The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has arrived in Arusha, Tanzania, where he will attend the 25th Annual Summit of the East African Community (EAC).
According to the Somali presidency, President Hassan Sheikh will deliver a speech at the meeting focused on strengthening regional cooperation...
US President Donald Trump has said there will be no talks to end the Middle East war until Iran surrenders unconditionally. Iran has said it is ready to defend itself, as the war between the US, Israel and Iran enters its eighth day.
Trump said in a post on social...
According to Egyptian media, the telephone conversation took place between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty and his US counterpart Marco Rubio, which focused on Somalia and stability in the Horn of Africa.
The Egyptian minister stressed his government’s support for preserving Somalia’s sovereignty and stability, categorically rejecting any claim...
Speaker of the House of the People Aden Mohamed Nur (Aadan Madoobe) has announced that the term of office of government institutions has been extended by one year, following the adoption of a new constitution that stipulates that the term of office of government institutions will be five years.
Aadan...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed US diplomat James Swan as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
A UN statement said that James Swan will lead the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the...
The Somali Federal Government’s Cabinet held its regular meeting today, which focused on the country’s security situation, drought relief, operations by the Somali National Army in areas still under terrorist control, and plans to modernize the governance system.
The meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of...
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has announced that Somalia has officially left the transitional constitutional period, following the completion of the national constitution.
In a speech, the president said that Somalia had been in a transitional regime for a long time based on a transitional constitution, but that phase had ended...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has issued a stern warning to the Eritrean leadership, saying his country will not tolerate any further attempts to harm the Ethiopian people.
Speaking in Tigrinya on the war in Tigray, Abiy strongly condemned what he described as widespread genocide and looting by Eritrean troops...
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated after the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it had attacked or sunk more than 20 Iranian naval vessels.
The command’s press release said that one of the Iranian vessels was torpedoed while in international waters in the Indian Ocean. The incident...
Members of both houses of the Somali Parliament have unanimously approved the country’s new constitution.
The Speaker of the House of the People, Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Madoobe), who chaired the meeting, announced that 222 members had approved the constitution, including 185 members of the House of the People and...