Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi has strongly criticized an interview given by former Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who described security in Mogadishu as unreliable.
Minister Fiqi accused Sharif and members of the Salvation Forum of rejecting three key issues of governance: elections, the constitution, and the country’s...
Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Mohamed Omar, (Ali Balcad) has strongly denied allegations that arms originating in Somalia are reaching neighboring countries.
The minister stressed that Somalia is working to stop the flow of illegal arms from Yemen.
Speaking at the 23rd Doha Forum, the minister told Al Jazeera...
The committee tasked with investigating the killing of Nabadoon Omar Abdullahi Ahmed has issued a comprehensive report on the incident in which the chief was killed, based on information gathered by Puntland security agencies and testimonies received.
An official report issued by the committee stated that Chief Omar left the...
US President Donald Trump has once again made harsh remarks about Somali immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar during a meeting focused on lowering the cost of living for Americans.
President Trump has repeatedly targeted Somali immigrants in Minnesota, following reports that some of the community were linked to a corruption...
When you enter the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (AKUH), you are immediately struck by an atmosphere of innovation, precision, and modern medical optimism. Journalists from Somalia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo spent three days on a special media tour of the hospital, getting a first-hand...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $40 million increase in Somalia’s emergency financing program, enabling the immediate release of $30 million in budget support.
This decision brings the total amount of financing available to Somalia under this program to $100 million.
Somalia’s ECF program, first...
The traditional leaders of Awdal region announced today that they have fully handed over security to the police, after days of youth rioting in the city.
Speaking to the media after a meeting he and the clerics held with security agencies, Sultan Dhawal said they had agreed for the troops...
The Somali Electoral Commission today announced the number of political organizations that have submitted candidates to participate in the 16 district elections in Banadir Region scheduled for December 25.
The chairman of the commission, Abdikarin Ahmed Hassan, who spoke to the media, said that so far 12 political organizations have...
Muna Abdule, the wife of the new ISIS leader, Abdulqadir Mumin, who lives in Britain and is raising her three children, has spoken out for the first time about her husband's whereabouts.
Muna told the Daily Mail that her husband Abdulqadir Mumin left her and their children when they were...
Additional reports are coming in of various killings that have taken place in the past few hours in Beledxawo town, Gedo region.
In the Farjano neighborhood of Beledxawo district, 5 civilians were killed last night, one of whom was said to be sick, and the five people were two brothers...