Militants Attack Beachfront Hotel in Somali Capital

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Militants have carried out an attack on a beachfront hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring nearly...

Efforts under way to end Somalia leaders’ spat

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Somali politicians have launched frantic efforts to defuse tensions after a damaging feud between the president and prime minister plunged the troubled country into...

SOMALIA: Former Somali Prime Minister calls Puntland authority ‘oppressive’

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This week, the former Prime minister of Somalia, Abdiweli Ali Gaas has called on the Puntland authorities not oppress the people and the media,...

Will President Farmajo Be Able to Realize that Somalia Is Worse-Off Than 2 Years Ago?

Former Presidents of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (right) stand side by side with the new president of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo at the inauguration ceremony in Mogadishu on 22 February 2017. UN Photo
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8 February 2019 marks the end of the second year of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo in office. During this period, Somalia suffered state political violence, deception, incompetence, recession, corruption;...

Somalia: Four killed in Bomb Blast among them Senior Police Officer

Afgoye Police Chief Abdukadir Osman Mursal Nunow
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MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least four people, including a town police chief, were killed after a bomb blast in Somalia on Sunday afternoon, the...

Kenya questions deadly plane crash in Somalia that killed 6

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s president has promised his Kenyan counterpart a “thorough investigation” into the deadly crash of a Kenyan plane carrying medical supplies...

Desert Locusts Put Ethiopian Crops At Risk

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Ethiopian agriculture officials say they are taking steps to control a major locust infestation that could threaten some of the country's staple crops. Swarms of...

World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers – UNICEF

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Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage NEW YORK/ VANCOUVER,...

An Open Letter the People of Puntland

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Somalis are no strangers to trials and tribulations, whether they be natural or manmade.  Puntland  has sought to find its own way forward, and...

Heavy Fighting Erupts in Mogadishu as Opposition Protests Loom

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By Goth Mohamed Goth MOGADISHU – Heavy gunfire broke out Wednesday at Dabka Junction in Mogadishu between government forces and security guards of former Prime...