Somalia

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)...

Horndiplomat-The International Organization for Migration says it has repatriated 150 Somali migrants stranded in Libya this past week. Most had been held in government-run detention centers for months under abysmal conditions. IOM Statement Tripoli/Mogadishu – This week (30/05), IOM, the UN Migration Agency, in collaboration with the...

Horndiplomat-The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has lifted the sanctions that were imposed on Eritrea the past years after countries in the Horn of Africa have opened a historic new chapter of normalizing their relations. The Somalia president Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed "Farmajo" reacted on lifting of...

by Patrick Gathara When Kenyan troops crossed the proverbial Rubicon and entered Somalia nearly six years ago, it caught almost everyone by surprise. It was Kenya’s first sustained and significant foray into its troubled neighbors territory and ran counter to the country’s historic pacifism -at...

By: Anadolu Agency MOGADISHU, Somalia-A regional court in Somalia capital Mogadishu on Monday sentenced four senior Health Ministry officials for up to 18 years in prison over corruption and theft of public money. The convicted officials were in custody for over three months. Abdullahi Hashi Ali, director...

By: UN NEWS In Somalia, “hundreds of thousands are already facing starvation today with staggering levels of malnutrition expected among children under five,” warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).

Mogadishu, 1 March 2019 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) yesterday handed over to the Federal Government of Somalia a military training academy it has occupied for more than a decade. The Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy, which had been an operation base for the...

By: Jama Farah  ,HornDiplomat Contributor Somalia confirmed three more deaths from coronavirus in Mogadishu on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 5, according to the health ministry. A ministry statement said 20 people tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, taking the...

  The Turkish Army will open its largest foreign military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu next month during a ceremony expected to be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Army General Staff Chief General Hulusi Akar as well as top Somali government officials. According...

Turkish TV series attracts Somali cinema audiences as Ankara's soft power spreads across the Horn of Africa country. by Nuur Mohamed Mogadishu, Somalia - It used to be Hollywood. Then it became Bollywood. Now Yesilcam, as Turkey calls its film industry, has taken over silver screens in Somalia. Turkish...