The Puntland government has criticized President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s Saturday decision to appoint an envoy to Somaliland. President Mohamud appointed former Galmudug state President Abdikarim Hussein Guled (pictured) to lead…
The World Bank and the Somali government held a two-day Country Portfolio Performance Review (CPPR) this week to evaluate progress on development projects. The meeting took place as Somalia approaches…
The Somaliland government is now accusing terrorist group Al Shabab of leading attacks on its forces in the latest fighting in Las Anod. In a statement from the Presidency, Somaliland…
A group of traditional elders from Mogadishu arrived in the conflict-ridden town of Las Anod on Monday to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, which has been ongoing for…
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country will organise the next national elections by universal suffrage, a departure from an indirect voting system that has often triggered crises. The…
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. It is the first…
By Kieran Green As Somalia’s worst drought in decades increases economic turmoil, the diaspora is sending more money People in Somalia have long relied on money from family members abroad…
Abdirahman Du’ale Beileh (pictured), former Finance Minister of Somalia, arrived in Hargeisa on Sunday after being granted permission by the President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, to return to the…
A Somali journalist said he had been freed from jail Monday just hours after a court handed down a two-month sentence on security charges, a case widely criticized by rights…
Somaliland on Sunday accused Somalia of attacking its soldiers, despite a ceasefire imposed after heavy fighting in a contested border town earlier in the week. Somaliland, which has claimed independence…