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In a surprise move, Puntland President, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali known as Gaas told reporters on Friday that his government is aware of some of the…

Interior cabinet secretary Joseph Nkaissery is dead.   He passed on after being admitted to Karen Hospital on Saturday, July 8 – Hours later, his…

Following al-Shabaab attacks, Kenya vowed to build a wall along its border with Somalia – Photos have now emerged of the wall Kenya has built….

Saudi Arabia and three allies boycotting Qatar have agreed to a request by Kuwait to extend by 48 hours Sunday’s deadline for Doha to comply with a set of demands,…

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Five years after hitting the one billion mark, the social media giant founded in 2004 hit another milestone.   The social media network giant Facebook…

PRESS STATEMENT 11/2017 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, congratulates all Somalis on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr. “On behalf…

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PRESS STATEMENT 09/2017 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms last night’s attack on…

June 12, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) – The leaders of the East African regional block – the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Monday have decided to…

Somaliland’s main opposition leader has hinted at a possible unification with Somalia ahead of next year’s elections.   Somaliland, which acquired independence in 1991 during…

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Yemen and Egypt severed ties with Qatar on Monday morning, following a diplomatic rift in the Gulf region in recent…

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the…

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President Uhuru Kenyatta today takes the inaugural ride aboard the high-speed Standard Gauge Railway train to Nairobi. The symbolic journey will bring to an end…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating sends his best wishes to the people of Somalia on the arrival of…

News release 23 MAY 2017 | GENEVA – Today the Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO….

More than 30,000 Somali refugees have apparently returned to Somalia from Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said, and an increasing number are seeking aid…

President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday held talks with the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Peter Thomson, on the need for the UN to…

On May 11, Somalia will be marking one of the most important milestones in the history of the country since the efforts to reconstruct the…

At least 29 schoolchildren and their teachers were killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday. Speaking to the Citizen, the Karatu District…

April 28, 2017 Excellency, Mr. Prime Minister Binali Yildrim Excellency, Professor Alpha Conde, President of Guinea and Term President of the African Union, Excellencies, Ministers,…

The Commander of Puntland presidential guard Abdirashiid Abdirahim Ismail:”Security forces in Bossaso have followed up on information for the past 24 hours, regarding three explosives….

Mogadishu, 21 April 2017 – The Federal Government of Somalia has wholeheartedly thanked the government and the citizens of the United Arab Emirates, which has…

April 15 -16, 2017, ​Mogadishu – The national and regional level leaders of the Federal Government of Somalia held a National Consultative Forum in Mogadishu…

Emma Morano, who at 117 was believed to be the world’s oldest person and the last surviving child of the 19th century, died on Saturday,…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating strongly condemned the recent spate of terrorist incidents that have caused carnage among…