Somalia

Press- Statement Representatives of Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America met in Doha on Monday 5th of June 2023, in their 3rd meeting to discuss the current...

  The 28th extra-ordinary session of the IGAD assembly of Heads of State and Government has concluded in Mogadishu, Somalia this evening with renewed commitment by member countries, to continued support to the stability of Somalia. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister H.E Hailemariam Desalegn, who is also the...

By Bashir Goth Somalis have always regarded poetry as the pinnacle of their literary heritage but the elegance of the poetic expression came through singing in folklore dances. Before the arrival of the Arabian oud, the ears of the Somali people were trained to the beat of...

Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nur alias Tarzan arrived at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport early Sunday, media reported. Mr Nur was expelled by the Kenya government, which also recalled its own envoy to Somalia, Lt-Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo. The ambassador arrived at Mogadishu’s seafront...

Somalia’s government says the mayor of Mogadishu has died after being badly wounded in an al-Shabab extremist attack in his office last week. The spokesman for Somalia’s president said Abdirahman Omar Osman died Thursday in Qatar, where he had been airlifted for treatment after the...

By:Anadolu Agency Four football players were killed and several others wounded when a bomb blast targeted a bus carrying a local soccer team in Somalia's port city of Kismayo on Friday, an official said. Bomb blast kills 4 footballers in Somalia Omar Hussain, a local police officer...

By: UKGOV UK Minister for Africa Vicky Ford has announced a new £25 million aid package to provide vital services to almost a million people across the country, including food and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) support, as the country teeters on the brink of...

Turkey has provided Somalia with humanitarian aid worth 456 million Turkish liras ($121.9 million) since 2011, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said Thursday. AFAD contributed 255 million liras ($68.1 million) worth of aid while the Turkish Red Crescent provided 176 million liras ($47...

President Uhuru Kenyatta today held talks with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia who is on an official visit in the country. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues and security matters including the continued support for African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in which Kenyan forces...

By ABDI GULED A commander of Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels said the group opposes the election of the new president and vowed to continue fighting the government, the first official comment from al-Shabab since the president's election earlier this month.  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A commander...