Congresswoman Ilhan Omar made a rare visit by a U.S. lawmaker to Pakistan’s part of the disputed Himalayan region of…
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The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia is expected to have a new leader in the coming days after the…
Mogadishu – International partners* welcome today’s swearing-in of newly-elected members of Somalia’s House of the People and Upper House. After…
Somalia is one of the last major unexplored petroleum frontiers globally. In the past, it attracted the attention of international…
The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said a discussion was held on the security situation in the Jubaland state of…
A key IMF-supported programme funding military wages and other essential services in Somalia could expire in May if there are…
HOUSTON, Feb. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Coastline Exploration Limited (“Coastline”), the upstream oil and gas company focused on East Africa, announces that it has…
On February 4, on the sidelines of the 35th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are all set to meet in Beijing on Friday, ahead of the opening…
January 27, 2022. by Colin Robinson On January 22, news began breaking of agreement between the Somali government and the African…
The French government is now warning its citizens in Kenya of a looming terror attack in Nairobi targeting places frequented…
The new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order “when the conditions are…
Get to know the new U.S. ambassador to Somalia! Ambassador Larry André previously served as ambassador at the U.S. Embassy…
The UK’s Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford MP, today (17 January 2022) announced a $10 million package of UK support…
Mogadishu – International partners* are following with deep concern the current situation and political developments. We call on Somalia’s leaders to put…
Turkey has developed several drones in the last years and Turkey became the 6th country in the world that produces…
NAIROBI—A Somali commando unit trained by Central Intelligence Agency operatives and U.S. Navy SEALs has become so entangled in local…
Ethiopia’s government has ordered four of Ireland’s six diplomats serving at its embassy in Addis Ababa to leave the country…
The United States is warning pilots that planes operating at one of Africa’s busiest airports could be “directly or indirectly…
Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will not attend Sunday’s Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph because she has sprained her back, Buckingham…
Government of Tigray Official Press Release on Amnesty International latest report: “On November 10, 2021, Amnesty International (AI) issued a…
Thieves have stolen 541 kilograms of cocaine worth the equivalent of around $13 million from the police in South Africa.…
Jeffrey Feltman, special envoy for the Horn of Africa, will hold talks on Thursday and Friday to urge “all Ethiopians…
Mogadishu – With the peaceful completion of polling and announcement of preliminary results from ‘one person, one vote’ electoral process in…
Over the last few years, Kizilay Square in the heart of Ankara has experienced a unique kind of gentrification. The Turkish capital’s…
HOBYO SULTANATE; A Historical Reflection. Osman AidarusJust now·14 min read DISCLAIMER: While reading this piece, you’ll at several occasions come…
Update Report reaching from Amhara region indicates that TDF have taken over a strategic town of Chifra which is located…
Frankenstein is a work or agency that ruins its own creator. State secret services or intelligence organizations are frankenstein that…
U.S. Air Force aircraft take off from Kabul airport, Monday, August 30, as the US’ two-decadeslong presence in Afghanistan comes…
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO ETHIOPIA Subject: ETHIOPIA – Overview August 14 – 20: Both sides remain convinced that…
The Somali government has raised a new rift with troop contributing countries to a peacekeeping mission on its territory after…
The recent cleanup operations against Al-Shabab will certainly attract the ire and angry responses from the Satans in Galkayo and…
Reliable news source has relayed to this blog,WDM, a tragic story on Puntland election corruption in 2018. The story narrates…
The chronic Madax-Ka-Nool (lone head of the state show) political situation in Puntland State doesn’t expect challenges from the State’s…
Puntland authorities may get complacent and put their guard down as a result of some initial successes in apprehending and…
Turkish domestic and foreign policy is committed to highly centralized unitary government because of its vulnerability to Kurds’ demand for…
Kat (aka Qat, Chat, Khat) is Grave National Security Threat to Somalia. If Somalia is to survive as a nation-state…
The Somali Salvation Front – SSF, (Jabhadda Badbaadinta Soomaaliyeed), the first Somali Political and armed opposition against the Military Junta…
According to reliable intelligence sources, the Spokesman of the extremist movement in Somalia, Al-Shabab, Mr. Ali Dheere, is gravely sick…
Somaliland Attn: Abiyi Ahmed, PM. Mustafe Cagiar, dds, & Concerned Global Citizens. Frm: Hussein Hassan Re: Attestation. On Monday, May…
GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) – Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region held its first parliamentary election for 16 years on Monday, in what…
After a let up, the US State Department has indicted Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) of war crimes,…
Somalia’s embattled president has hired a US lobby shop to help build inroads with Congress amid growing criticism from the Joe…
Somalia : Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the political and security situation The conclusions in the African…
United States: Joint press release on the meeting between High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and the U.S. Secretary of State Antony…
Somalia’s president, whose four-year term expired this month, should not take part in talks aimed at resolving a dispute that…
Must Think Before it Acts The Way Forward for the United States in Somalia. A nation must think before it…
For immediate release JOINT PRESS STATEMENT International Partners Urge Resolution of Electoral Impasse Mogadishu, 12 January 2021 – Somalia’s international…
DECLARATION OF HAWIYE CLANS CONFERENCE INMOGADISHU DATE: 5 JANUARY 2021 More than a thousand delegates representing Hawiye clans held a…
Al-Shabaab militants have kidnapped three gold miners in Milho, Sanaag region. Milho was controlled by Al-Shabaab for several hours in…
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to remove most of the its about 700 troops in Somalia working to…
The Republic of Somaliland is an independent state that fully and completely controls its land, sea and air borders. Somaliland…
These past few weeks, over 50,000 Tigrayan refugees have fled to Sudan to avoid risks. The Tigrayans that are living…
Entoto has shown us what we can achieve utilizing the assets we possess with knowledge & perseverance. For those who…
Some have already mistakenly and prematurily opined that the two regional presidents succumbed to pressure as consequenrky accepted the Dusamareeb…
Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners (listed below) welcome the arrival of the Federal Government leadership and that of several Federal Member States in…
Five Somali regionals have ruled out one person one vote system in the next election, called for an alternative, inclusive…