The Kenyan government has identified the need for international support to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in Somalia, with particular focus on the urgent need to fill the gaps left by some African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) led by its Chief of Staff, General Charles...
The Chinese Embassy in Somalia said that Senator Ted Cruz’s letter asking Trump to “recognize” Somaliland was an attack on China-Somalia relations and a clear interference in Somalia’s internal affairs.
The embassy said that this incident shows the authoritarian and oppressive political behavior of some US politicians towards the Somali...
Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Ministers Hassan Ali Khayre and Mohamed Hussein Rooble, and politician Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame held a private meeting last night at Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s residence in Mogadishu.
The meeting, which took place in secret, was said to be of particular importance to the...
Former Somali Prime Ministers Mohamed Hussein Rooble and Hassan Ali Khaire have strongly condemned the violent incidents that took place today in the Tarabuunka neighborhood of Hodan District, making serious accusations against the Somali government.
Rooble, who issued a press release, described the incident as a national tragedy that can...
The selection of new members of the Northeastern Somali parliament is a hotly contested process, with many clans complaining that their seats are being interfered with, and that people close to President Firdhiye have been locked out of their seats.
President Firdhiye, a presidential candidate, has been accused of bringing...
At least 20 people are reported dead after two boats capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday.
The migrants on board the boats, who came from Libya, Pakistan, Sudan and Somalia, had been at sea for a long time, officials on the island said.
Authorities on the island...
A press release from the Jubbaland Ministry of Information discussed the situation in Gedo region and the recent fighting in Beledxawo district in which soldiers and officers from the Jubbaland army were killed.
Jubbaland has made serious allegations to the Press Office against the President of the Federal Government, Hassan...
Reports from Tardo in Hiran region indicate that warplanes carried out a heavy airstrike on a house in Tardo last night.
The house targeted in the airstrike was reportedly home to senior Al-Shabaab leaders, especially officials including the group’s leader in Hiran region and the group’s military leadership in the...
The chairman of the Kaah opposition party in Somaliland, Mohamud Xashi Abdi, has vowed to lead the party in ensuring that Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud loses the upcoming presidential election.
He said they will use someone else to remove him from office, which he interpreted as referring to Somaliland’s...
Since Israel began its war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the targeting of journalists has become a regular and seemingly planned act, according to Al Jazeera. Journalists in Gaza have become the target of targeted attacks on their work sites.
Independent figures show that nearly 270 journalists and media...