Somalia

  Mogadishu (HOL) - President Farmajo pushed back against Parliamentarians who are petitioning the proposed cabinet on Monday morning, saying that he had full confidence in the new team. Fresh off the heels of a IGAD heads of state summit, the President arrived in Mogadishu to...

  Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a raid on two of their bases in the southern Somali region of Jubbaland, the Kenyan military said on Monday. The East African nation has thousands of its forces in the African Union Mission...

Daniel Arapmoi Press TV, Kampala The African Union is grappling with lack of funds to maintain thousands of its troops deployed in Somalia. The problem is mainly blamed on a200 million cut in annual stipend by the European Union. Press TV’s Daniel Arapmoi has filed this report...

President Yoweri Museveni and his counterpart, the newly elected Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, today held a bilateral meeting during which they discussed the security situation in the Horn of Africa and development in Somalia. “I congratulate you on two counts; One, your recent victory...

President Uhuru Kenyatta today made an appeal to the international community to act right to fully bring back Somalia into the fold of the international community of nations as he rooted for durable solutions to the Somali refugees problem. President Kenyatta said the recent presidential...

By Yao Lan The inauguration of the Chinese-built Bosaso International Airport in northeast Somalia's Puntland State last month is set to promote trade in the horn of Africa nation, authorities have said. Speaking to Xinhua Thursday, Hassan Haji Said, the Minister of Civil Aviation and Airports...

  The Turkish Army will open its largest foreign military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu next month during a ceremony expected to be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Army General Staff Chief General Hulusi Akar as well as top Somali government officials. According...

  Kenya and Somalia Thursday opened a new charter of cooperation by announcing plans to open two border posts and a re-launch of direct flights between Nairobi and Mogadishu. President Uhuru Kenyatta said Kenya and Somalia have agreed to revitalise their engagement in all areas of...

A social media campaign to raise $2 million for starving Somalis reached its goal yesterday after Turkish Airlines (THY) pledged to fill a plane with humanitarian aid as campaigners demanded. Social media sensation Jerome Jarre launched the campaign that called for filling a Turkish Airlines...

Somalia's al-Shabab militants have been distributing food to drought-stricken Somalis in what appears to be a bid to win public support. A similar initiative by the militants during the last famine in 2011 failed to boost their image. Not only did the UN blame al-Shabab...