Somalia

By: Staff writter Turkey on Saturday condemned a terrorist attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu .HornDiplomat reports ​Turkey Foreign Ministry in a statement on its website expressed the country's condolences over the attack, in which eight people have been killed and 14 others wounded . "We received the...

At least eight people have been killed and 14 others wounded after a car bomb attack at a military base in Mogadishu and the militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility. Salad Mohamed, a senior police officer in Mogadishu told Anadolu Agency by phone, that a...

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...

The Somalia Mogadishu Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital announced the birth of quintuplets, one of the rarest births in the world. “A mom gave birth 5 little babies (quintuplets) in our hospital, one of the rarest births in the world,” the hospital...

By: Staff writer Somalia’s phenomenal human rights activist, a philanthropist Dr Hawa Abdi has died in Mogadishu after a short illness, her daughter confirmed on Wednesday. Dr Hawa Abdi’s foundation has been providing support to internally displaced people (IDP) in Somalia. When Hawa Abdi was just 12...

By: MODuale Somalia resumes international flights that were suspended from April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Horndiplomat reports The Immigration Department of Somalia announced Saturday the resumption of international travel that was banned in mid-March this year as part of measures to fight the spread of...

By: Daily Nation The aircraft was turned back for allegedly violating Covid-19 restrictions. Miraa traders are up in arms after another plane ferrying 11 tonnes of the produce to Puntland in Somalia was turned back for allegedly violating Covid-19 restrictions. This is the second plane to be...

By: Radio Dalsan The Somali government is set to resume international flights that were suspended from April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mohamed Abdullahi Salad, minister for transport and aviation confirmed the move, saying international flights that were suspended in mid-April will now resume on 3rd...

By: AFP The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is a time for celebration, not least among Somalia's livestock herders and traders who export millions of livestock to feed pilgrims. But this year coronavirus restrictions mean the Hajj is a small, largely Saudi affair, and Somalia's economy...

 Somalia’s international partners* express their concern and their strong hope that recent political developments, including in the Federal Parliament, will not undermine efforts to reach political consensus on timely elections, disrupt Somalia’s reform agenda, or create instability that may reverse the gains made so...