The Puntland Ministry of Interior has strongly condemned the election schedule issued by the Somali Electoral and Boundaries Commission, which last night announced the schedule for local council elections in the regional states.
A statement from the ministry said that the commission had included Galgodogob district in Mudug region, where...
The United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) and other international partners have expressed their regret that the ongoing talks between the Federal Government of Somalia and the Future Council have ended inconclusively.
UNTMIS, together with international partners, today met with senior representatives from both sides, urging them to continue efforts...
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has issued a general amnesty to members of the Al-Shabaab group, calling on misguided youth within its ranks to surrender and peacefully reintegrate into Somali society.
The Somali president has urged Al-Shabaab fighters to completely abandon their extremist ideology and return to their homes and...
The Somali Future Council announced in a press release that its negotiations with the Federal Government of Somalia have ended inconclusively, after days of talks.
The council said that it entered into the talks in good faith and out of national responsibility, to find a solution to the difficult situations...
The US Embassy in Somalia has issued a strong statement on the political situation, after the meeting between the federal government and the Somali Future Council ended inconclusively.
A statement published on the embassy’s website said: “Dialogue and compromise are difficult but necessary, and we urge the Somali leadership to...
Uganda has formally bid farewell to the new contingent of the 12th United Nations peacekeeping force, which is being deployed to Somalia to participate in peacekeeping operations.
The farewell ceremony took place at the International Peacekeeping and Support Operations Training Centre (IPSO-TC) in Ssingo.
Addressing the troops being deployed to Somalia,...
Former Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has called on the Somaliland government to publicly disclose its agreement with Israel, while also warning the Egyptian and Turkish governments that strongly oppose the recognition of Somaliland.
Bihi said that the agreement between Somaliland and Israel needs to be fair and protect the...
Somaliland has announced its readiness to enter into a deal with the United States regarding its mineral resources and allow Washington to establish military bases on the Gulf of Aden, Somaliland’s Minister of the Presidency, Khadar Hussein Abdi, told AFP.
The minister made it clear that Somaliland is seriously interested...
The British Ambassador to Ethiopia, Darren Welch, said that the UK supports the progress made at the Berbera port, and the implementation of a cargo agreement between Somaliland and Ethiopia, as previously stated by the President of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro.
Welch, who gave an interview to Ethiopian media,...