Somalia

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ahmed Isse Awad on Thursday met with his Ethiopian counterpart, Workneh Gebeyehu in the Ethiopian capital. The official discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries and how to promote them. Last year, Ethiopia released...

Somali envoy to Ethiopia speaks to Anadolu Agency prior to AU summit By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Somalia has appealed to the United Nations and the United States to lift the arms embargo they imposed during the civil war. Anadolu Agency caught up with Somali Ambassador to...

MOGADISHU, January 23, 2018—The German Government announced its commitment of EUR 23.4 million to support infrastructure work in Somalia. Channeled through the World Bank’s Multi Partner Fund (MPF) the contribution will strengthen municipal planning and implementation capacity to improve access to basic infrastructure. “Germany joins...

The Guardian has investigated scores of reports of US-led strikes targeting al-Shabaab, which have risen to unprecedented levels Dozens of civilians have been killed and wounded in Somalia as US-led airstrikes against Islamist militants increase to unprecedented levels, a Guardian investigation has found, raising fears that Washington’s...

76 more men to be released next month in two batches FIFTEEN SOMALI nationals, who were arrested during anti-piracy operations in January 2011, have been released, after they completed seven year jail sentence, on January 2. They were convicted by a sessions court on August...

The U.S. military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group. A statement Friday from the U.S. Africa Command says the strike was carried out Thursday about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northwest of the port...

Mogadishu (HOL) - Veteran Somali female musician, Khadija Abdullahi Dalees passed away on Monday in Toronto, Canada, Somali government confirmed. Confirming her death, Somali Information Minister, Abdirahman Omar Osman said Dalees was the first female singer heard on Radio Muqdisho in 1952. "I am extending condolence...

Top officials from both countries inaugurate joint economic commission meeting, sign cooperation protocol By Duygu Yener and Mustafa Calkaya ANKARA -Turkey and Somalia on Friday signed a pact to boost their strategic economic partnership. “We wish to deepen relations with Somalia. Turkey’s investment in Somalia stands at...

Kenya could be forced to compensate Somalia over oil exploration on a disputed sea area if the neighbouring country wins a case being adjudicated at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case lodged by Somalia on August 28, 2014 is set to gain full...

Horndiplomat-The Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire Reshuffled to his Government  on Thursday .Horndiplomat Mr.Yusuf Garaad Omar replaced as FM by Mr.Ahmed Isse Awad, currently Amb to United States Mr.Abdi Farah Juha replaced as Interior Minister by Mr.Abdi Mohamed Sabriye, a telecom businessman Ms.Khadra Ahmed Duale replaced...