Somalia

WASHINGTON, October 5, 2017—Today, the World Bank launched a comprehensive analysis of the welfare conditions of the Somali population. The High Frequency Survey report says every second Somali is living in poverty, with poor households more likely to be deprived beyond monetary poverty as...

Horndiplomat-Political and military analyst, said that the Turkish military base which was opened a few days ago in Somalia, not for training, they "represent a clear threat to Saudi and Egyptian national security as well as Sudan and Yemen". Last Saturday, Turkey opened a military...

Turkey has opened its largest overseas military base in Somalia, cementing its relationship with the war-torn nation and strengthening its strategic place in the African continent. The $50 million base was opened on Saturday (Sept. 30) and will train more than 10,000 soldiers. The move...

Somalia has received $50 million in new aid from Saudi Arabia but the gesture does not change the central government’s decision to remain neutral in Riyadh’s dispute with fellow Gulf state Qatar, a senior Somali official said on Tuesday. The money follows a visit to...

Somalia’s president has condemned the violence in the US city of Las Vegas which led to the death of 59 people late on Sunday, Somalia’s local Garowe Online reported. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo rejected the notion of violence and terrorism and passed condolences over to the...

Turkey's largest military base overseas is now operational in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The base will especially serve as a military academy, and some 200 Turkish soldiers deployed there will primarily have the duty to effectively form the Somali army. The purpose is to reinforce the...

Turkey’s largest foreign military base in the world opened Saturday in Mogadishu, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Somali leaders, top Turkish military officials and diplomats. Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire and the head of the Turkish military, General Hulusi Akar have jointly inaugurated...

Gen. Hulusi Akar to attend inauguration of Turkish military training facility in capital Mogadishu   The head of the Turkish military arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday, military officials said. Gen. Hulusi Akar was received by the commander of the Somali armed forces, Gen. Mohamed Ahmed...

By Harun Maruf Al-Shabab militants stormed a military base near the Somali capital Mogadishu Friday using suicide car bombs followed by fighters armed with heavy machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and other small arms. The governor of Lower Shabelle region, Ibrahim Aden Najah, told VOA Somali...

By:Harun Maruf Al-Shabab militants have launched what appears to be a forced recruitment campaign in Somalia's southwestern regions of Bay and Bakool, according to Somali officials. The group, which controls large parts of both regions, is pressuring leaders of local villages to make sure teenagers join...