Mogadishu 12th April, 2020 - The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, congratulates the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF) as they mark 60 years since their...
Somali journalists in Mogadishu, Somalia December 29, 2019. © REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Allow Public Debate on Security, Covid-19 Responses
(Nairobi) – Somali authorities have been stepping up their intimidation of journalists as the country faces a growing number of Covid-19 cases. Since mid-April 2020 alone,...
The International Court of Justice has postponed a hearing into Somalia and Kenya's long-running maritime dispute by another 10 months following Kenya’s petition.
Both countries claim sovereignty of an area in the Indian Ocean that is thought to be rich...
By Goth Mohamed Goth
The two technical committees representing Somaliland and Somalia in the ongoing Consultation talks in Djibouti late last night signed a five-point preliminary agreement.
The two sides also agreed upon five points as guidelines for the three subcommittees...
By Anwar A. Bashir
The world is encountering enormous challenges, especially during the pandemic where all the countries are suffering because of the invisible and the invincible Covid-19. Moreover, some countries are exploiting the Covid-19 in order to extend their...
Militants have carried out an attack on a beachfront hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring nearly 30 others, officials said.
Officials and witnesses told VOA Somali that a car bomb exploded outside Elite...
In the Horn of Africa and elsewhere the daily litany of human wrongs involving crimes of sexual abuse and domestic violence is both shocking and utterly depressing. As if these were not bad enough, matters are made worse by...
On February 8, 2021, the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) descended into leadership crisis after the members of the federal parliament and president Farmajo lost the mandate to govern because of the end of their terms in office on...
Mogadishu - March 21st 2021; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, met, today, with the former Presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President Ahmed Mohamed Islam...
By Foreign Lobby
Somalia’s embattled president has hired a US lobby shop to help build inroads with Congress amid growing criticism from the Joe Biden administration over stalled elections in the East African country.
The Embassy of Somalia retained New Jersey-based...