Erdogan meets Kuwaiti Emir to discuss regional issues

Kuwait  City Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met in Kuwaiti capital Tuesday to discuss regional and international developments.The meeting between the two leaders was held at Bayan Palace, where Turkey’s relations with Gulf countries also came under discussion. The two leaders also witnessed a signing ceremony of a memorandum

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Somali Government will continue to the military operations against Al-shabaab

The Federal Government of Somalia is committed to the defeat of terrorist groups of al-Shabaab and Islamic State. The government will use all available resources, including foreign military support from our international partners in particular the United States of America and African forces Amisom.All airstrikes and offensive operations taking place in Somalia are well planned

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poll open in somaliland presidential election

The self-proclaimed state of Somaliland will vote for a new president on Monday, hoping to continue a series of democratic transitions of power that sets it apart from its troubled neighbour Somalia. The northern territory, which is more tribally homogenous and stable than the rest of Somalia, broke away in 1991 and has been striving

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Somaliland Warns Puntland of Interference in Its Election

Somaliland’s Kulmiye Presidential Candidate Muse Bihi Abdi has sent a threatening message to Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland.Bihi speaking at a joint press conference with the two other candidates in Hargeisa city has warned Puntland of military interference in the region’s Presidential election expected to take place Nov 13.Puntland and Somaliland forces are likely

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Somali Government statement towards the UN Monitoring Group

The Federal Government of Somalia acknowledges the report by the Somalia & Eritrea Monitoring Group and is currently reviewing the findings. The Federal Government of Somalia share many of the concerns raised in the report relating to threats to the peace, stability and security of Somalia, including the alarming use of chemicals by al-Shabaab in

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81 Al-Shabaab militants killed in an operation in Jilib town

Minister of Information, Culture and Toursim of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Abdirahman Omar Osman Eng. Yarisow said that 81 terrorirst militant group of Al-Shabaab were on Saturday killed in an operation jointly carried out by forces from Somali and International Partners in Jilib district in Middle Jubba region, Abdirahman Omar Osman,the Minister told 

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Shuttering Social Media During Somaliland’s Elections

On November 13, the self-declared autonomous state of Somaliland will be holding presidential elections, the third since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991. The incumbent is stepping down and the elections are pitting the ruling party’s candidate against two opponents, in what commentators describe as a close race. Today, the national electoral commission announced at

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Uganda deploy 5,000 troops in Somalia

The Ugandan military on Thursday deploy 5,000 troops in Somalia outside the African Union and United Nations mandate for an all-out offensive operations against the Al-Shabaab militants. Brig. Richard Karemire, the military and defense spokesperson, told Xinhua that Uganda as a Pan-Africanist country send the troops as long as the international community commits resources for

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Saudi freezes bank accounts of Mohammed bin Nayef

Mohammed bin Nayef, Saudi Arabia’s ex-crown prince who was ousted as next in line to the throne in June, has reportedly become the latest royal family member to be targeted in the kingdom’s expanding anti-corruption crackdown. According to Reuters news agency and the Wall Street Journal, bank accounts linked to Mohammed bin Nayef and to

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Amisom and Somali troops conduct military operation in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region

President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo has today on Tuesday met senior officials of the Somali National Army at the Ministry of Defense in Mogadishu and addressed the final preparation of military operation against the terrorist militant group of Al-Shabaab, Amisom troops have launched a massive operation to flush out Al-Shabaab

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