Somalia

By: SONNA Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a fruitful meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed the future of bilateral...

Mogadishu – December 15, 2018: AMISOM denies involvement in the arrest of Mukhtar Robow and his subsequent transfer to Mogadishu. Statement by the AU Special Rep Ambassador Francisco Madeira calls “all parties to exercise the utmost restraint”. Statement by Amisom  The Special representative of the Chairperson of...

ANKARA Several African nations offered condolences Saturday to Turkey after a deadly earthquake hit the Aegean coast. Thirty-nine people were killed and nearly 900 injured after a magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolted Izmir on Friday, the country's health minister said Saturday. Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo said: “We...

Mateship is alive in Somalia. In Australia when there is a drought, rural people don't die. Nor do children suffer acute malnutrition. But here in Somalia it is the norm. In recent weeks, aid agencies have become increasingly anxious as conditions in Somalia have deteriorated. More...

The government of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland may award a concession to DP World Ltd. to develop the port of Bosaso, President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said. Ali traveled to Dubai last week to discuss the concession, he said in an interview March 21 in...

  Kenya and Somalia Thursday opened a new charter of cooperation by announcing plans to open two border posts and a re-launch of direct flights between Nairobi and Mogadishu. President Uhuru Kenyatta said Kenya and Somalia have agreed to revitalise their engagement in all areas of...

24 September 2021 - Next week is Africa Climate Week, the regional week run by the UN ahead of COP26 in Glasgow. During the week, countries will come together to develop their national strategies and plans to tackle climate change. On the first day of Africa...

By: HORNDIPLOMAT the Turkish government organised a massive ceremony in Mogadishu, coupled with an experts’ conference to mark ten years since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan toured Somalia, then at the heart of a brutal humanitarian crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVGEFPv_go&t=40s   Most of the government revenue comes from the Mogadishu...

By Bashir Goth, Special to Gulf News Somalis see no reason to trust this week’s conference in London after similar initiatives in the past did little to address the core issues. n a deja vu situation that does not excite many Somalis, the United Kingdom announced...

BY ANDREW DUFFY, POSTMEDIA NETWORK In June 2015, Somali national Ali Omar Ader was arrested in Ottawa at the end of a remarkable five-year undercover operation designed to lure him to Canada. He will stand trial in October for his alleged role in the kidnapping...