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...

Somalia‘s Minister of Finance, Dr. Abdirahman Beileh and the African Development Bank‘s Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled Sherif on Monday signed a $122.55 million grant agreement to advance Somalia’s national development agenda, consolidate peace and ensure inclusive economic growth...

By:Nation Kenya has rejected claims it is interfering with Somalia's internal affairs and dismissed them as "fabricated for political expediency". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written a protest note to Mogadishu in response to a statement issued on Friday by Somali Ambassador to the UN,...

By: Musse Hassan, Horndiplomat contributor Somalia Government has called on Kenya to “immediately stop violations against Somalia’s sovereignty and cease destabilising acts along the border”.Horndiplomat reports The following statement was issued today by the Somalia Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Federal Government of Somalia calls upon the Government...

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva today announced that the International Monetary Fund has secured sufficient financing pledges to allow the Fund to provide comprehensive debt relief to Somalia. Over 100 IMF member countries have pledged to provide more than SDR 242 million (US$334 million)...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Somalia has announced its subscription to the Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missiles proliferation, hence becoming the 143rd subscribing State to the Code. According to EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Virginie BATTU-HENRIKSSON , This is an important step...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi welcomes recent apology given by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo for 80s atrocities by previous government of Mohamed Siyad Barre. While addressing a joint session of Parliament in Hargeisa, President Bihi said Farmaajo’s apology was the first...

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns in the strongest terms possible in the killing of a young freelance TV and radio journalist, Abdiwali Ali Hassan (aka Abdiwali Online) who was shot dead in Afgoye town, 30KM south of Mogadishu, on Sunday evening 16 February, 2020. Unidentified...

By: Mohammed Dhaysane, Horndiplom Correspondent in Mogadishu Senator Ilyas Ali Hassan National resources, transportation and infrastructure committee of Somalia upper house Chamber director criticized Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo speculation plan to go to Hargeisa. Ilyas, who talks to Voice of America (VOA) said that there...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Somaliland has rejected a planned joint visit by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. On 15 February,  Unconfirmed source indicates a proposed visit to Hargeisa by Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed and Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmaajo...