Tag: Somalia
Puntland and Somaliland exchange prisoners captured during Sool conflict
Puntland and Somaliland on Wednesday exchanged prisoners captured during the conflict in Las Anod, the capital of the newly recognised SSC-Khaatumo regional ...Somalia bans Taiwan passports as Taipei condemns move
Taiwan has condemned Somalia’s decision to ban entry and transit for holders of Taiwanese passports, calling it politically motivated and a threat ...Somali court jails members of alleged human trafficking network
A court in Somalia on Tuesday delivered a verdict in a case involving a group accused of human trafficking and migrant smuggling. ...Somalia’s president says Houthis, Al-Shabaab and ISIS exchanging arms and expertise
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has alleged that Al-Shabaab, ISIS, and Yemen’s Houthi group are working together by exchanging arms and military ...Somali local forces say they killed several Al-Shabaab fighters in Middle Shabelle
Local militia forces in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region said they killed several Al-Shabaab fighters in an operation conducted on Monday night. The ...Somali citizens among migrants killed in US airstrike in Yemen
At least 68 African migrants were killed after a US airstrike hit a detention centre run by Yemen’s Houthi group in the ...Somalia’s opposition MPs call for resumption of parliamentary sessions to remove speaker
A group of Somali opposition lawmakers called on Sunday for the immediate resumption of parliamentary sessions, accusing the federal parliament’s leadership of ...Multiple mortars target Mogadishu’s Halane compound
Multiple mortar rounds targeted the highly secured Halane compound in Mogadishu on Monday morning, local media reported. Sirens were heard in several ...Somalia’s Prime Minister reshuffles cabinet, reassigns key ministers
Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, reassigning three senior officials, according to a decree issued ...Puntland president says he will not attend national talks unless FGS returns to agreed constitutional ...
Puntland State President Said Abdullahi Deni said he will not attend the upcoming National Consultative Council (NCC) conference unless it is fundamentally ...
