With police reports that the guns used by terrorists in Nairobi’s DusitD2 hotel complex attack belonged to Somalia government, Somaliland now wants any sale, or donation of military equipment to Mogadishu subjected to serious scrutiny.
In a letter to the...
On 11-12 October, governments, NGOs and decision-makers will be gathering in London for the Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Conference.
A crucial part of this conference will be the meeting co-hosted by the Elephant Protection Initiative - an African-led initiative to protect the continent’s elephant...
A new fishing deal signed between the Somalia government and vessels tied to the China Overseas Fisheries Association raises serious questions. Some Somalis, particularly those in the fishing community, worry that their livelihoods will be gutted, while others fear...
“Puntland fully well knows that Somaliland is united in every way and that none can encroach on its territory without suffering the consequences,” said Minister Suleiman Yusuf Ali Koore, Somaliland minister for water resources.
The Minister was responding to, first, a...
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Somalia is the most corrupt in the world, Denmark the least, while America's falling score is a 'red flag', according to a global corruption watchdog.
Transparency International highlighted Hungary and the United States in their Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018,...
Several analysts have highlighted the supposed weakening of Al Shabaab, the violent Somali Islamist militant group. The Somali foreign minister Abdisalam Hadliyeh Omer claimed recently for example that the Al-Qaeda allied terrorist outfit controls less than 10% of Somali...
The political conflict in Somalia is no longer characterised as a conflict between clans vying for the presidency. The conflict is over the form of government Somalia would adopt to be become a viable state again. There are many...
By Peter MARTELL - NAIROBI -After decades of war, Somalia is taking small steps toward recovery, but breakaway regions, rival clans and the competing interests of neighbouring nations are threatening its fragile progress, analysts warn.
In the past two years,...
Somalia was hit by two violent attacks Monday, one killing an Islamic cleric and 17 of his followers for playing music and a second killing at least six people in a car bomb blast in the capital, Mogadishu, police...