Somalia

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called for unity talks between his country and Somaliland. Farmajo said during Somalia’s 57th independence anniversary speech on Saturday that the government is committed to relaunch talks with Somaliland as soon as possible, Somali news agency SONNA reported. He expressed...

Two flags waved over the Lake George bandshell on Saturday: one red, white and blue and the other a white star on a light blue background — the flag of Somalia. The St. Cloud Somali community celebrated its annual independence day at Lake George. July 1 marks the formation...

BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper meets Somalia's most beloved poet in a rare glimpse into the country's soul. In Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, everyone knows the nation's most famous living poet - Hadraawi. They call him their Shakespeare. His work...

  As a teenager, Aden Hussein chose to become a refugee to get an education. With Somalia in collapse, he left his family for neighbouring Kenya where Dadaab, one of the largest and oldest refugee camps in the world, offered a de-facto city served by the...

A huge explosion was heard from a ship off the coast of Somalia's Puntland region late on Monday and flame was seen rising from what was possibly a naval vessel, an official told Reuters. "We heard (a) huge explosion and flame rising from the ship....

Pirates appear to be making a comeback in the Indian Ocean. Attacks were common until warships from an international force launched a major crackdown five years ago. But the ambushing of four ships by Somali pirates has ended the relative calm Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United States ambassador to Somalia says the U.S. once again will have a permanent diplomatic presence in the country after it opens offices in Mogadishu later this year. The U.S. embassy was closed in 1991 as the Horn of Africa nation...

Horndiplomat-The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) Authority has partnered with Dahabshil group to raise funds for the recently launched aid campaign named “For Your Sake, Somalia” meant to help the more than six million people who desperately need humanitarian assistance following droughts in Somaliland and...

Bomb targeting the Waberi police station in Mogadishu kills at least four and wounds several others, says police. At least four people have been killed in a car bomb attack outside a police station in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said. The bomb targeted the Waberi district...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Puntland and other Somali regions are using new procedures to recruit young graduates University graduates joined as interns or volunteers while waiting for posts to open up More women are working in parts of the civil service than was once the case...