Somalia's Foreign Minister thanked the U.K government for their enormous contribution to Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 18, 2022-The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Abdisaid Muse Ali, on Tuesday, spoke with UK Minister for Africa, H.E Vicky...
Somalia’s government spokesperson was wounded on Sunday in an explosion in the capital suspected to have been set off by a suicide bomber, state-run media reported. A photographer at the scene of the explosion reported seeing body parts lying on...
A car bomb exploded on a road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, the head of the city's ambulance services said. Mogadishu resident Mohamed Osman said the shock of the...
By Dr. Mohamud M Uluso The 2016-2017 parliamentary and presidential elections, in which Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo defeated incumbent president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with wide margin, represented a political momentous in the history of post-civil war Somali government for peaceful transfer...
Somalia’s allies expressed alarm over the intensifying row between the country’s president and prime minister as heavily armed factions patrolled parts of Mogadishu yesterday, raising fears that the political crisis could erupt into violence. Soldiers loyal to the premier took...
By Abdirizak M. Diis In the wake of recent developments in the political arena of Somalia between President Farmajo and Prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble requires bold and prudent actions in saving the country's future. Beginning with the armed forces...
Press Release Response to Office of the President's 26 December 2021 statement on the ongoing national elections Date: 26 December 2021 The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, is disappointed with the 26 December 2021 statement...
After months of delays, failed deadlines, and rising tensions between the government, opposition, and the federal member states, and as the 2021 year is drawing to a close, no presidential election is in sight. President Farmajo seems intent in...
The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to re-authorize the deployment of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia for three months, till March 31, 2022. Resolution 2614, which won the unanimous approval of the 15 members...
On Wednesday December 15, the United States Senate passed House Resolution 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, by a vote of 88-11.  Title LXIV, Section 6472 of this Act pertains to the “Strategy and reporting related...