Somalia has officially taken a seat on the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), its first since the council was established in 2003, in a major diplomatic achievement for the country.
Somalia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union, Abdullahi Warfaa, officially hoisted the Somali flag at the council’s...
The United States and Iran have reached a two-week ceasefire agreement to pave the way for talks to defuse escalating tensions between the two sides.
The US president announced that he had suspended planned military strikes after Iran agreed to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, , said...
A political crisis has erupted following an indirect election held today in Baidoa, where the Somali Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport, Abdulqadir Mohamed Nur (Jaamac), won the HOP204 seat in the House of the People.
The election, which took place late today, was conducted by indirect means, with the...
US President Donald Trump has warned that his country will launch a massive attack on Iran's vital infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not fully reopened by a deadline set today.
Trump said US forces have the ability to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges "within hours", pressuring Tehran...
Representatives of the Somali foreign ministry met with officials from the breakaway region of Abkhazia in Georgia during an international economic conference in Sokhumi on April 3–4, the administration’s foreign ministry said.
Somalia does not officially recognize Abkhazia as an independent state. However, local media outlet Apsnypress reported that Somali...
A report by The Times shows how tensions in the Middle East, particularly the involvement of the Houthis in the Red Sea crisis and the region, have once again highlighted the geopolitical importance of Somaliland.
The report says that Iran-backed Houthi fighters fired a missile at Israel for the first...
The Chairman of the National Electoral and Borders Commission, Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan, arrived in Baidoa on Monday, leading a delegation tasked with preparing for the upcoming general elections in the South West State of Somalia.
The trip follows the Electoral Commission’s plans to implement direct one-person, one-vote elections, which are...
The Commander of the Somali National Army, Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamud, has promoted the troops who took part in the operation to reopen the key road connecting Mogadishu and Baidoa, which has been blocked by Al-Shabaab for 14 years.
Speaking to units of the army in Baidoa, the commander...
Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, said that the Çağrı Bey oil drilling vessel will arrive in Somalia on Friday, where it will begin its first offshore drilling operation.
"On Friday, our Çağrı Bey will arrive in Somalia. We will begin the first offshore drilling operation in...
The President of the Northeastern State of Somalia, Abdikadir Ahmed Ali Firdhiye, said that his administration fully supports the completion and amendment of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
President Firdhiye also called for the acceleration of the implementation of one person, one vote elections, stressing that political...