Somalia

Horndiplomat-(Abu Dhabi, March 02 , 2019) - Somalia Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, delivered a speech at a meeting of the 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC Member States, which opened on Friday in...

By: Hassan Jama, Horndiplmat contributor from Nairobi  the number of infections in Somalia rose to 873 after the country's minister of health Fawziya Abikar has confirmed 38 new cases in the past 24 hours. Abikar said one patient succumbed to the deadly disease, bringing the total...

By: BBC AFRICA The speaker of Somalia’s lower house has vowed to “cancel any bill that violates Islamic values” ahead of the tabling of a controversial bill on sexual offences. The bill is...

With roughly one of three Somalian soldiers trained by the Turkish Armed Forces, military cooperation in this area between the two countries is of critical importance, Turkey's ambassador to the East African nation said Tuesday. In an interview, Mehmet Yilmaz told Anadolu Agency that the...

Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmaajo appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country's new prime minister early Friday, hours after regional leaders agreed on a revised model for presidential and parliamentary elections. The Somalia presidency made the announcement on Twitter. The president wishes him to perform his...

Somaliland's Government perceives it as an opportunity to gain recognition; Somalia's Federal Government, on the other hand, envisages recognition as a process of tearing the 'Somali Republic' apart. Whatever the myths surrounding any rational decision, the world is watching to see whether Somalis mend...

Horndiplomat-Political and military analyst, said that the Turkish military base which was opened a few days ago in Somalia, not for training, they "represent a clear threat to Saudi and Egyptian national security as well as Sudan and Yemen". Last Saturday, Turkey opened a military...

By: Radio dalsan A Somali  YouTube sensation was on Wednesday shot dead “accidentally” while rehearsing a comedy on set in Garowe Puntland, a colleague confirmed to media. The comedian identified as Anisa was shot by her colleague Libah Yare according to Asad Abou Diaby who is...

The First and Second Deputy Speakers of the Somali Parliament Abdiweli Muuddey and Mahad Awad rejected the decision of the Parliamentary Speaker, Mohamed Mursal, to consider the impeachment motion tabled by 92 MPs in Mogadishu. In...

By : East Africa Ethiopia prime minister has sent emissaries to Kenya and Somalia seeking to have their maritime border dispute resolved without worsening flagile diplomatic ties in the Horn of Africa. Officials in Nairobi and Mogadishu said Abiy, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on...