Somalia

By: BBC AFRICA Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born US congresswoman,...

By: Khalid S. Dirir, Political Analyst Somaliland is politically an isolated state after it lost its independence and reunited with the Italian-Somalia on July 1, 1960. The country suffered huge political and economic losses when Somaliland representative politicians of Mohamed H. Ibrahim Egal and his...

Ethiopia has donated 15 tonnes of medical equipment and medicines worth half a million dollar to help Somalia fight against COVID-19 and other diseases. Ethiopia's Minister of Finance, Ahmed Shide, and State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Redwan Hussien, handed over the medical supplies in...

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the initiative taken by Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, to host a consultative summit between Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Farmajo, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and Mr. Musa...

By: Staff writer European Union praises The resumption of dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland that occurred in Djibouti on 14 June. Horndiplomat reports The following statement was issued today by EU High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell The resumption of dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland that occurred in...

By: MoDuale Technical committees comprised of members of the two delegation to resume talks between Somalia and Somaliland in Djibouti, according to communique issued by the host country. Somalia and Somaliland agreed not to politicize development assistance and investment. COMMUNIQUE Held a consultative summit meeting in Djibouti...

By: MoDuale Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh announces he will chair a historic meeting between Pres Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia and Pres Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland on Sunday. Guelleh says effort is a follow up of the mediation initiated by Ethiopian Prime minister...

By: PDONLINE Somaliland has asked Somalia to keep off the developments of the Port of Berbera by the United Arab Emirates company DP World. Somaliland liaison office in Nairobi speaking on behalf of the government said Somalia had no moral authority interfering with the expansion of...

BY: INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES On 1 June, Somaliland’s President Muse Bihi Abdi officially inaugurated the first 12 km of Berbera Corridor, a trade and transport route that connects landlocked Ethiopia to Somaliland’s Port of Berbera on the Gulf of Aden. The Addis Ababa-Berbera highway is...

The Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) has finalized a month-long effort to monitor and analyze local media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Somalia. By the end of this month, FESOJ plans to publish the first report highlighting firsthand findings and analysis of COVID-19 media...