Somalia

By: REUTERS As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency...

By: AFP As the afternoon sun starts to dip over central Kenya, the town of Maua buzzes with activity as the khat harvest arrives. For decades, over half a million people in this region have lived by the rhythms of khat, a mildly narcotic native shrub...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia’s parliament elected a former defense minister as its speaker on Monday. Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman resigned as minister earlier this month to stand for the position after the previous speaker resigned ahead of a confidence motion against him. Abdirahman secured over half of...

By:Anadolu Turkish group could not turn blind eye to people hit by drought, says aid coordinator in Horn of Africa country A Turkish NGO said Monday that it has provided food assistance to 1,000 families in Somalia as a deadly drought continues in the Horn of...

MOGADISHU – The launching ceremony of the European Union-funded project Resilient Fisheries and Livestock Value Chain for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth (RAAISE) took place this morning at the Decale Hotel in Mogadishu. The €14.7 million projects implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

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...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that his country would exert utmost efforts for peace and stability in Somalia. "We have conducted comprehensive talks, the ultimate goal of which is to employ Sudan's potentialities to achieve peace, stability and unity in Somalia," said al-Bashir...

By: ARAB NEWS The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has signed a cooperation agreement with the Somalia-based regional mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to provide support for the Emergency and Rescue Unit of...

By:Staff reporter Somalia Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled on Sunday received United Kingdom Ambassador to Somalia, Mrs Kate Foster at his office in Mogadishu. The two sides discussed a wide range of topics including the current political situation, strengthening relations and cooperation btw the two...

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Tuesday that it appealed for about 255 million U.S. dollars to respond to immediate needs of 22 million children in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. In a statement, UNICEF said nearly 1.4 million children...