Most of Somalia’s debt was built up during Siad Barre’s military dictatorship and the ensuing civil war, which lasted three decades. Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP
By Faisal Ali
Somalia has announced that more than $1.1bn (£860m) of outstanding loans will be...
Every four years, due to election impasse, the Somali People have to deal with the specter of political violence and civil strife instead of celebrating the results of peaceful, free, and fair election affirming the legitimacy of the authority of the federal Government. The last one-year election (2021-2022) jeopardized the viability of...
By Adam Muse Jibril
There is no question now that the international community’s huge efforts to help Somalia in the state-building project are failing, and there is an urgent need to change track to save the country from further deterioration...
From left, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. AFP
Hamza Hendawi
Tuesday October 15, 2024
Egyptian military advisers, trainers and counter-terrorism commandos support Somali forces in fight against Al Shabab militants
Egypt is...
Egypt’s intervention in Somalia is posing unprecedented threat to regional stability in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopian Public Diplomacy Institute (EPDI) in Sweden President Yassin Ahmed warned.
The president told ENA that Egypt was unable to contribute to peace keeping...
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki (R) has been holding talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdul Fattah al-Sisi (C) and Somalia's Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) in Asmara. Eritrean Information Ministry
Thursday October 10, 2024
By Teklemariam Bekit
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea...
By Abdi Sheikh
An Egyptian warship has delivered a second major cache of weaponry to Somalia including anti-aircraft guns and artillery, port and military officials said on Monday, in a move likely to stoke further friction between the two countries...
The Government of the Republic of Somaliland expresses profound concern over the recent supply of heavy weapons to the Mogadishu administration by Egypt which jeopardizes the security of a region already facing complex security challenges
The Government of Somaliland is...
By M.A. Egge
The government of Somaliland has clarified the fact that its move to summarily close the Egyptian Cultural Library in Hargeisa was mainly due to the fact that it veered from activities meant for its purpose and indulged...
Credit/ Arab World Press (AWP)
By Shahira Amin
Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia have escalated in recent days. Relations between the two African countries, already strained since 2011 due to Ethiopia’s construction and filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile—a project Egypt...