The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has announced the appointment of Mohamed Yahya, a Somali national, as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Coordinator for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Mohamed Yahya succeeds Joyce Msuya of Tanzania, whom the Secretary-General and the Emergency...
The Kenyan government has reportedly denied entry to Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Jibril Abdirashid Haji, and returned him to Mogadishu, following a row over allegations that he had obtained a Kenyan passport illegally, according to Kenyan media reports.
According to sources, Jibril Abdirashid landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport...
The Minister of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Abdifitah Qasim, said that the federal government has the constitutional right to recruit and establish the Somali National Army anywhere in Somalia, responding to recent orders from Puntland that stated that federal forces cannot be deployed in areas under...
The leader of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement, Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, said that they would not "withdraw their hands" if Israel tried to turn "Somaliland" into a base for it to control the Gulf of Aden, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea.
In a speech on the occasion of...
The President of Jubaland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Ahmed Madoobe), who spoke today in Kismayo, first expressed his condolences to those who died in the violent incidents that took place in the Adhicadeeye and Jalalaqsi areas, describing them as sad and unnecessary events.
The President said that such incidents are part...
The European Union (EU) has announced new temporary measures to make it more difficult for Somali citizens to obtain visas, following an official report assessing Somalia’s level of cooperation in the readmission of its citizens illegally staying in European countries.
The Council of the European Union said Somalia has not...
The Banadir Regional Court has sentenced Saadiyo Moalin Ali (Sacdiya Bajaaj), who had been held in Mogadishu’s central prison for nearly 80 days, to three years in prison.
The decision was announced during a court session presided over by the president of the Banadir Regional Court, Saleh Ali Mohamud.
The president...
Puntland has issued new security directives, which include measures to control the activities of armed politicians, military spending, political meetings and actions that threaten Puntland's security.
A press release from the Puntland Ministry of Security said that these decisions were the result of a meeting held by the security committee...
The Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Housing of the Federal Government of Somalia has signed a contract for the provision of surveying, design, environmental and social impact assessment, and preparation of tender documents for the Galkacyo-Hobyo road, specifically the 100-kilometer Galkacyo-Ceelguula section.
The signing ceremony took place at the...
The Northeastern Council of Ministers and the Sool regional administration said the situation in Adhi-Addeeye district is stable, after more than 20 people who lost their lives in a clan war that broke out in the area yesterday were buried there today.
Officials said that the administration forces have fully...