The Somali government has said that Al-Shabaab fighters were defeated in fierce battles that lasted for hours in the border areas of Middle Shabelle and Hiran after the Somali National Army and the Somali National Army fought Al-Shabaab there.
The Somali Ministry of Defense, which issued a statement on the...
The government of Djibouti has begun arresting and deporting Yemeni, Somali and other Ethiopian nationals for violating residency and work permits.
The measures come as the security and economic situation in the countries from which the deportees fled has worsened, sparking international concern.
The Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti has...
Tensions are escalating between the PSF forces in Puntland and the Mudug regional administration in Galkayo, following security operations conducted by PSF forces in Galkayo city this evening.
The governor of the Mudug region of Puntland, Faysal Sheikh Ali (Jifo Jabsade), said that the PSF forces are not legally based...
The Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, Amb. Wang Yu, met with the leader of SSC-Khaatumo, Abdikadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation.
The meeting, which took place in Mogadishu, focused on issues such as safeguarding the national unity, territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and promoting...
A suicide bombing that was heard in parts of Mogadishu was reportedly carried out by a man who had detonated explosives at the Damanyo military camp in Mogadishu.
The suicide bomber was said to have targeted a group of young men who were queuing up to register for the new...
Kenyan newspaper Capital FM reports that the Kenyan government has officially established an investigation team to review Kenya Airways crashes in South Sudan and Somalia over the past five years.
The move comes after a Kenyan pilot was killed when his plane was shot down in Sudan’s Darfur region, and...
More information is available on the assassination of the Commander of the 26th Brigade, 27th Division of the Somali National Army, Major General Abdirahman Salad Xujale, today.
The assassination of Commander Xujale was reportedly carried out by a soldier from the army he commanded, and took place in the Moqokori...
The Puntland regional government has tightened procedures for issuing passports, especially for young people, after an increase in the number of young people traveling to migrate.
The move comes as security forces have arrested many young people suspected of planning to migrate in recent weeks in Garowe while preparing to...
The African Union is considering scaling down its Somalia Support and Stabilization Mission (AUSSOM) if funding is not urgently secured to support the mission, at a time when Somalia is not yet fully prepared to take over its own security.
According to a report published by Crisis Group, the lack...
The United Nations said it would be forced to review its aid plans for Somalia and Yemen this year due to a decline in global humanitarian funding, even as the needs in both countries remain at the same level.
At a press conference in New York, Stephanie Tremblay, a spokeswoman...