Somalia

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Asmara 10 January 2019- Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrived in mid-morning hours of today, 10 January for a two-day working visit in Eritrea. Upon arrival at the Asmara International Airport, President Mohamed and his delegation were accorded a warm welcome...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor United Nations Special Representatives to Somalia James Swan Arrived in Hargeisa erliear Thursday, Envoy Swan meets with Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and cabinet members, civil society group representatives and political party leaders of. The Envoy Swan visit was part of...

Discussion Forum on Debt Relief Communiqué The high-level debt relief discussion forum took place at the University of Hargeisa on 30th of December 2019, organised by Somaliland Non-State Actors Forum, and attended by representatives from the government and the civil society, including senior government officials, academics,...

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the establishment of a regional council of eight Arab and African countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Saudi King Salman received the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti in Riyadh and...

By: East African Somalia’s diplomatic relations with Kenya will in 2020 be tested depending on the outcome of the maritime boundary case which is due to be determined in June. As Mogadishu and Nairobi appeared to iron out relations as 2019 was coming to an end,...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor Turkey Ambassador to Somalia Mehmet Yilmaz gave an exclusive Interview to Voa Senior Journalist Harun Maruf said that the Turkish Government will continue to provide support to the Somali government and the Somali people. He said Turkey does not have an agenda in Somalia other than...

By Reuters MOGADISHU — As wounded men screaming for their mothers were brought into a Mogadishu hospital after a huge truck bomb on Saturday, doctors fought to save eight-month-old Mohammed Hassan, whose mother was already dead. The baby had lost too much blood to cry, but on...

Somaliland and Somalia have been at odds since Somaliland’s announcement of regaining its independence from the other parts of Somalia in 1991.  The political dispute has cooled down and later heated up since president Farmajo took the office and currently, the inception of any...

By:Jama farah ,HornDiplomat Contributor Former Somalia Presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visit hospitals to meet with victims of the bombing. The two leaders accused the govt of “failing its responsibility” to protect civilians from terror attacks. After the visit, the former of head of...

Turkey condemns terror attack in Mogadishu, dispatches a military cargo airplane to bring the injured Somali citizens to Turkey for treatment. Press Release Regarding the Terror Attack in Mogadishu We strongly condemn and curse the terror attack perpetrated with a bomb-laden vehicle in Mogadishu, the capital...