The federal government of Somalia and its member states have, after lengthy discussions and consultations, agreed to an indirect electoral formula to conduct the upcoming National Elections. A joint...

Four Arab states have expressed their reservations regarding the Arab League statement in which foreign affairs ministers objected to what they termed “Turkish interference in Arab affairs”. The foreign...

The Acting Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet, said her country had spent nearly $3.5 billion to restore Somalia’s security over...

A Somali regional minister was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the town of Jowhar, Middle Shabelle region on Monday evening, police said, Anadolu reports Abdifatah Hassan, a police...

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar roundly beat her pro-Israel opponent in the Democratic primaries on Tuesday, making her the official nominee for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. Omar was challenged by...

In the context of the Renaissance Dam crisis which recently escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia, Somali reservations emerged regarding the fifth clause of the nine-clause resolution submitted by Arab...

At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a suicide car bombing in the Somalian capital, officials said, reported by Anadolu Agency. Salad Mohamed,...

A grenade explosion in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region killed a deputy district commissioner and wounded five others, an official said on Monday. Gunmen targeted the home of Mohamed Abdullahi...

The Somali parliament ousted on Saturday Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre after a vote of no confidence, Reuters reported. Parliament Speaker Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdurahman said: “The government has...

Somali Foreign Minister, Ahmed Isse Awad, yesterday denied media reports claiming that his country will send troops to fight in Libya. “Our government has not and will not send...

Somalia is a country recovering from conflict and civil war, and is preparing for its third General Election in 60 years. It last held countrywide elections in March 1960....

Ambiguity, tension and possible escalation surround the future of Egypt-Somalia relations due to the latter’s unclear position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the conflict between Ethiopia, Egypt...

The UAE allegedly offered to reopen the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu on the condition Somalia take part in the war in Yemen

When the Foreign Minister of Somaliland, Yasin Faratoon, mentioned the first official meeting between Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and his Somaliland counterpart Muse Bihi Abdi in February, there...

Despite six years of war and hardship in Yemen, Somali refugee Bader Hassan had stuck it out hoping for a better life than in his homeland. But the coronavirus...

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey lost its interest in Africa where it ruled the north of the continent for years. But since Turkey was granted observer...

At least 18 Al-Shabaab militants were killed and several others wounded in an operation in the southern lower Shabelle region, Somali military said today, reports Anadolu Agency. General Abdihamid Mohamed...

At least 10 people have been killed, and over 13 others were wounded in a bomb blast which targeted a civilian transport vehicle in the vicinity of Hawa Abdi,...

US military operations have killed at least 132 civilians in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia in 2019, a Pentagon report revealed yesterday. The report, which is conducted on an...

English club Arsenal’s star Mesut Ozil has donated 713,000 Turkish liras ($101,000) to the Turkish Red Crescent for an aid campaign for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. According...

The US Africa Command acknowledged Monday that two civilians were killed in an airstrike over a year ago targeting al-Shabaab terrorists. In addition to the two civilians who were...

Somalia confirmed its second death from coronavirus on Sunday. Khalif Mumin Tohow, justice minister of Hirshabelle state, succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after...

A former Prime Minister of Somalia has died after contracting coronavirus Covid-19 in London, his family said on Wednesday. The son of Nour Hassan Hussein Nour Adde said that...

A report issued by Amnesty International has revealed that US raids in Somalia have led to the deaths of two civilians and the injuries of three others in February....

Qatar is building a new embassy in Mogadishu, signalling the latest step in the recovery of the Somali capital after years of violent conflict. It is planned to be...

Somalia’s elite forces captured a senior al-Shabaab militant in the Lower Shabelle region, the Information Ministry said Tuesday. “The elite 1st Danab Advanced Infantry Battalion conducted an operation that...

The Somali government has warned illegal fishing boats not to enter its territorial waters without obtaining the necessary permit. “These boats must leave the country’s territorial waters immediately or...

Saudi Arabia suspended on Thursday the travel of citizens and residents outside the country temporarily to several states that have been witnessing the spread of the coronavirus. The Saudi...

The United States has resumed its military assistance to the Somali government in order to reinforce operations against Al-Qaeda-linked youth militias. The US Embassy in Somalia said in a...

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir, confirmed that the kingdom opposes what he described as “Turkey’s incursion into Syria, and its support for extremist militias in Libya and...

At least two government soldiers were killed and more than four wounded when a bomb blast targeted a military vehicle on the edge of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday,...

Saudi Arabia will not fine citizens of Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria and Chad if they have overstayed their visas as long as they pledge to leave the country forever,...