Somalia

Horndiplomat-The annual second Mogadishu Book Fair has kicked off in Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday.Horndiplomat More than 1500 people mainly young people have attended the event. The three day occasion from 17th to 19th August was attended by popular Somali authors across the globe. Books mainly written...

The U.S. military should make avoiding civilian casualties in Somalia “a top priority” after President Donald Trump signed a directive loosening restrictions on airstrikes in the country, Somalia’s former president tells Newsweek. Trump approved a U.S. military request to provide “additional precision fires” targeting al-Shabab,...

By:Reuters Somalia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension it approved last month, after clashes in the capital Mogadishu and between factions of the security forces divided over the issue. The crisis has raised fears that al Qaeda-linked...

By:Fatuma Ahmed Ali A political settlement between the Federal Government of Somalia and terror group Al-Shabaab has eluded both parties for years. Now newly elected Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has indicated that he would be open to talks with the militants. But he also made...

By : Mohamed Selh Somalia on Sunday said it will kick off biometric registration of citizens to improve government planning, service delivery and security. The plan to improve civil registration and vital...

All wars by their nature are ragged, and sadly seasoned watchers of the Horn of Africa have had ample proof of this down the years.  What often starts off with reasonably clear objectives ends up being nebulous and opaque. The Greek dramatist Aeschylus (525...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is proposing that Kenya and Somalia deal with their sea boundary dispute as an independent issue, in order not to stall other projects affecting the three countries, including a security transition programme in Mogadishu. On Wednesday, the Ethiopian PM mediated...

FAO calls for urgent funding to control further breeding 18 December 2019, Mogadishu– Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in over 25 years, according to the emergency update issued today by the country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

By The East African The Uganda military has sent a team led by the Chief of Land Forces, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga, to Mogadishu, Somalia, to ascertain the circumstances under which the country’s troops were attacked on a...

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” arrived in Addis Ababa this morning (March 5) for an official visit to Ethiopia. Upon arrival at Bole International Airport, the President was warmly welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister . Dr. Abiy Ahmed and...