Last week, the U.S. government recognized a government of Somalia for the first time since 1991. In his remarks to Secretary of State Clinton, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud spoke of Somalia emerging from a period of chaos to one...
Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why.
In an industrial estate in...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's most dangerous militant group said Thursday that it killed a French hostage that French military forces tried to rescue last weekend during a botched raid.
Al-Shabab said in a Twitter posting that the agent, Denis...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will on Thursday officially recognize the Somali government in Mogadishu, ending a hiatus of more than 20 years and opening the door to increased U.S. and international economic help for the violence-plagued African...
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Jubbaland Diaspora Association urges the international community for now to facilitate more political dialogue among different Somali groups rather than to lift the arms embargo, which will be a recipe for disaster...
A Somali pirate kingpin nicknamed "Big Mouth" has renounced a life of hijacking ships.
Before his announcement on Friday, Mohamed "Afweyne" Abdi Hassan's profession earned him fame and fort une - prior to an international naval crackdown that has curbed...
A Somali pirate kingpin nicknamed "Big Mouth" has renounced a life of hijacking ships.
Before his announcement on Friday, Mohamed "Afweyne" Abdi Hassan's profession earned him fame and fort une - prior to an international naval crackdown that has curbed...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
A Labour MP has accused the government of complacency and putting the public "at greater risk" by changing the way some terror suspects are monitored.
Pat McFadden's comments come as police continue to search for Ibrahim Magag,...
A 3G network has been launched by Somalia's leading telecommunication operator Hormuud Telecom to allow mobile and computer based users to enjoy the fast internet service.
At a press conference during the launch, Hormuud Telecom chairman Mr. Ahmed Mohamud Yusuf...
The Somali Parliament has rejected the country’s budget after a series of debates. The budget has already sparked intense debates among members of parliament and was postponed on several occasions.
Parliament speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari announced that seventy members of...