A suspected mortar attack targeted the offices of United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday.
The offices are located inside the heavily-protected Adan Adde International Airport and the compound houses several western diplomatic...
The money’s end destination remains unclear
by Michael Rubin
A month after Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo’s term expired, Somalia remains without a legitimate government and the country is descending deeper into political chaos. As protestors prepare to take to the...
The Chairperson reaffirms that the AU remains committed to working with the Government and peoples of Somalia to further consolidate peace and security in the country
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 9, 2021/APO Group/ --
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission,...
Somalia’s opposition group on Tuesday accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo of undermining reconciliation after his office invited election stakeholders for dialogue, but excluded his rivals.
Villa Somalia, the president’s official residence, announced a one-day forum between Farmaajo and leaders of...
The Oil and Gas Investment Industry - International Oil Companies (IOCs) must withhold any investment involving Somalia until the country’s elections take place, and new government is formed.
By Marian Harbi
International Oil and Gas Companies and any other investment entities...
By Abdirizak M. Diis
The current election/selection impasse in Somalia between the Federal Member States and the Federal government is the symptom of a country that is deeply polarised with divergent clan interests, political ideologies, foreign interests, and pseudo-nationalistic slogans....
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...
Nairobi, March 4, 2021 — Authorities in the Somali semi-autonomous region of Puntland should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Farah Adan and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists...
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food scarcity in Somalia to the point that many families are only eating once a day, a UN agency said on Wednesday.
“By August, nearly 850,000 children under 5 are expected to be acutely malnourished,”...
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and President Uhuru Kenyatta during Farmaajo's inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia.
By Kevin Cheruiyot
The Federal Republic of Somalia will have to wait longer before sharing the table with other East Africa Community countries.
During the virtual 21st...