Somalia

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT Mogadishu, 27 April 2021 – International partners* strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu on 25 April. We have repeatedly warned that the extension of mandates would lead to a political crisis and undermine peace, stability and security in Somalia.  In the wake...

By:AA Türkiye on Sunday reiterated its support for peace and stability in Somalia. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to discuss bilateral relations and...

China will continue to participate in escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to protect the international lane, a spokesperson said on Friday. The comment by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang came as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised China in a...

By:Zakariye Ahmed,horndiplomat correspondent Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Special Envoy for Drought Response and member of the Somalia’s lower house parliament Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame held a meeting with Somalia's Planning, Investment and Economic Development Minister Gamal Mohamed Hassan...

Asmara, 06 September 2018- President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed has returned home in the afternoon hours of today, 6 September, concluding a two-day official visit in Eritrea. President Mohammed Abdullahi was seen off at the Asmara International Airport by...

Somalia and the UN in collaboration with other international partners have unveiled a joint policing model to strengthen peace and security at national and regional levels. The UN-backed Joint Policing Program (JPP) supports the two-tier policing structure and sets future development of strong national and...

By: UNSOM Garowe – Continuing her visits to the country’s Federal Member States, the recently-appointed top United Nations official for Somalia today visited Puntland where she met its leadership and hailed recent elections there.

By Bashir Goth Africa’s First Democrats: Somalia’s Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen by Abdi Ismail Samatar, 308 PP. Indiana University Press, 2016 “To hold a pen is to be at war.” --- Voltaire   Why I review this book As a firm believer in democratic principles and an...

By : Zakeriye ahmed Horndiplomat Correspondent Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland's Transitional Electoral Commission announced the polling stations and registration centers for upcoming local municipal elections in the state. The commission has released 524...

The protest by Somalia comes amid a circuitous political row stretching close to a month now Somalia has accused the UN office in the country of ‘sensationalising political trends’ noting the statements from the Mogadishu based office have generated ‘negative impacts’ on the country. Somalia’s permanent...