Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag (R) and his Somalian counterpart Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid (L) attend the signing ceremony of the Turkey-Somalia Joint Economic Commission meeting protocol at the Ministry of Economy in Ankara, Turkey on 12 January 2018...
Source of map: Nelson, Harold D. (Ed.) (1982). Somalia: A Country Study, p.15, Washington DC: American University, Foreign Area Studies; Library of Congress
Among other things, leaders of Somaliland base their claim for statehood that Somaliland was once British...
By MICHAEL MUGWANG'A
Somalia is on the brink of civil war once again.
The Horn of Africa nation seems to be cursed with unrealistic and vengeful a diaspora-thinking executive, rogue parliament, non-existent judiciary and divided and non-assertive international community
On the other...
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called Thursday on ordinary people to help flush out members of the al-Shabaab extremist group he described as “bedbugs.”
Mohamud was addressing large crowds at a government-organized rally against the al-Qaeda-linked militants held at a...
Mogadishu – Somalia’s youth need to be change-makers and actively take part in politics, reconciliation, peace-building, elections and ongoing efforts to help develop their country – this was the main message stemming from a recent panel discussion which brought together...
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and President Uhuru Kenyatta during Farmaajo's inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia.
By Kevin Cheruiyot
The Federal Republic of Somalia will have to wait longer before sharing the table with other East Africa Community countries.
During the virtual 21st...
The Horn of Africa was and is a region of utmost importance throughout the ages from time immemorial. It is where man first crossed from Africa to other parts of the world and it has always been a point...
After months of stalemate that at times turned violent, Somalia's political leaders finally agreed last month on a voting timetable - AFP/File
Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia has postponed elections that were due to start on Sunday after months of delays...
President Farmajo has issued a decree on Thursday suspending the powers of Prime Minister Roble. Farmajo accused Roble of making unilateral decisions that do not comply with the country's laws and provisional constitution.
The three-point decree says that the PM cannot issue...
By Ibrahim Hassan Gagale
In the Forum of UN Human Rights Commission held recently in Nairobi in December 2021, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia openly supported the genocide that Abiy Ahmed committed against his people, particularly against Tigray people, by...