-chaired by the UK, Somalia...