Somalia

Kenya's high court declares government order to close world's biggest refugee camp "null and void". Kenya's high court has said it would be unconstitutional to close the world's biggest refugee camp, which houses more than 200,000 people who have fled war in neighbouring Somalia. In a...

Press Statement Mark C. Toner Acting SpokespersonDOS Seal Washington, DC February 8, 2017DOS Seal The United States congratulates the people of Somalia on the successful conclusion of their national electoral process. We congratulate Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on his selection as the next President of the Federal Government of Somalia...

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson looks forward to meeting newly elected Somali President and working with him on shared priorities. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said: I congratulate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on his election as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.  Somalia has made huge progress in...

Following many attacks from al Shabaab, the government resolved to build a 440-mile wall along Kenya's border with Somalia. The intention was to keep out rebels and boost security to curb the loss of lives witnesses from terror attacks. The wall was expected to stretch from...

Somalia hopes to restore stability by electing a new president. It was an unusual presidential election, with 22 candidates and no polling stations. MPs voted but not everyone else because of the threat of attack. The election was marred by accusations of bribery and political infighting...

Mogadishu, February 8th 2017– The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira congratulates H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed Farmajo upon his election today as the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Ambassador Madeira also...

Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud concedes defeat after two rounds of voting and congratulates new leader. A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-US citizenship has been declared Somalia's new president. Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was declared the new leader after two rounds of voting on Wednesday...

Somalia's MPs are due to elect the country's president at the heavily guarded airport complex in Mogadishu, as the rest of the capital is not safe. Traffic has been banned, schools have been shut and a no-fly zone imposed over Mogadishu to prevent attacks.Despite this,...

Somali authorities have begun a lockdown of Mogadishu in order to step up security across the capital ahead of a planned presidential election. Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Haamud, Somalia's police commander, said on Tuesday that security forces had blocked main roads and barred vehicles from driving...

Somali lawmakers gathered behind the blast walls of the capital's airport on Wednesday to elect their president, after months of delays and following threats from Islamist insurgents bent on derailing the process. The protracted vote began with 14,000 elders and prominent regional figures choosing 275...