Families of some of the crew members of an oil tanker hijacked off the coast of Somalia have staged a protest in Karachi, demanding the release of their relatives who have been held captive by Somali pirates for 23 days.
The Palau-flagged MT Honour 25 was hijacked on April 21...
Kenyan President William Ruto has said that the reopening of the border between Kenya and Somalia has been postponed due to the security situation and political differences in Somalia.
Ruto, in an interview with France 24, said that plans to reopen the border were stalled after fighting broke out between...
Gedo regional governor, Abdullahi Shimbir, said that any election held in the region must be based on consultation and legality, saying that the regional administration was not consulted on the plans for the elections that were said to be held in Gedo.
Governor Shimbir said that discussions with the Federal...
The Turkish government has strongly denied allegations spread on social media that Ankara is interfering in Somalia’s internal affairs and pressuring the opposition to support a particular political party.
A statement from the Turkish presidential press and information department said the reports were “baseless” and aimed at misleading public opinion.
“Allegations...
Former President of the South West State of Somalia, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, has warned of fraud in the elections held in the South West region, calling on the electoral commission and the government to handle the results fairly and transparently.
The results of the elections held last Sunday were...
The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the Kingdom of Jordan have strongly condemned the hijacking of an oil tanker from international waters off Yemen, reportedly carrying Egyptian sailors, and diverting it to Somali waters.
The three countries said in a statement issued by their Foreign Ministries that the incident was...
The Salvation Forum has announced another protest in Mogadishu on May 16 after accusing the federal government of obstructing an opposition protest planned for yesterday in Mogadishu, which it said was in support of people displaced from their homes.
The forum said it would continue what it described as a...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to attend the inauguration ceremony of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.
The Somali President’s visit is part of a series of African leaders in Kampala, including Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi...
Reports from the Libyan capital Tripoli say that security forces and armed groups have arrested more than 600 migrants since Friday, following a large-scale operation in various neighborhoods of the city.
The arrests include a large number of Somalis. Warsame Abdi Mohamed, a Somali living in Tripoli, said that more...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has questioned why opposition leaders staged their protest on the same day as the South West State’s one-person, one-vote elections, a statement he made during a speech on the country’s general situation.
The president congratulated the people of South West, saying they participated peacefully in...