Somalia

By: Staff writer UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Monday voiced deep concern over the recent armed clashes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Said his spokesman "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the recent armed clashes in Mogadishu. He reiterates his call for all Somali stakeholders...

By:REUTERS  Residents of the Somali capital Mogadishu fled neighbourhoods on Tuesday fearing renewed clashes between rival factions in the security forces, who have split in a dispute over an extension to the president’s term. Government forces also raided an independent radio station and confiscated equipment. Forces loyal...

By: Staff writer The US voiced concern on Sunday Fighting has broken out in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, between different sections of the security forces. "The United States is gravely concerned by the violent clashes yesterday in Mogadishu. We call on all parties to exercise restraint...

By:REUTERS Former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday that soldiers had attacked his residence and that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was responsible. His accusation came as Somali soldiers exchanged gunfire in the streets of the capital Mogadishu, in a sign of deepening splits in...

By: REUTERS  Supporters of Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his four-year term clashed on Sunday on the streets of the capital, residents said. The president signed a law in mid-April extending his mandate for two years, stoking opposition inside...

BY:HOL Somalia's Minister of Finance, Dr. Abdirahman Duale Beyle, has called on Somali's in the diaspora to support the government financially after Somalia's international partners have stopped providing budgetary support to the federal government of Somalia since August 2020. The Minister made these comments on Saturday...

By: UNITED NATIONS The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern about the continued political impasse and disagreement among Somalia’s political leaders on the model for elections. The members of the Security Council recalled the significant progress made during the past decade in Somalia,...

BY:VOA Opposition leaders in Somalia welcomed a rare move by the African Union to condemn a term extension by Somali lawmakers for themselves and the president. The AU Peace and Security Committee expressed "deep concern" over the vote by Somalia’s lower house of parliament this month...

By:Staff writer The European Union expressed its “full support ” for any mandate extension of Somalia government. "The conclusions in the African Union’s Peace and Security Council’s 22nd April Communique on the political and security situation in Somalia are decisive and welcome. The European Union supports...

By: Staff writer Somalia accuses Kenya and Djibouti of "interfering" with its internal affairs, alleges the two countries are engaged in "diplomatic campaigns" to influence the outcome of the African Union Peace and Security Council Meeting. " it has come to our attention that two AUPSC...