Somalia

Asmara, 06 September 2018- President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed has returned home in the afternoon hours of today, 6 September, concluding a two-day official visit in Eritrea. President Mohammed Abdullahi was seen off at the Asmara International Airport by...

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...

Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will travel from Oslo to Yemen, Somalia and Kenya between Feb. 26 and March 5 to meet people most affected by humanitarian crises, a UN spokesman said here Friday. "In all three countries, Mr. O'Brien will meet...

Nairobi, April 03 , 2019 - Somalia and Kenya agreed today to normalize relations between the two neighboring countries after a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad and his...

Horndiplomat-Two explosions and gunfire are reported in Mogadishu near Sayed Mohamed monument which is not far from the parliament building and offices of the government. A Witnesses in Mogadishu says a suicide car bomb was detonated outside the building opposite Sayidka junction. Soon after gunmen...

Somalia’s Defence Minister Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman has announced that the country will take full charge of its SNA training and salaries and end an earlier military cooperation agreement with UAE. “Surely it is the government of Somalia to take the rights and responsibility of...

NAIROBI — America’s presidential elections may be getting much of the world’s attention right now, but in the Horn of Africa, another country’s electoral season is also underway. Somalia hopes to elect a president, as well as members of two houses of parliament, by the end...

By:HIIRAAN ONLINE Somali Government does not have the capacity to block Al-Shabaab from imposing compulsory taxation on traders, Finance Minister Abdirahman Beyle has said. Beyle said in an article by the Washington Post the Al-Shabaab menace was wrecking havoc on business noting the government had not...

Mogadishu – International partners* welcome the announcement that Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member State (FMS) leaders will meet on 15 February to finalise arrangements for implementing the 17 September election agreement, building on progress made during the recent Dhusamareb Forum. International partners do not believe...

By:AA Türkiye on Sunday reiterated its support for peace and stability in Somalia. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to discuss bilateral relations and...