By Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Somalia’s most recent political impasse, and the way it eventually resolves, will have significant consequences not only for the country but also its neighbours, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Somalia is, once again, in political turmoil. The Horn of...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the lower house of the Somali parliament voting to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term by...
Somalia leader Mohamed Abdullahi is welcomed by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the start of his state visit as Kenya Defence Forces chief Samson Mwathethe looks on, March 23, 2017. Image: PSCU
Somalia restored diplomatic relations with Kenya on Thursday after...
Nairobi, July 12, 2021 — Somali authorities should investigate the recent attack on journalist and press freedom advocate Hanad Ali Guled and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On the night of June 23, ...
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses her statement, during the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nation, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via...
Friday December 10, 2021
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, once considered a fair leader by the opposition, is now on the receiving end of the wrath of the opposition and other political leaders.
Tables turned
Recently re-elected Senator Muse Sudi Yalahow...
This undated handout photo released by South Korea's military on May 4, 2009 shows South Korean soldiers aboard a helicopter aiming a sniper rifle at a pirate boat after repelling its attack on a North Korean ship in waters...
President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his first term, arrives for a meeting with then-British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London, February 4, 2013
This Sunday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made history as the first...
by Jacfar Jimcale
The World Bank (WB) is launching the Somali Electricity recovery Project (SERP) which will cost 150M USD and its worth mentioning that the money is not coming from WB account. It comes from Multi-partner Fund (MPF) account...
A photo combination of video frame grab images of the four women arrested and arraigned in a military court in Mogadishu, Somalia, based on charges of assisting the Al Shabaab on August 9, 2023. PHOTO | ARMED FORCES COURT...