Turkey secures rights to 90 percent of oil and gas output in Somalia deal, document shows

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Levent Kenez/Stockholm The full text of a wide-ranging hydrocarbons agreement between Turkey and Somalia has been made public following its submission to the Turkish Parliament...

Statement by the African Union Special Representative to Somalia on the occasion of World Refugee Day

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JUNE 20, 2016 AMISOM PR/025/2016 Press Release On the occasion of World Refugee Day, the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, and...

AU Special Representative condemns terrorist attack in Mogadishu

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Mogadishu, 1 March 2019 - The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, strongly condemns the...

Suspected Al-Shabaab militants fire mortar shells toward Aden Adde International Airport and the heavily fortified Halane compound in Mogadishu

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Suspected Al-Shabaab militants fired six mortar shells toward the Aden Adde International Airport and the heavily fortified Halane compound in Mogadishu on Sunday morning,...

Somali authorities detain two radio directors without charge

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Nairobi, February 14, 2014-The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by reports that two radio directors in the capital, Mogadishu, were arrested and...

EU grants $200 million to Somalia for security, education

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The European Union has given Somalia 158 million euros ($200 million) to improve education, the legal system and security, its new envoy said on...

Kenya, Somalia tiff simmers amid ‘offensive maps’

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, during inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu, on Febraury 22, 2017. [File, Standard]
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A mere promise by Somalia to “revisit” the actions of an international company at the core of maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia is...

Somalia’s New Regional President Elected Amid Claims of Government Interference

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LAS ANOD – Mr. Abdikadir Ahmed Ali Firdhiye has been elected as the first President of Somalia’s newly formed Northeastern state following a vote...

Gulf social media reacts to reports on Qatar links in al-Shabaab hostage release

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Users in the Arab Gulf region reacted to the reports of Qatari involvement in the recent hostage release of Italian volunteer Silvia Romano after...

Trust deficit keeps Somalia’s leaders at loggerheads

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by Selam Tadesse Demissie and Andrews Atta-Asamoah Does Prime Minister Roble have enough support and independence to ensure elections can be held at last? Somalia faces...