A suicide car bomb exploded outside a military base for Ethiopian soldiers in southern Somalia on Saturday, leaving an unspecified number of casualties, a police official said.Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the assault and said it had killed 16 Ethiopian soldiers, although the claim could not be independently verified. A local elder who

Mogadishu ─ The Ethiopian government has succeeded in leading the leadership of the African Union Mission in Somalia Amisom. General. Tigabu Yilma Wondimhunegn from Ethiopia has officially taken over the leadership of Amisom forces in Somalia after a briefing at Amisom base in Mogadishu. The new battalion took over, General. Jim Beesigye Owoyesigire and running

Since the election of the new Somali President in 2017, the country’s relationship with the UAE has deteriorated steadily. The wealthy Gulf state seems determined to punish the war-torn coastal nation for refusing to take sides in its diplomatic dispute with Qatar, actively withdrawing military support. Consequently, the UAE risks undoing its record of progress

The United States military said Thursday it has killed 24 al-Shabab extremists with an airstrike in Somalia, one of its deadliest in months. The airstrike was carried out on Wednesday near an extremist camp near Shebeeley in the central Hiran region north of the capital, Mogadishu, the U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. It

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, welcomed top UN official Rosemary DiCarlo for talks, some four weeks after the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) took the decision to expel the UN’s most senior representative in the country, Nichoas Haysom, declaring him persona non grata. The Government accused the veteran South African

The U.N. migration agency says 28 bodies have been found after some 130 migrants went missing off Djibouti when two boats capsized. A statement says the coast guard in the tiny East African nation continues a search and rescue operation after Tuesday’s accident. Witnesses said large waves caused the overloaded boats to tip over about

Mogadishu, A British man being detained in a Somali jail has survived an attack by inmates armed with razor blades, authorities have said. Anthony Thomas Cox, who works for a private security firm was arrested ten days ago at the main airport in the capital Mogadishu with tear gas canisters in his suitcase. A Prison

Dictator Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni said the comments of a frail old dictator cannot harm Somalia or deter the progress made. The reality is that Somalia is a democratic, recovering state, not a dictatorship. We pray for our brothers and sisters in Uganda peaceful power transfer after Museveni. tried dodging a diplomatic landmine, but landed

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, and his delegation arrived in Garowe, capital of Puntland State of Somalia.The President and his delegation welcomed the arrival of Gen. Mohamed Abshir, the governor of the Puntland State of Somalia, Mr Said Abdullahi Deni, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and

Mogadishu, Since President Mohamed took power Somalia is improving for better Somalian Puntland new governor ceremony will improve in co-operation, The president of the Federal government of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is heading to Garowe for the ceremony of the newly elected governor of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni which is to take place in Garowe