5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (264+ words) MOGADISHU — The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ali Mohamed Omar (Ali Balcad), has met with a delegation from the United Nations Transition Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) led by the Acting Head of Mission, Raisedon Zenenga, to discuss…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (439+ words) MOGADISHU — The Commander of the Somali National Army (SNA), Brigadier General Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamud, has visited the headquarters of the 1st Gorgor Commando Division, where he addressed officers and troops of the 21st Battalion. During the visit, the Commander urged the troops…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (223+ words) BAIDOA — Somalia’s elite Danab special forces killed 14 members of Al-Shabaab during a planned operation in the Buula Fulaay area of Bay region on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Defence and military authorities. The operation targeted positions that the militants…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (436+ words) MOGADISHU — The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hassan Mohamed Ali (Nadaara), has received Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, the new World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative for Somalia, at the ministry’s headquarters in Mogadishu. The Deputy Minister welcomed Dr....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (536+ words) BAIDOA — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed deep concern over the impact of fighting in urban areas following heavy clashes in Baidoa, with its teams reporting that dozens of casualties were received in hospitals. In a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (328+ words) MOGADISHU — Oman’s low-cost carrier SalamAir has launched its first-ever direct flights between Muscat and Mogadishu, establishing a new air corridor between the Gulf and the Horn of Africa starting from September 3, 2026. The airline will operate two weekly services on the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (480+ words) BELGRADE — President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has held a bilateral meeting with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vučić, on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 65th Anniversary Summit in Belgrade, where the two leaders discussed strengthening longstanding relations and expanding cooperation in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (436+ words) MOGADISHU — Flights between Somalia and Kenya have been suspended for a second day, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded as authorities from both countries remain silent on the cause of the disruption. According to reports, approximately 4 to 6 flights operated daily between…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (384+ words) DOHA — The Federal Government of Somalia and Qatar have discussed cooperation on the establishment of the National Academy of Somalia, a planned centre for developing leadership and improving the quality of civil service, as Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre leads…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (582+ words) HARGEISA — The Somaliland administration has officially announced the results of the Grade 12 secondary school and Grade 8 middle school certificate examinations, revealing exceptionally high pass rates across both levels. For the Grade 12 examinations, 16,078 students sat for the tests, with 16,051 students passing,…...