Somalia

Two Turkish humanitarian organisations joined hands to provide free medical treatment and perform surgeries in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Anadolu News Agency reports. Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency...

Many Somali people still remember how, when civil war gripped their own country, an influx of refugees fled to countries like Yemen and Syria, where they stayed several years...

Diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been at their lowest point since 2018, when Somalia accused the small Gulf country of interfering in its...

When Somalia's state-run Radio Mogadishu began airing an Italian-language program earlier this month under a new agreement with Italy, it led to an uproar. Somalis both at home and...

At least 10 people, including five security officers, were killed when a suicide car blast targeted a security convoy in Somalia's capital on Wednesday, officials said and reported by...

The Somali Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management said, Tuesday, it sent the first shipments of aid to the drought-stricken regions of Hiiraan and Bakool, Anadolu News Agency reports....

Somalia is encountering uncertainty due to the long-delayed parliamentary elections. The country was already struggling with protracted droughts, floods, famine and locusts which jeopardised the development. The constitutional mandate...

Somali Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, announced Tuesday that his government is committed to concluding the country's parliamentary elections "as soon as possible." "We are committed to concluding the...

A deepening rift between Somalia's President and Prime Minister has plunged the Horn of Africa country into political crisis, Anadolu News Agency reports. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who took...

Over 2,000 more internally displaced people have arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu in the last two days fleeing from the deadly drought battering the Horn of Africa country,...

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Monday suspended the country's prime minister over alleged corruption and misuse of public land reports Anadolu Agency. "Noting that the Prime Minister [Mohamed...

At least four soldiers, including a district security chief, were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu late on Saturday night. A vehicle...

The UN humanitarian action office on Monday announced that it launched a 2022 humanitarian response plan for Somalia, seeking $1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million people in need, reports...

The Turkish Red Crescent on Monday delivered at least 4,253 food packages donated by the Turkish government to drought-stricken families in southern Somalia, reports Anadolu Agency. The food was...

The Arab world witnessed a 91.1 per cent increase in hunger since 2000, affecting 141 million people

Turkey's state-run aid agency, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), has established a greenhouse at the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. The opening...

With the help of Turkey's state-run aid agency, Somalia's first lady Sunday launched an aid campaign to support people with disabilities in the capital Mogadishu, Anadolu Agency reported. Addressing the launch...

UNICEF, on Friday, called for urgent action to address Somalia's critical water needs due to the worsening drought in the Horn of African country, Anadolu News Agency reports. Some...

Somali-based terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, Thursday, targeted the Jowhar city airport with mortars, a local official confirmed and Anadolu News Agency reports. Jowhar is the provincial capital of Middle Shabelle...

Deqa Dhalac has been inaugurated in South Portland a city with a 90% white population. She was selected by the city council after a committee voted for her to assume the position making her the first Somali mayor in the US

Finland announced a €7.65 million grant ($8.63 million), Tuesday, to UNICEF to strengthen educational services for children in Somalia, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Finland is extremely pleased to start...

A Turkish NGO said, Monday, that it has provided food assistance to 1,000 families in Somalia as a deadly drought continues in the Horn of African country, Anadolu News...

At least five people including civilians were killed and more than six others wounded when a bomb blast went off at a busy restaurant in southern Somalia on Sunday,...

At least four people were killed and several others wounded in a roadside bomb attack targeting a water hauling vehicle meant for drought victims in Somalia's Lower Juba region...

A Turkish humanitarian aid group announced Tuesday that it will take part in an ongoing relief campaign in Somalia because of a climate change-related deadly drought that has killed...

A Somali-based Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group attacked a military base and an airport in the country's South West State in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least one...

Somalia's international partners, on Friday, called for the ongoing elections for the Lower House of Parliament to be completed in a transparent, inclusive, and credible manner before the set...

A global humanitarian organisation, on Wednesday, called for urgent help for Somali people as nearly a quarter of the Horn of Africa nation is "struggling to feed itself due...

A bomb blast in southern Somalia targeted a military convoy carrying African Union (AU) peacekeepers on Tuesday, local officials said, and Anadolu News Agency reports. The attack took place...

Somalia's Prime Minister declared a state of emergency on Tuesday over the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa nation, Anadolu News Agency reports. Mohamed Hussein Roble made the...

At least eight people were killed and 13 others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia's South West State on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The explosion occurred in...

Turkey has granted the Somali National Army (SNA) military vehicles, including trucks and ambulances, amid escalating clashes with the Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group, Al-Shabaab. The vehicles were received during a...