The National Consultative Council issued a statement tonight after its meeting in Mogadishu, reaching a political understanding and cooperation on security issues and the country’s electoral process.
The Consultative Council agreed to support the fight against terrorism. It also stressed the need to fully support the Somali armed forces.
The Consultative...
The Maroodi-Jeex Regional Court in Somaliland has sentenced philanthropist Abdimaalik Muse Coldoon to six months in prison and a fine of 3 million Somaliland shillings.
The charges against Coldoon on which the court based its verdict were not disclosed to the media. It is also reported that he refused to...
At least eight people were killed and 35 others injured in air strikes by India inside Pakistan overnight.
India said the strikes targeted terror camps it said were located inside Pakistan. The strikes came after India accused Pakistan of involvement in an April 22 attack by gunmen that killed 26...
Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi held a fruitful meeting in Mogadishu with the US Ambassador to Somalia, Richard H. Riley, to discuss the long-standing security cooperation between Somalia and the US and to strengthen the deep partnership between the two sides.
The Minister thanked the US Ambassador to Somalia...
The Algerian government has said that it wants to support Somalia in its fight against terrorist groups, and this statement was made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Boughali, who welcomed his Somali counterpart, Sheikh Aden Madoobe.
The press release issued at the meeting of the two...
The Speaker of the Somaliland Senate, Saleebaan Mohamud Adan, called on the Somaliland government to unconditionally release the SSC Khaatumo prisoners held in Hargeisa, without exchanging them for Somaliland prisoners held in Lascaanod.
He said that releasing the Somaliland prisoners held in Lascaanod would not be an easy matter, as...
The President of Hirshabelle State, Ali Guudlawe, who spoke today at the opening of the Hirshabelle Parliament session, said that MP Xadoole, one of the members of the House of the People, is a member who is causing problems for the Hirshabelle Administration.
Ali Guudlawe described as regrettable the hateful...
The President of the Southwest State, Abdiasis Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, who yesterday inspected the initial stages of the war against Al-Shabaab in the Bay region, announced that they will soon defeat the Al-Shabaab group.
President Laftagareen praised the forces in the initial stages of the war for their dedication to...
Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with the US Ambassador to Somalia, Richard Riley, in Mogadishu, during a meeting that focused on political and security issues in Somalia and the need to advance the state-building process.
Sheikh Sharif thanked the US government for its continued support for Somalia in...
The Minister of State for the Presidency of Puntland, Abdifitaah Abdinur, has said that Puntland will not return to the Consultation Conference, saying that a broader consultation is needed that is not limited to the Federal Government and the regional states alone.
Speaking to BBC Somali, Minister Abdifitaah Abdinur said...