Somalia

  Dahabshil Bank International (DBI), today, officially opened its doors to business in Kismayu of Jubbaland. Farid Jama Suleiman, Minister Commerce of the Federal State of Jubbaland, stated that he was honored to be part of the DBI event since the Bank symbolized another notch up...

By: Capital Fm Kenyan President William Ruto now says Kenya’s top priority is to help stabilize Somalia stating that it is in the region’s best interest to ensure President Hassan Mohamud’s government succeeds.

Horndiplomat-Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar arrives in Mogadishu. Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi M Guled receives the delegation at the airport. Horndiplomat Reports The defence minister is accompanied by the Chief of the Turkish Army, Chief of Staff and the head officials of TIKA. According to Goobjoobnews...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horndiplomat correspondent Somalia's government and Al-Shabab militants have denied the existence of any talks between them, hours after Somalia's deputy defence minister, MP Abdulfatah Kasim Mohamud, told the local media that Al-Shabab militants had...

Accusations of corruption have surrounded Somalia’s first ever set of elections, as around 13,000 people cast their votes for a new parliament. The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation team (FIEIT) and Independent Electoral Disputes Resolution Mechanism (IEDRM) have both reported irregularities in the election process, with...

Slain SMN reporter: Abdulaziz Mohamed Ali HajjiThe managing director of Shabelle Media Network (SMN), staff members and friends have paid final tribute to their slain colleague Abdulaziz Mohamed Ali Hajji who was shot dead in Mogadishu on Tuesday. The director of Radio Shabelle Abukar Sheikh...

Meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed lasts for over an hour. Turkey’s president on Friday met with his Somali counterpart in Istanbul for talks, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. The closed-door meeting between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Somalia’s Mohamed...

By Bridget Galton The extraordinary story of a Somali migrant who risked death to return as Mayor of war-torn Mogadishu is compellingly told in a book by BBC correspondent Andrew Harding. The Mayor of Mogadishu (Hurst, £20) follows the redemptive arc of a man – dubbed...

MOGADISHU Somalia will hold its presidential election on February 8, its electoral commission said Wednesday, after months of delays in a tortuous process for the conflict-torn country. Candidates will have until January 29 to register, the commission said in a statement. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a...

By DOMINIC WABALA @wabaladominic Saturday, September 17, 2016 KDF officers in Amisom supported by the Somalia National Army killed 33 al Shabaab fighters in two different operations in Southern Somalia on Wednesday. In the first incident during an operation in Jubaland’s Gobweyn area, 25 fighters from the...