A preliminary agreement with Somaliland giving landlocked Ethiopia access to the Gulf of Aden has heightened tensions in the Horn of Africa, a region already in turmoil. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts explain the implications of the controversial...
Turkey and Somalia signed an energy exploration and drilling deal on Thursday, further strengthening bilateral ties after concluding a defence agreement last month.
The deal targets hydrocarbon reserves in its exclusive economic zone, which hasn’t been developed since the collapse...
By M.A. Egge
The chairman of the UCID opposition party, Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe, has strongly condemned a report issued by the Heritage Institute in Somalia which has proved their animociousness and hostility towards the people and the cause of...
Press Release
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Somaliland has reviewed the Heritage Institute policy brief titled “Ethiopia’s MoU with Somaliland,” which alleges a threat to Somalia’s sovereignty and regional stability. Our assessment finds the brief to...
Map showing Somalia and Somaliland. Photo: Siirski | Wikimedia Commons
Since the start of the year, tensions between Somalia and Somaliland (an independent but internationally unrecognized state) have been high. While the two territories have been going at it for...
By Ambassador Adam Jibril Muse
All autocratic politicians share one basic belief that they own the absolute truth on life, the rulers of Somalia today continue to behave accordingly, both Al-Itisam of Hasan Sheik Mohamoud and Al-Shabab live in on...
The Minister of Internal Affairs, who is also the chair of the ruling KULMIYE Party Hon. Mohamed Kahin Ahmed, said that there are negative consequences of the gruesomely barbaric killings of Somaliland citizens in Mogadishu.
Minister Mohamed Kahin gave the...
The Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations issued a statement yesterday saying that it is “disappointed” by the “unjustified accusations” made by Somalia during a UN Security Council briefing on 19 February, 2024.
In the statement, Ethiopia expressed...
Mogadishu - This evening at around 06:30 PM, the Wadajir District Police Station in Banadir Region received information that the body of a citizen was found in his residence situated at the General Daud estate, of El Qalow district,...
Somalia has condemned what it calls "a provocative attempt by the Ethiopian government," claiming that Ethiopian security forces tried to block Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud from accessing the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, a government statement said...