Mogadishu, 9th June, 2020 - At approximately 9:00 a.m. on June 8, 2020, Al-Shabaab terrorists laid an ambush on a main supply route in an area North East of Janaale, in the Lower Shabelle region.
Our AMISOM forces on a...
The money transfer service, empowering Somalis at home and abroad.
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WorldRemit, the global online money transfer service has announced the launch of its remittance services in Somalia. WorldRemit operates in over 50 send countries to over 150 receive countries...
Former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre
Let me begin by saying that “The thrill of Nabad iyo Nolol is gone". Some, including myself, believe there was no thrill to begin with. I truly have some reservations about the sudden...
Al-Shabab has several thousand fighters, including an unknown number of foreigners, in Somalia. (AP PHOTO)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government claimed Saturday that the al-Shabab extremist group has for the first time asked to open negotiations, amid a military...
The Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H.E Sadik Warfa and the World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director and Representative Cesar Arroyo today signed an Output Agreement enabling WFP to implement the Shock Responsive Safety Net for Locust...
Mogadishu, March 7, 2021 — It was with grief and immense sadness that AMISOM learnt of the passing away of its first Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to Somalia and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Nicolas...
by Dekow Diriye
I read your article yesterday on Foreign Policy with keen eyes and interest. While whining from public officials does not deserve response from any sensible citizen of the Republic of Somalia, I felt compelled to counter false...
A suspected looter pulls a few items along the ground outside a vandalised mall in Vosloorus. MARCO LONGARI / AFP
By Abdi Ismail Samatar
Abdi Ismail Samatar reflects in the recent unrest in South Africa and compares it to Somalia, writing...
The international community is alarmed that Somalia's current constitutional crisis that has paralyzed that national executive will hinder efforts at organizing federal elections.
"As Somalis mark the one-year anniversary of the 17 September Agreement, international partners are increasingly alarmed that...
By Liban A. Ahmad
In January 2022, many Somalis will have reflected on the thirty-first anniversary of the state collapse of 1991. The piecemeal governance transformation that Somalia has undergone since 2000, when the first transitional administration was formed after...