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...
Puntland region presidential hopeful Abdirahman Mohamed Hassan has accused the sitting president Abdirahman Farole of carrying out massacre in Gardo. Speaking from the Egyptian capital, Mr. Hassan has voiced concern about the recent clashes between protesters and security forces in...
On Friday, the political battle in Puntland turned violent when demonstrates clashed with Presidential guards in Gardo, the provincial capital of Karkaar region. The demonstrators gathered in the Town center and the main roads, setting fire to tyres while chanting...
 Commander, Combined Maritime Forces Office of Public Affairs www.combinedmaritimeforces.com PRESS RELEASE                                                                                                   21 November 2012   COMBINED MARITIME FORCES INTERDICT SUSPECTED PIRATE SHIP   Turkish Navy warship TCG Gemlik, the flagship of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) has successfully interdicted...
The capture of Kismayo by Kenyan and Ogaden militants last month was received with mixed reactions. The international community led the US welcomed the defeat of Al-Shabab, which became an obstacle to Somalia peace process for so long. But on...
As little-known politician Fauzia Yusuf Haji Adan was sworn in as Somalia’s first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister on Monday Nov. 19, the stateswoman who hails from the unrecognised, self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland is tipped to become...