The United Nations Security Council has failed to adopt a funding resolution for the new African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia by its own deadline of May 15.
The delay casts serious doubt on the future of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), at a time...
The Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, Abdikarin Ahmed Hassan, who held a press conference at the commission’s headquarters, announced an additional extension to the voter registration period for the local councils in the districts of the Banadir region.
The Chairman announced that the voter registration campaign in the districts...
At least 2 people were killed and 40 others injured in a protest in Burao, Somaliland, yesterday.
The protest, which was held by people angry over reports that Somaliland soldiers captured in the Lascaanod war would be released, caused significant loss of life and property.
"2 people were killed, 40 were...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has described the conference held last night in Mogadishu by the Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP), led by Somali presidential candidate Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, as a mistake.
President Deni said the plan to establish the party is a political organization that is misleading the Somali...
Somali Police Spokesperson Abdifitah Aden, who held a press conference in Mogadishu today, said that a group of criminals who had previously been sentenced by courts but were released on parole have resumed acts of insecurity such as killing and looting the Somali people.
The spokesman pointed out that similar...
Puntland authorities have officially confirmed for the first time that their administration has purchased fighter jets.
Puntland Information Minister, Mahmoud Aydiid Dirir, in an interview with the BBC Somali Service, confirmed the news.
The information minister said the planes include fighter jets and ambulances, noting that they are part of the...
The Somali government has announced that it is taking steps to arrest Somalis who are involved in the trafficking of Somali citizens and their transfer to trafficking groups.
The Attorney General of Somalia, Suleiman Mohamud Mohamed, said that the Somali government, with the support of international cooperation, has prepared a...
The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hamse Abdi Barre, today held a special meeting with the Acting Special Representative of the African Union for Somalia, Kareem Adebayo.
The meeting between the two officials discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation and the role of the African Union in...
The United Nations has urgently appealed for an additional $41.6 million to strengthen the new African Union Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), as the UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss the mission’s deteriorating financial situation.
The meeting, requested by Somalia and the United Kingdom, focused on...
The Banadir Regional Administration and the Xamar Local Government have provided details of a major fire that broke out in the medicine section of the Bakara Market in Howlwadaag District of the Banadir Region, which the fire department managed to extinguish.
A statement issued by the Office of the Director...