Somalia

By:Mohamed Duale The fifth of Mogadishu Book Fair was held in the Somali capital attracting a larger number of participants compared to last year, The Mogadishu Book Fair was set up in 2015 to promote books, reading, literature, and culture while bringing together authors, scholars, poets,...

Horndiplomat-Somalia fires top army chiefs, including the military commander Major General Dahir Adan Elmi and police chief Gen Bashir Mohamed. According to Senior Journalists Harun Maruf ,Yet another reshuffle of security chiefs; all sectors will have their 3rd commander in less than 3 yrs: 1....

Horndiplomat-Jubaland regional leader Ahmed Mohamed Islam known as “Ahmed Madobe” wins re-election in a regional parliamentary vote. Ahmed Madobe was declared winner in 1st round after receiving 56 votes, more than two-third of the 74 MPs who voted; Anab Mohamed Dahir got 17 votes....

By: ALJAZEERA A small region in Somalia is at the centre of a growing power struggle in east Africa. The autonomous federal state of Jubaland is fertile and rich in resources but has been unstable for decades. Last month, 26 people died when Al Shabab...

Letter written by Kenya MoFA says a recent letter by the UN envoy to Somalia James Swan was not based on “consensus” by the international community. Kenya is demanding that the letter be “withdrawn”. Kenya says Amb Swan only copied Ethiopia and was “selective”...

By:GulfTimes The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Monday with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre during Sheikh Mohamed's visit to Somalia. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations...

By: Bloomberg Qatar plans to build a new port in Somalia’s central town of Hobyo, ministers from the two nations said during a visit by a government delegation from the Middle Eastern nation. Construction will begin soon, Somalia’s Minister for Airports Maryan Aweis Jama and the...

Horndiplomat- Somalia's Jubbaland Parliament re-elects Sheikh Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman as Speaker ahead of the region’s leadership election. Abdirahman got 55 votes out of the 73-member parliament, his rival Hussein Shiinow Ali received 18 votes.according to Harun Maruf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-VPwBeZBKU The members of the parliament have also unanimously elected...

BY:VOA Analysts warn that tension could rise as a U.N. hearing nears on a Kenyan-Somali territorial argument. Kenya's parliament recently called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to send troops to the Indian Ocean to protect the country's territory from what it calls Somalia's aggression. "In the event that...

By: XINHUANET The African Union and UN have called for peaceful and credible elections in Jubaland, southern Somalia, saying the polls slated for Aug. 24 are critical for the country's stability. Senior representatives from African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the UN reiterated the...