Somalia

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...

By: East African Somalia’s Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will be in Uganda next week for a two-day State visit, in a trip seen to drum up regional support and bolster business ties as he enters the third month of...

An Indian registered cargo dhow that was hijacked by suspected Somali pirates on April 1 is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, a major meeting point of pirates when they were most active in 2011, the EU Naval Force said on Monday, giving a...

Horndiplomat-The Somalia Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire Reshuffled to his Government  on Thursday .Horndiplomat Mr.Yusuf Garaad Omar replaced as FM by Mr.Ahmed Isse Awad, currently Amb to United States Mr.Abdi Farah Juha replaced as Interior Minister by Mr.Abdi Mohamed Sabriye, a telecom businessman Ms.Khadra Ahmed Duale replaced...

Al Jazeera journalist Hamza Mohamed has been released from detention by Somali security agents in the capital Mogadishu. Mohamed, a British national, was detained on Tuesday afternoon along with a driver, fixer and cameraman. He had been in Somalia for a week on a reporting assignment. Mohamed...

Somalia’s al Shabaab militants took over a town close to the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, officials said, after government troops withdrew from the area. Bariire, in Lower Shabelle, is about 50 km (30 miles) from Mogadishu. In late August 10 Somalis - including three children...

By:AFP Somalia’s regional leaders of South West and Galmudug State have arrived in Mogadishu in a bid to end an ongoing public spat between President Mohamed Farmaajo and his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. Presidents Abdiaziz Hassan Laftagareen of South West and Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoorqoor of...

HORNDIPLOMAT-The Somali government has pledged to work with the newly-appointed Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force commander to flush Al-Shabaab militants out of the Horn of Africa nation. Minister for Internal Security, Abdirisak Omar Mohamed, said the country's security forces will work with Lt....

Mogadishu, 8 October 2021 — As Somalia continued with electoral preparations, the month of September saw a round of United Nations-backed training completed for Somali journalists on reporting on elections and the importance of women taking part in the country’s political life. The UN Assistance Mission in...

MOGADISHU, Dec. 14, 2018: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, held a two-day consultation meeting in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 13th-14th 2018. The two Presidents held bilateral discussions at...