Tag: Somalia

Increased conflicts and insecurity, particularly the humanitarian emergency in the Sudan, the continued effects of the severe 2020–23 drought, and widespread ...

BY STIG JARLE HANSEN The United Nations security council unanimously voted on 15 August 2024 to extend the mandate of ...

BY FAUZIYA ALI On August 1, 2024, the African Union's Peace and Security Council made yet another significant decision at ...

MOGADISHU - Newly appointed AU Commission Chairperson Deputy Special Representative to Somalia Sivuyile Thandikhaya Bam on Sunday February 25, 2024, ...

MOGADISHU - Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has hailed the security agreement with Türkiye as a cornerstone of the strong ...

Somaliland, the northwestern breakaway region of Somalia seeking international recognition, has been in the news in recent months.  This follows ...

BY SAMUEL OYEWOLE Renewed attacks on ships by suspected Somali pirates since November 2023 have fuelled fear of a new threat of piracy off ...

Somaliland declared itself an independent state in 1991. It used colonial boundary lines to separate itself from Somalia. More than ...

Ukraine and Somalia are exploring ways of rescuing Ukrainians who were captured by Al Shabaab on January 10. This emerged ...

BY BIZUNEH YIMENU and ROBERT MCCABE On 1 January, Ethiopia and Somaliland signed a memorandum of understanding granting Addis Ababa direct access ...