The US has completely withdrawn its troops from Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced yesterday. "The repositioning of the troops was completed ahead of the deadline in a presidential...

Somalia's prime minister has introduced a quota of 30 per cent female representation in parliament in preparation for the election being held next month, Reuters reported yesterday. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein...

Middle Eastern passports have ranked low on this year's Henley Passport Index, which ranks the travel documents according to the number of destinations their holders can travel to without obtaining a...

The Somali opposition has warned US oil firms not to sign deals with the Somali government, according to a statement posted on the Twitter account of one of the...

Turkey's top diplomat on Tuesday met the owner of the Turkish company targeted in a recent terrorist attack in Somalia, reports Anadolu Agency. Mevlut Cavusoglu hosted Hidayet Zorlu, owner...

Some 150 Somali army soldiers are receiving special commando training in Turkey under a military cooperation pact between the two countries, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday....

A car bomb targeting workers of a Turkish company killed four people including one Turkish citizen on Saturday in Somalia, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said, according to a Reuters report....

Jawahir "JJ" Roble is so dedicated to her career as a football referee she has "cut down" on her consumption of chicken nuggets in favour of "good food, like...

The death toll from Friday's attack in Mogadishu that killed several high-ranking military and police officials has risen to 15, local authorities confirmed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking...

Somalia yesterday cut diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya, accusing the latter of meddling in its political affairs. "Somalia calls back all its diplomats from Kenya and orders Kenyan diplomats...

The Al-Shabaab militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for last night's suicide bombing in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, reported by Anadolu Agency. At least eight people were killed in the...

The UAE has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries

Six members of Somalia's Danab special forces were killed in an al-Shabaab bomb attack late Monday, security forces in the Horn of Africa nation confirmed to local media. A...

Seven Yemeni fishermen have drowned off the coast of Somalia after their boat capsized due to a tropical storm on Sunday, Anadolu news agency reported. The agency quoted the Director General...

In his new book, A Promised Land, former US President Barack Obama admits that he has a lot to say. So much so, that he felt the need to...

Paris police destroyed an informal migrant camp outside the Stade de France yesterday, bussing residents to temporary shelters in the region. It is the 65th time Paris police have dismantled...

President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Somalia as part of a global pullback that includes reductions of forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, US officials said...

Deyr seasonal rains, which hit Somalia between October and December, have seriously affected the lives of roughly 73,000 people, a UN agency said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. "Among those affected...

More than 1,000 African migrants travelled to Yemen in October via sea smuggling routes, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday. "1,038 migrants entered Yemen," IOM said in...

Turkey is contributing to debt relief to Somalia by pledging around 2.4 million in Special Drawing Rights (SDR), an International Money Fund (IMF) reserve currency, the country's official Gazette announced on...

Muslim-American congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have retained their seats in the US House of Representatives during yesterday's election. Both women received more than 64 per cent of the votes in their respective...

Years after busy Mogadishu roads were closed causing traffic snarl-ups, Somalia on Tuesday opened the streets that had been blocked to contain terror attacks from al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab militant...

A Turkish company on Monday signed a 14-year contract in Somalia to operate and rehabilitate the port of its capital city, Mogadishu, local media reported on Monday, reports Anadolu...

Up to 2.1 million people in Somalia are expected to face an acute food insecurity Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or even worse outcomes through December 2020, a new report...

A Somali official on Monday lauded Turkish support to Guled Abdi, a young inventor from the East African country who was invited to attend Teknofest, Turkey's largest aerospace and...

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,...