Somalia

Kenya Airways is set to launch direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday. IN SUMMARY Kenya Airways says the move follows increased demand on the route as it stretches its wings in a move...

An Indian registered cargo dhow that was hijacked by suspected Somali pirates on April 1 is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, a major meeting point of pirates when they were most active in 2011, the EU Naval Force said on Monday, giving a...

Horndiplomat-Somalia has ordered organizations linked to a U.S.-based Turkish cleric shut down after Turkey’s president said Fethullah Gulen was involved Friday’s coup attempt. The decision came in an extraordinary session of the Somali cabinet on Saturday. The government ordered Turkish citizens working for Gulen-linked organizations...

BY:VOA, HARUN MARUF The Somali government has formally rejected African Union recommendations for a scaled-down peacekeeping presence in the Horn of Africa country, calling a report and its proposals “devoid of realities.” “The experts who conducted the assessment didn’t sufficiently consult with the federal government of...

By: Anadolu Agency Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ruled out conflict with Somalia on Tuesday regarding a Red Sea Access deal with Republic of Somaliland. Ahmed told the federal parliament that Addis Ababa...

By:Laetitia Bader Researcher, Africa DivisionLaetitiaBader Journalists Live in Fear While Government Promises to Investigate Ring Hollow Tuesday was yet another bittersweet day for journalists in Somalia. The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) released Abdi Adan Guled, the editor of  Xog-Ogaal, one of the country’s oldest newspapers....

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somalia's newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been officially inaugurated on Thursday. Various delegations from different countries in the region and Somalia’s international partners attended the inauguration of the 10th President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the Afisyoni...

HORNDIPLOMAT-Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo names commission for dialogue with Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports According to Villa Somalia, President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed Has appointed the national commission for reconciliation and dialogue with Somaliland. The commission is chaired by ex-Foreign Minister Abdullahi Sh Ismail; includes Abdirahman Abdi Hussein,...

Mr  Haysom will find it difficult to reconcile the 2014 UNSOM-Federal Government Agreement with the United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy he had invoked in the letter to the Security Minister, writes Liban Ahmad In 2014 the former Somali Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Abdirahman Beyle,  and Former SRSG  to Somalia Nicholas...

By: Business Daily Africa Kenya has exported miraa worth Sh1 billion to Somalia in under a month since the resumption of trade coming as a major reprieve to growers who had been hit hard when Mogadishu imposed a...