By Mukhtar Ainashe FILE - Somalis march and protest against the government and the delay of the country's election in the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia, February 19, 2021.  The legitimacy and political relevance of the Somali Federal Government have been increasingly declining...
By Andrew Korybko Somalia has the right to conduct its foreign policy however it wants and to ask those who it invited into the country to leave, but the consequences of expelling Ethiopia’s anti-terrorist forces – who are the most...
Ethiopian and Somali government soldiers line-up before embarking on a joint patrol in areas south east of Dusamareeb, March 19, 2014, as they prepare an offensive advance against al Shabaab militants, who have retreated into the central areas of...
By Goth Mohamed Goth Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) announced on Saturday that they seized illegal weapons and dismantled a network of suspected operating from the coastal city of Bosaso, Security officials intercepted a truck laden with illegal weapons in the...
The new Turkish-built terminal of Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, 25 January 2015. Source: AMISOM Photo / Ilyas Ahmed / Wiki CC A new ten-year agreement between Somalia and Turkey, signed on 8 February 2024, entrusts Ankara with...
By M.A. Egge The Somaliland Aviation and Airports Authority (SAAA) revealed that the Mogadishu based Somali government has acknowledged that that they have lost control of much of the airspace in many areas of their country. This was disclosed in a...
By Abdiaziz Amalo The Somali government has admitted that rations for the elite Somali soldiers trained by the United States have been diverted within a unit of its forces.

In a statement issued late Thursday, the government said it had conducted...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has this year added eight more places to a list of destinations that are ‘too dangerous’ for UK citizens to visit, bringing the total number of ‘banned’ countries and locations to 24. The Foreign Office...
In a groundbreaking announcement, the Foreign Minister of Somaliland, Dr. Essa Kayd Mohamud, declared that the country has withdrawn its recognition of Somalia as a sovereign entity. During an exclusive interview with Sharmake Ali (@Maydhalaalis), Dr. Mohamud emphasized that Somaliland...
By M.A. Egge The entire Horn of Africa countries with sea shores are competing for the land-locked Ethiopian market which has a population of over 120 million people, an issue that has made Somalia gnash its teeth with bitterness and...