Somalia

By, Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat regional Contributor Commander of Somali Air Force, Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh held a meeting with Pakistan Air Chief Mujahid Anwar Khan in Islamabad today and discussed ways and means to further enhance mutual cooperation between the two air forces. According to...

Mogadishu (HOL) - The Somali government has asked the UN to remove the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Somalia for “gross unprofessionalism” according to a senior government official. Richard Trenchard has reportedly been labelled ‘persona non grata’ by the government and...

Police in Sweden are warning the public to avoid answering calls from unknown foreign numbers after apparent telephone scammers from Somalia targeted Swedish phones. A host of suspicious calls from numbers starting with the country code +252 were reported to the police between May 26th...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud arrived in Asmara yesterday for a four-day official visit at the invitation of President Isaias Afwerki. This afternoon president Mohamoud along with his...

Kenya on Sunday repatriated 17 Somali nationals who caused disturbance at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when they were denied clearance to travel to Uganda. The passengers, according to Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa, landed from Mogadishu but they could not be cleared because of security concerns...

By: Staff writer Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has today chaired the opening session of the National Consultative Summit between the Federal Government of Somalia and The Federal member states and Banadir Regional Administration at the Presidential palace. according to villa Somalia, The opening of the...

By: Jama Farah Horndiplomat contributor The President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo inaugurates a new Embassy building bought by the Somali Federal Government. He urged Somalis in the diaspora to contribute to buy new buildings for diplomats and a consulate. According to Senior Journalist Harun Maruf,...

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (known as Farmajo) was elected Somalia's president by parliament on 8 February 2017. During the campaign he promised to renew the fight against corruption and suggested that he would be open to talks with al-Shabaab. He came into office with a...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi leaves for Ethiopia after invitation from the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed . Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo is also expected to arrive in Addis today from Djibouti. UnConfirmed reports suggest Presidents of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi and Somalia Mohamed...

The Republic of Somaliland called on ICAO and other relevant UN agencies to intervene in Somalia’s projected takeover of Somalia takeover of what the latter terms as “Somalia airspace’ which includes that of Somaliland. Captain Abdi Mohamed Rodol, the newly appointed Director of the Somaliland...