Oman sends food relief FOR 20,000 Somali families
By: Muscat daily
Muscat – Oman Charitable Organisation (OCO) has begun distributing food aid among people of Mogadishu, Somalia.
A statement issued by OCO on Tuesday said, ‘The aid is part of the programmes of the organisation for Somalia; 20,000 families will benefit from this consignment of...
Somalia President request mediation by Saudi Arabia to convince the UAE not to establish a military base in Somaliland
Riyadh BY:Ghanem Al-Mutairi
Somali President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Farmaajo request for mediation Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to persuade not to complete the establishment of a military base in "Somaliland".
Site Yalla Affrica cited in this context, a report translated by Riyadh Post, which quoted...
Somaliland tells Somalia to keep off DP World work at Berbera Port
By: PDONLINE
Somaliland has asked Somalia to keep off the developments of the Port of Berbera by the United Arab Emirates company DP World.
Somaliland liaison office in Nairobi speaking on behalf of the government said Somalia had no moral authority interfering with the expansion of...
Suspected al-Shabab Attack Kills 6 in Kenya
By Harun Maruf
WASHINGTON — Armed attackers believed to be members of al-Shabab have attacked a residential housing area in the Kenya town of Mandera near the border with Somalia.
Governor of Mandera County Ali Roba confirmed the attack on Twitter. He said six people were...
Somalia:5 Killed, 12 Hurt in al-Shabab Attack on Somali Military Base
At least five people were killed and 12 others wounded Saturday in heavy fighting between Somali National Army soldiers and al-Shabab militants in the Bakol region of southwestern Somalia, officials said.
Somali army officials told VOA that the militants had attacked a government military base...
Humanitarians change course to prevent famine in Somalia: UN
By:Xinhua
United Nations partners are taking a different approach to famine prevention in Somalia: focusing on collaboration with local authorities and communities in at-risk areas, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
"In 2016/2017, a similar shift coupled with timely and scaled up humanitarian assistance averted famine in...
Somalia opposition leader urges Gov’t to sit down with candidates
By: staff Writer
Former President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Ahmed has asked Somalia's federal government to agree to dialogue and iron out contentious issues.
At a press conference in his residence in his return from a working trip, Mr Ahmed who is also Chairman of the...
Geopolitical Change, a Rising Hegemon, and Berbera Port Deal
Berbera Port deal has been groundbreaking; at the stroke of a pen, Somaliland took a massive step towards international recognition and permanent separation from Somalia
By Dr. Brendon Cannon and Dr. Ash Rossiter
- Brendon Cannon is Assistant Professor at Khalifa University’s Institute of International and...
Ethiopia to set up a base in Somalia after Amisom departs
( Horn Diplomat News Desk) The Paris-based Indian Ocean Newsletter reports the European Union and Britain are on the same page as to who will fill the vacuum to emerge when Amisom mandate ends in Somalia. With no Somali Army to take over from Amisom, Ethiopia...
Somali Pirates Tried to Hijack an Israeli-Owned Ship. Security Officials Are Perplexed
By: THE VICE
When the U.S. Navy received a distress call Sunday from an Israeli-owned commercial ship off the coast of Yemen, the assumption was, according to U.S. and European intelligence officials, that Iranian-backed Houthi militants had targeted the...
