Somalia

By: UNSOM United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Adam Abdelmoula of Sudan (as well as a national of the United States) as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, where he will also serve as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator...

By: CHIMP REPORTS The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Bagiire met and held discussions with Amb. Dr. Avv. Hersi Hagi Olosow; Director-General of Protocol and acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The...

By: The Guardian My whole family is fighting al-Shabaab,” says the former jihadist Mukhtar Robow, peering through his glasses from behind a pile of leather-bound Islamic texts. The normally media-shy former al-Shabaab commander has invited the Guardian...

Mogadishu - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held a series of meetings with the country’s leadership to show solidarity with the government and people of Somalia, as well as to reiterate the United Nations’ support to...

  Clashes between two semi-autonomous regions of Somalia this week have killed at least 11 people and displaced around 50,000, the United Nations said on Friday, stoking concerns the violence could escalate. Clashes have been intensifying between forces loyal to the semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and...

By: Morocco World News Rabat - Somalia on Friday announced its plans to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate in Dakhla, reiterating its interest in boosting multi-sectoral cooperation with Morocco. "Somalia...

By:REUTERS  Residents of the Somali capital Mogadishu fled neighbourhoods on Tuesday fearing renewed clashes between rival factions in the security forces, who have split in a dispute over an extension to the president’s term. Government forces also raided an independent radio station and confiscated equipment. Forces loyal...

Beijing, June 23 , 2019 - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, held a bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart, Mr. Wang Yi , in Beijing today. The Somali Foreign Minister, Ahmed Awad, praised the Chinese role in defending African...

Eritrea’s President Isayas Afeworki and Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi today arrived in Gondar, northern Ethiopia for trilateral consultations. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is in Gondar discussing with the local community has welcomed the presidents upon their arrival at Atse Tewodros Airport in Gondar. During their...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 October 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) vehemently condemn the raid on the prominent Radio Kulmiye journalist, Abdullahi Kulmiye Addow's home and his illegal detention by officers from the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Mogadishu...