Mogadishu (Africareview) A newly appointed Somalia Minister Mr Abukar Hassan Ali has resigned, citing clan expectations.
The resignation came a day after his appointment as Deputy Minister by the country’s Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. The PM also nominated 5...
On Thursday, the leader of the political association (Midnimo) made a call for dialogue with the government, amid heightened tension between the opposition and the Puntland authorities.
The call to President Farole’s regime by the newly formed political association (Midnimo)...
A car bomb in the Somali capital killed three people and wounded several others in the latest attack in war-ravaged Mogadishu, police said Friday.
"The car exploded while the driver was moving in it... three people were killed," said police...
War-torn Somalia moved a step closer to stability this September after picking its first president elected on home soil in decades.
Political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an academic and activist who has also worked for the United Nations and other...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a successful attack.
The task force's final recommendations noted that more than $300 million in ransoms has...
Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland is set to extend the political party formation period to allow more people to take part in the exercise.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday, Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission (TPEC) chairman Mohamed Hassan Bare said that...
Livestock herders near the central Somali town of Belet Weyne in the Hiiraan region. Photograph: Stuart Price/AU-UN IST/EPA
Local head of Food and Agriculture Organisation wants co-ordinated aid approach to helping Somalia be self-sufficient
When the UN declared famine in Somalia...
President Gül (L) welcomes his Somalian counterpart Mohamud with ceremony. The president says Turkey will lobby for funds to establish security forces. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Turkey will lobby for the formation of an international fund to establish security...
Eleven people were killed last night and seven others seriously injured in fresh clashes in Northern Puntland region.
Intense fighting broke out between Puntland Security Forces and militants loyal to Al shabab in Sugurre Village, Bari Province leaving 11 people...
NAIROBI (SP) -- Somali Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fowzia Yusuf Haji Adan has met in the Kenyan capital with her Kenyan counterpart Sam Ongeri.
Enhancing existing bilateral relations and boosting security cooperation were some of the core issues...