[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's Council of Ministers on Thursday discussed the country's overall situation, including security, economic development and progress on the production of a new third-generation polycarbonate electronic passport...

[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa -- Senior officials from the World Bank and Somaliland's Ministry of Finance and Economic Development held talks on Wednesday to review the implementation of the World Bank-financed SPRING project, assess progress and finaliz...

[Horn Diplomat] Stuttgart -- Somaliland's Minister of Defense, Mohamed Yusuf Ali, led a senior delegation to the headquarters of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Stuttgart, Germany, for high-level strategic discussions focused on defense coopera...

[African Arguments] In October 2022, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin -- Secretary-General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the organisation that documents what happens to journalists in Somalia -- arrived at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu...

[Shabelle] Bosaso, Somalia -- Puntland's security forces on Thursday took full control of the headquarters and facilities previously occupied by an armed group formerly known as the Puntland Security Force (PSF), authorities said.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has provided $80,000 in compensation to the families of four people killed during clashes in Galmudug in June.

[Shabelle] Islamabad -- The Minister of Defence of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, who is on an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan leading a high-level delegation, today visited the Headquarters of the Paki...

[Shabelle] Garowe, Somalia -- Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni on Wednesday accused Somalia's federal government of supporting rival forces involved in clashes in the central city of Galkayo, saying a military operation by Puntland had sent a "...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia has extended its condolences to Ethiopia following a devastating landslide in the Amhara region that caused deaths and destruction, expressing solidarity with its neighbouring country during the tragedy.

[Horn Diplomat] Applications are now open for the UK Government's fully funded Chevening Scholarships, offering talented Somali professionals the opportunity to pursue a master's degree at leading UK universities.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Aug. 5 -- Somalia and Indonesia discussed strengthening cooperation in the blue economy, with both sides agreeing to establish technical working groups to deepen collaboration on marine resource management and sustainable develo...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Aug. 5 -- Heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday on the eastern outskirts of Galkayo in central Somalia, with Puntland security forces battling fighters from the Puntland Security Force (PSF), who Puntland authorities allege are ba...

[Radio Dalsan] A mounting cohort of senior Somali government ministers is poised to surrender their Kenyan passports and national identity documents within days, heeding President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's ultimatum that dual citizens holding public of...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday met Djibouti's armed forces chief, General Zakaria Sheikh Ibrahim, in Mogadishu ahead of a conference of military commanders from countries contributing troops to the African...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's elite Danab Special Forces carried out a planned operation targeting suspected Al-Shabaab positions in villages near Basro, an area between the Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions, military officials said on T...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- China has pledged 15 million Chinese yuan in humanitarian aid to Somalia, supporting vulnerable communities affected by drought, food insecurity and crises.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's army chief, Major General Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamud, on Tuesday presided over the graduation of an elite unit of the 16th Danab Special Forces Brigade after the troops completed advanced training at the Ballidogle mili...

[Shabelle] Las Anod, Somalia -- Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre joined hundreds of residents and leaders of the North East State administration on Monday night to mark the first anniversary of the establishment of the regional state in the nor...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Military experts from countries contributing troops to the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) opened a meeting in Mogadishu on Tuesday to prepare for an upcoming gathering of defence chiefs, of...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's army chief, Major General Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamud, visited the General Gordon Military Training School in Mogadishu on Tuesday to inspect the training of elite Somali special forces, military officials said.

[UN News] Amid a deepening hunger crisis in Somalia, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to deliver aid to the people who need it most.

[Shabelle] Baidoa -- Somalia's army chief and the commander of Turkey's military training mission visited the southwestern city of Baidoa on Monday for talks with South West State leader Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Madoobe) on strengthening security and...

[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa, Aug. 3 -- Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) has ordered free dialysis treatment for kidney patients, the urgent purchase of 15 additional dialysis machines and a nationwide assessment of hospital dialy...

[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa -- Somaliland's Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has launched a new initiative to centralize the printing, registration and oversight of government revenue collection documents, in a move aimed at strengthening fi...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Somalia's Second Deputy Prime Minister Jibril Abdirashid Haji has surrendered his Kenyan passport, weeks after he was deported from Nairobi after immigration authorities flagged the document at Jomo Kenyatta International Airp...

[African Arguments] As international debate surrounding Somaliland's recognition has returned to global headlines in recent months, questions of sovereignty and diplomacy have dominated the conversation. Reports of Israel's recognition of Somaliland ...

[Shabelle] Benghazi -- A delegation from Somalia's Independent Human Rights Commission visited a prison in eastern Libya on Monday, where dozens of Somali nationals are being held, as part of efforts to assess their conditions and strengthen cooperat...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu held talks in Mogadishu on Sunday focusing on defence cooperation, the campaign against Al-Shabaab and the future of the African Union Support and St...

[Shabelle] Hargeisa -- Somaliland on Sunday condemned a visit by Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre to the town of Las Anod, warning that the trip could inflame political and security tensions in the disputed region.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Al-Shabaab claimed on Monday that it had seized the strategic village of Teedaan in central Somalia's Hiiraan region after two days of fighting with government troops and allied clan militias.