Monday, April 20, 2026
The weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Federal Government of Somalia which was chaired today by the Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama focused on the flooding of the Shabelle River in the Hiran region, the preparation of the certificate examination in...
U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Public Affairs Press Release: Wednesday, May 24 Contact:Treasury Public Affairs, Press@Treasury.gov Treasury Designates Terror Operatives and Illicit Charcoal Smugglers in Somalia. WASHINGTON Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted 26 individuals and entities connected with the terrorist group al Shabaab, including15 financial...
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out an airstrike targeting the Al-Shabaab group in Jilib district on May 20, 2023. According to Timothy S. Pietrack, AFRICOM's Deputy Chief of Public Affairs, the initial assessment of this attack shows that the bombing was carried out without causing any harm to...
The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, attended the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AFDB) today in the city of Sharma el-Sheikh. The summit, which focuses on climate action and mobilizing private sector financing for green growth, aims to set a sustainable development plan for Africa as...
The Ethiopian government has revealed the real damage caused by the two-year war in the Tigray region, which the warring parties have recently reconciled. The Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Ahmed Shide Mohamed, who opposed the report of the 9 bills to the Budget Planning Committee of the People's Assembly,...
More news is coming out of the planned operations that the government forces carried out last night in the Howlwadaag district of Mogadishu, in which members of Al-Shabaab and others were arrested. A statement issued by the police command of the general division of Banadir region said that in the...
The Somali Police Force and the African Union AMISOM have agreed to increase the security of the Hirshabelle region after talks in Jowhar between the commanders of both sides. The meeting was attended by the Hirshabelle State Police Commissioner, Col. Hassan Dhicisow, Head of the United Nations Office in Jowhar,...
The Security Forces and the National Intelligence of Somalia have again today seized military equipment and supplies at the port of Mogadishu that were said to be going to the Al-Shabaab group. The Minister of State of the Ministry of Internal Security of the Government of Somalia, Mohamed Ali Hagaa...
The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hamsa Abdi Barre, today opened the National Conference of Somali youth in Mogadishu to implement the National Youth Policy. This conference, which is the 9th gathering of Somali youth, will last for three days, and was attended by hundreds of young...
The Puntland opposition politicians' forum said that they are not aware of or reject talks on the Puntland election controversy. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Puntland, Abdi Farah Juha, said on Friday yesterday that the politicians opposed to the election refused to participate in a lunch meeting that they...