Kang Gam Chan (Yonhap) By Yonhap South Korea and Japan jointly participated in a multinational anti-piracy maritime exercise off the coast of Somalia, the Navy said Monday, amid strained relations between the two countries over history and trade rows. The navies from South Korea, Japan, Germany, Spain and Oman launched the joint exercise in the

Photo/Somali Times Somalia President Mohamed Farmajo returns to Mogadishu to face the problem of whether to turn the capital into a federal state. Days after he delivered his inaugural speech at the United Nations in which he called for international support to help Somalia rebuild “politics of inclusivity,” Mr Farmaajo may now have to manage

Previously, countries like the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have happily welcomed the parade of Somali politicians shuttling between their capitals on discreet fundraising trips months before the presidential elections Somalia, is preparing to hold a universal suffrage election in 2020/21, the first of its kind after more than two decades of

Cutting the ribbon for the new Somali-Bravanese community centre. Rabbis from across the religious spectrum are joined by faith minister Lord Younger, as the community rallies rounds its Muslim neighbours to inaugurate its new centre A new London base for the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association was officially opened last night in the presence of local

Photo/Somali Times Authorities in Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, announced on 22 September that all the independent media houses and journalists operating in the region will have to register in “order to monitor their daily journalistic work”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in condemning the

Photo/Somali Times Former Somali president Sheikh Sharif Mogadishu, The former president of the federal republic of Somalia Sheikh Sharif, who addressed at the press conference held in Mogadishu on Monday talked about Sunday the government’s denied to travel Kismayo where he wanted to attend the inauguration of the newly elected regional President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed

Fighters belonging to Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed an army base near the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, looted it for weapons and then withdrew, a military source, residents and the group told Reuters. The assault began when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the base in El Salini, 60 kilometers (37

The former Somali president Sheikh Sharif has been denied to travel Kismayo Mogadishu, The former Somali president Sheikh Sharif and his delegation to travel Kismayo today, has been denied to travel Kismayo where he wanted to attend the inauguration of the newly elected regional President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe. Officials told Somali times Mogadishu

A pre-dawn raid by the terrorist group al-Shabaab on a military base in southern Somalia has left at least 18 people dead, officials told dpa on Sunday. “We have lost five soldiers in this terrorist attack. Our troops have also killed 13 militants,” Somali military official Mohamed Abdi said. The incident was the latest in

Photo/Somali Times Somalia which has been ranked for ten consecutive years by the watchdog Transparency International as the most corrupt country in the world. President, Somalia receives upward of a billion dollars annually in aid, yet Transparency International has ranked Somalia as the world’s most corrupt country for well over a decade, more corrupt even