Somalia

BY ABDI GULEDAssociated Press MOGADISHU, SOMALIA-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has arrived for a surprise visit to Somalia and is holding talks with the country's new president, a Somali presidential aide confirmed Wednesday. The aide insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to...

Turkey has provided Somalia with humanitarian aid worth 456 million Turkish liras ($121.9 million) since 2011, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said Thursday. AFAD contributed 255 million liras ($68.1 million) worth of aid while the Turkish Red Crescent provided 176 million liras ($47...

By:Harun Maruf Somali officials say pirates have hijacked an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean and guided it to the coast of Puntland region. Sources tell VOA's Somali service that the ship is believed to be a merchant tanker flying the flag of the United Arab...

The UK Government has announced it will fund a £16 million programme to help avert famine in Somalia over the coming months. It will support more than 450 000 people with life-saving interventions and particularly food and water support. The £16 million allocation is part...

  Hundreds of soldiers went on strike in the Somali capital on Sunday, blocking roads and forcing businesses to close in protest over unpaid salaries, a challenge for the new president who has vowed to defeat Islamist militant group, al Shabaab. Reuters witnesses saw soldiers -...

At least three wounded by bomb-laden vehicle in Mogadishu, according to local media. A vehicle exploded near a busy hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least two people, police said. "So far two civilians have died and two others were injured," Mohamed...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations says it needs $4.4 billion by July to prevent famine in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria. U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien, who just returned from field missions to the affected countries, told Security Council members Friday that the...

By MICHELLE SHEPHARDNational Security Reporter Once an Al Shabab leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys now lives in legal limbo, a case study in Somalia’s stumbling search for stability. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—A man who has been called everything from a terrorist, a visionary, a clan elder, a religious...

By:Fatuma Ahmed Ali A political settlement between the Federal Government of Somalia and terror group Al-Shabaab has eluded both parties for years. Now newly elected Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has indicated that he would be open to talks with the militants. But he also made...

Addis Ababa(Horndiplomat)-Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome has on Wednesday appointed Jemaludin Mustafa Omar ambassador to Somalia. The Ethiopian embassy is one of foreign representations in Somalia. In addition to the embassy in Mogadishu, Ethiopia also has a consulate general in Garowe. The Ethiopian embassy in Mogadishu is...