Somalia

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...

pecial Representative Nicholas Kay. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Tobin Jones 3 Print 12 September 2013 – While praising the people and Government of Somalia, along with their international partners, for being “on the brink of achieving truly great things,” the top United Nations Envoy in...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Lockdowns have begun in Africa as coronavirus cases rise above 1,000, while Nigeria on Saturday announced it is closing airports to all incoming international flights for one month in the continent's most populous country. Rwanda said...

During the last three weeks, the world have witnessed Somalia Air Traffic Controllers, sponsored and financed by the Federal Government of Somalia undertaking air traffic piracy insurgences and have become a serious menace to the Horn of Africa Aviation’s,...

Two years after Qatar was accused of sponsoring terrorism abroad – and isolated by many Gulf states and their African counterparts – comes the news that Qatar may well be coordinating attacks in Somalia. The New York Times reported Monday...

Claims of favoritism have marred Somalia’s senate elections after outspoken opposition politicians were elbowed out of nomination lists in Jubbaland and southwest states. Jubbaland voted last Thursday, electing four of eight senators in a vote that saw two prominent candidates...

The Somalia Conference took place at Lancaster House on 7 May 2013, co-hosted by the UK and Somalia, and attended by fifty-four friends and partners of Somalia. We met at a pivotal moment for Somalia. Last year Somalia’s eight-year transition ended and...

By Dr. Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed This is an attempt to shed light on the complexities of the recent constitutional review proposal made on 27/05/2023 by the National Consultative Council (NCC) composed of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and three regional presidents...

Somalia spoils , Issue 1349 SOMALIA’s shark-infested waters have grown even more dangerous recently, with a new set of predators from the City of London and the UK Conservative party circling our war-ravaged country’s offshore oil reserves. A United Nations panel...

Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why. In an industrial estate in...