Somalia’s President, Farmajo, ends term extension bid
Somali President Mohamed Abdulahi “Farmajo” has bowed to growing domestic and international pressure, dropping his plans to stay in office for two more years. In...
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President’s army ‘attacked my residence’ – Somalia ex-leader
A former Somali leader has accused his successor President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of ordering an attack by troops on his Mogadishu home on Sunday. The...
Somalia commences first vaccinations with AstraZenica
War-ravaged Somalia has begun administering first shots of the COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens. The inoculations started on Tuesday with Health Minister Fowsiya Abikar Nur...
Somalia: 20 killed in suicide attack
At least twenty people have been killed and thirty others injured in a suicide car bomb attack just outside a restaurant near the port in...
Pres. Trump orders withdrawal of US troops from Somalia
President of the United States of America Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Somalia by 15 January, the Pentagon has said....
Somalia blames foreign country for Mogadishu bombing
Somalia claims s foreign country helped plan Saturday’s bomb explosion in Mogadishu that killed more than 90 people, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)...
Over 50 die in Mogadishu bombing
Over 50 people have died in a car bombing in Mogadishu the Somalia’s capital according to police. The blast took place at a checkpoint at...
Pres Buhari travels to Chad on Saturday for security talks, others
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Saturday for N’Djamena, the capital of Chad Republic. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
Somalia’s security forces battle gunmen
Somalia’s security forces are battling gunmen holed up in a building in Mogadishu, hours after a suicide car bomb attack on a busy street left...
Women seek anti-FGM law in Somalia
A spate of deaths of young girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) has renewed calls for Somalia to outlaw the tradition, one of six FGM-practising...