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Mogadishu – Somalia’s Shabaab Islamists have threatened to “welcome with bullets” British soldiers due to be deployed in support of…
The government of Somalia now says it is in the process of recruiting more police officers in a move aimed…
THE closure of informal money transfer companies, commonly known as Hawala earlier in the year, locked out an estimated $ 5.4…
The United Nations says Somalia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, making the United States the…
October 2, 2015——The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of #Somalia H.E. Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke who is attending the United…
WASHINGTON — Somalia’s Al-Shabab militants have moved to silence members suspected of pushing the group to switch its main alliance…
Somalia doesn’t have much of an embassy here. But after 24 years in the dark, it does have an ambassador…
Doubts are growing about African Union forces’ abilities to defeat the radical group al-Shabaab in Somalia. Despite the union’s battlefield…
28 September 2015 – Outlining the progress made so far by the Government and people of Somalia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed…
Hundreds of British troops will be deployed to Somalia and South Sudan to train African peacekeeping forces in order to…
Somali government endorsed the Sustainable Development Goals that will now succeed the Millennium Development Goals which conclude at the end…
Kenya is quietly lobbying for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohammed to become the next UN Secretary- General and the first…
Somalia’s parliamentary speaker has withdrawn an impeachment motion brought against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – the latest crisis to threaten…
Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northeastern Somalia, will conduct a survey of its offshore region to search for oil as…
Somalia has been attempting to build a government since 2007 HOW do you hold an election without registering voters? That…
The Politics of Insecurity in Somalia Almost every aspect of the security in Somalia is outsourced to deeply entrenched competing…
Mogadishu, 21 September 2015 –The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has welcomed the formal launch…
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) may have suffered at least 1,100 fatalities since 2009, according to information the…
Elephants, lions, leopards, giraffe and buffalo spotted for first time in decades in Somalia as they flee operations. Wild elephants,…
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has dismissed the capture of settlements by al Shabaab militants this month, saying they had…
