Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won re-election, according to unofficial data from state-run Anadolu Agency, in a tense run-off after he failed to secure more than 50 percent of votes required for an outright victory in the first round on May 14.
With 97 percent of ballot boxes opened,...
The US Embassy in Somalia has submitted a letter of accusation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Abshir Omar Jama Haruse, which she complained about the embassy security of the Prime Minister of Somalia and the president of the South West administration.
The American Embassy has accused the...
The Commander of the Uganda Land Forces (UPDF), Lt. Gen. Kayanja Muhanga was sent to Somalia to find out the circumstances of the Al-Shabaab attack on the Ugandan Army base in Buulo Mareer.
On Friday at 5 am, Ugandan troops who are part of the Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)...
The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Esaba Kőrösi, strongly condemned yesterday's attack by the Al-Shabaab group on the ATMIS military base in the Bula Marer district of the Lower Shabelle region.
Governor Csaba Kőrösi first expressed his condolences to the governments of Somalia and Uganda to...
Somali diplomats said that Russia has promised to help Somalia's armed forces in their fight against Al-Shabaab.
The diplomats, who asked not to be named because they were not allowed to talk to reporters, said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the request during a conversation with his Somali...
Somali security forces, alongside international partners, carried out an airstrike attack in the Lower Shabelle region on Friday, killing at least 30 al-Shabaab militants.
According to state media, the planned operations targeted four villages within the Kunturwarey district. Military vehicles and heavy weapons were destroyed during the operation.
The government media...
The African Union ATMIS command has issued a press release on the Al-Shabaab attack at dawn on their base in Buulo Mareer, 120 km southwest of Mogadishu.
ATMIS said Al-Shabaab attacked their base in an attack that used a vehicle filled with explosives and suicide bombers.
The ATMIS mission said that...
The al-Shabaab group said that they have taken over the ATMIS military base in Bulomareer district in the Lower Shabelle region.
A statement from the Al-Shabaab organization said that the Al-Shabaab group attacked Bulomareer from several directions and they were unable to take control of the ATMIS military base.
Al-Shabaab's statement...
The European Union (EU) has approved an amount of 20.5 million euros in budget support for the Federal Government of Somalia (DFS).
This support coincides with the Federal Government and the European Union launching a Joint Action Plan for cooperation between the European Union and Somalia, which outlines the priorities...
The United Nations has announced that it has received a sum of 2.4 billion dollars to fund aid operations for about 32 million people living in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
But the United Nations said that these donations fell short of the economic funding it was looking for as it...