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Senior US Treasury official to raise Russia grain deal in visit to Kenya, Somalia

Flags of Russia, the United Nations and Ukraine are seen on the day of a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
By:Reuters - A top U.S. Treasury official will highlight Washington's efforts to facilitate Russian grain and fertilizer exports during a visit to Kenya and Somalia and stress that Moscow's exit from the Black Sea grain deal will...

Maritime dispute: Somalia rejects mediation ‘offer’

A delegation following the International Court of Justice hearings in the case of maritime delimitation in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and Kenya in September 2016. PHOTO | ICJ-CIJ
By: The East African Somalia says it will not accept mediation over a maritime dispute with Kenya, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided in October 2021. Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign...

Video shows passenger plane swerve off runway in crash landing at Somalia airport

Video shows plane crash-landing at Somalia airport
A small passenger plane swerved off the runway on arrival Tuesday at the international airport in Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu, state media reported. The Halla Airlines aircraft "crash-landed" at the Aden Abdulle International Airport at 12:23 p.m. local...

Somalia president, ex-leaders meet to fix security, political issues

Somalia president, ex-leaders meet to fix security, political issues
By: XINHUA Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is hosting former political leaders starting Wednesday for a three-day consultative meeting aimed at discussing political and security challenges facing the country. The presidency said...

Family fleeing war in Somalia to be given home in Fife

The family will be welcomed to Aberdour in late August.
By: Dunfermlinepress A FAMILY fleeing drought and war in Somalia will be given a new home in Aberdour thanks to the efforts of villagers. The Aberdour Refugee Resettlement and Support (ARRAS) group was...

Somalia kicks off diaspora conference to tap investments

Somalia kicks off diaspora conference to tap investments
 By: Xinhua agency The second annual diaspora conference kicked off in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Monday with the government seeking to tap investment opportunities from its citizens abroad. The conference, attended...

AU says troop withdrawal not to compromise stability in Somalia

Mohamed El-Amine Souef, the special representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission for Somalia and head of ATMIS. Photo via @ATMIS_Somalia
By: XINHUA The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Friday the troop withdrawal will not affect security and stability in Somalia. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, the special representative of the Chairperson of...

UK announces new funding for urgent life-saving humanitarian aid in Somalia

The UK has announced over $7 million to provide vital humanitarian aid to Somalia’s most vulnerable.
Mogadishu – 7 July 2023- The UK has announced over $7 million to provide vital humanitarian aid to Somalia’s most vulnerable. On 14 June 2023, the UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding with...

Azerbaijan, Somalia discuss possible prospects for cooperation

By: Trend News Agency Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia Abshir Omar Jama
By: Trend News Agency Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia Abshir Omar Jama as part of a ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau...

AU mission concludes first phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia

Security forces patrol outside a building that was attacked by suspected al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, on Feb. 21, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)
By: XINHUA AGENCY The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said on Thursday that it has completed the first phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia with the handover of military bases in the capital of...