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...
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...