By David Lerman
Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was booted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this year, won a consolation prize Wednesday.
The Minnesota Democrat, deputy chair of the Progressive Caucus, was named the vice ranking member, or No. 2...
A military court in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu has sentenced an ISIS operative who was convicted of being ISIS tax collector to 15 years in jail.
According to the court statement, Warsame Hassan Abdi joined the militant group in 2020 and...
Four Ugandan soldiers who escaped from their military base in Bula marer town after al-Shabaab attacked had been surviving on urine for six days before being rescued by Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) forces who recaptured the base from...
Officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United States, the Republic of Turkiye, the United Kingdom (UK), and the Federal Republic of Somalia have attended the third meeting of the quint group on Somalia which was hosted by...
Ethiopian government has pledged to support Somalia’s efforts in achieving lasting peace, stability, and development thanks to talks between Somali information minister, Daud Aweys and Ethiopia’s ambassador to Somalia, Mukhtar Mohamed Ware.
The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral relations and...
Somalia will get a $10.5 million drought assistance and resilience programme through a new partnership between Qatar Fund for Development, the United States Agency for International Development, and the British Embassy in Mogadishu.
Through the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia...
Uganda has confirmed that the bodies of dozens of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers killed by al-Shabaab a week ago in Somalia will be flown home this week.
In an interview, UPDF and Defence Spokesman, Brig Felix Kulayigye, said...
Somalia’s defence minister, Abdikadir Mohamed Noor congratulated the newly appointed Turkish Defence, Yaşar Güler hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a new cabinet.
In a statement, Noor said that he is looking forward to working with the newly appointed...
At least 26 al-Shabab fighters have been killed in a security operation conducted on Monday by Somali National Army (SNA) in Middle Shabelle region.
Major Adan Jeele Ali, a military who spoke to the state-owned media said the forces engaged...
A surprise announcement, but not so surprising. The President of Djibouti, Ismaël Omar Guelleh, revealed, in early January, on Twitter, a project to build a space launch base, in partnership with the Chinese company Hong Kong Aerospace Technology.
A major...
The African Union said Sunday that Israel’s observer status at the bloc was suspended and therefore it had not been invited to its weekend summit, after a row over the ejection of one of its top diplomats.
A furious Israel...
The East Africa Community (EAC) Council of Ministers will meet to consider the Report of the recently concluded Verification Mission assessing Somalia’s readiness to join the EAC.
In their 43rd Ordinary Meeting slated for 23rd February, the council of ministers...
