The Ethiopian government has announced the closure of its embassy in Asmara, Eritrea, citing direct and indirect actions taken by Eritrea against Ethiopia as the reason for this move.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that ten Eritrean diplomats based in Addis Ababa have...
160 Somali citizens returning from Yemen have been welcomed in Mogadishu; they are bound for various regions across Somalia, including Puntland, Somaliland, and Jubbaland.
Liiban Abdi Igal, the head of the National Commission for Refugees and IDPs, emphasized the importance of repatriating Somali citizens facing hardship in countries they entered...
Domestic flights connecting Mogadishu and Puntland were disrupted this morning after the Somali government enforced a requirement that domestic travelers must possess the NIRA national identity card.
Passengers on a Freedom Airlines flight departing from Garowe for Mogadishu and Nairobi were informed at the airport that they could not travel...
The Minister of Security for the Southwest State, Isaaq Mohamed Korsaar, has announced the imposition of a curfew in the city of Baidoa, restricting the movement of people and vehicles after Maghrib prayers.
Speaking on the city's security situation, the Minister stated that the curfew decision is part of measures...
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, described the House of Representatives and local council elections in Galmudug and Hirshabelle as a significant step toward democracy and the advancement of the country's electoral system.
The President noted that the people living in the Mudug, Galguduud, Hiiraan,...
Eight Egyptian sailors, who had been held since May 2nd aboard the M/T Eureka—a vessel seized off the coast of Puntland—have been released, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty instructed the Egyptian Embassy in Mogadishu to receive the sailors, verify their health and...
Five foreign crew members were killed aboard the MT Honer 25 before Puntland maritime forces launched an operation to rescue the vessel, which had been forcibly seized by pirates.
According to Puntland authorities, the deceased crew members included three nationals of Pakistan, one from Myanmar, and one from India. Four...
The Justice and Unity Party (JSP) has selected Abdifatah Hassan Afrah as its candidate for the position of Deputy Leader of Hirshabelle for the 2026–2031 term. This decision followed a meeting today of the party's Executive Committee, presided over by the party's Secretary-General, Dr. Hussein Sheikh Mohamud.
During the meeting,...
The Somaliland Ministry of Trade and Tourism has officially opposed a bread price hike recently announced by individuals claiming to represent the "Bread Manufacturers' Association" of Somaliland.
The Ministry stated that the association is not registered with the Ministry and lacks the legal status required to officially speak for or...
The Banadir Regional Police Command stated that police officers entered Mogadishu Hospital in the Yaqshid district after the hospital administration refused to release a mother who had recently undergone surgery and her son, born ten days earlier.
Police stated that the incident stemmed from the case of Zamzam Mohamud Ilmi,...