BY HALKANO WARIO AND RAHEL HASSEN Somalia is poised to become the East African Community’s (EAC) eighth member state at the economic bloc’s December summit. This follows negotiations in August between the EAC…
Somaliland has said it has no plans to discuss unity with Somalia, appearing to contradict Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni who said he would act as a “unification mediator” between the…
The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation found widespread…
Somalia has banned TikTok, messaging app Telegram and online-betting website 1XBet to limit the spread of indecent content and propaganda, its communications minister said. “The minister of communications orders internet…
Kenya and Somalia have signed a bilateral air services agreement to open the airspace of both countries for direct flights, following months of negotiations between the authorities of the two…
Kenya will delay re-opening its border with Somalia because of a “wave of attacks” it blames on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants, interior minister Kithure Kindiki said on Wednesday. In…
The heads of state of the East African Community (EAC) have adopted a report of the verification of the application of Somalia to join the regional bloc, the EAC said…
The Norwegian government wants to play a major role in the talks between Somaliland and Somalia which are expected to resume soon. Norway’s Special Representative to Somalia, Ms. Heidi Johansen…
Somalia’s special Envoy for Somaliland Talks Abdikarim Hussein Guled has met with Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh to discuss the upcoming round of talks between the Federal Republic of Somalia…
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…