[Shabelle] Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister of Somalia has on Tuesday took the reigns from Mohamed Hussein Roble at a colorful event held in a heavily fortified tent.

[Shabelle] Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga has promised to facilitate the issuance of National Identification cards to the youths of Garissa as he woos the region ahead of the August polls.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU - Somali security forces in the capital have conducted an operation to deal with the growing robbery acts and insecurity incidents.

[Shabelle] Rome - With the increasing risk of famine in the Horn of Africa due to severe and prolonged drought conditions, urgent life-saving and livelihood assistance is needed to avert a humanitarian catastrophe, the Food and Agriculture Organizati...

[Shabelle] The Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Government of Somalia, HE Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe), and the Second Deputy of the House of the People, HE Abdullahi Omar Abshirow had a meeting with some of the Member of Parliam...

[Shabelle] The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has sent a message of congratulations to his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of independence.

[Shabelle] A landmine blast occurred on the outskirts of Mataban district in the Hiran region on Monday morning.

[Shabelle] Somalia Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, on Sunday received a phone call from his Yemen counterpart, Dr. Muciin Abdi Almalik, SONNA reported.

[Shabelle] Somalia Independence Day is observed annually on June 26. During the 19th century, Britain established a protectorate over a large part of Somalia, and it became known as British Somaliland.

[Shabelle] Troops from Somalia's Puntland State killed seven pro-Islamic State (ISIS) militants in military sting operations aimed at disrupting the terror cell in the coastal town of Hafun in the northeast part of the country.

[Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to prevent famine in Somalia.

[Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- If the late professor Mesfin Woldemarian penned "Somalia: The Problem child of Africa" to defend Derg policies in 1977, it is fitting for a rejoinder to write "Somalia: The Emerging Light of Electoral Democracy." After...

[VOA] Washington -- Members of Somalia's Parliament have approved the appointment of Hamza Abdi Barre as the new prime minister.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The newly appointed Somali PM Hamza Abdi Barre has been endorsed today after winning the majority of the lawmakers' vote.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- MOGADISHU -- The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The World Bank said Thursday it has approved 143 million U.S. dollars in International Development Assistance (IDA) financing to help vulnerable Somalis tackle severe drought and food insecurity conditions.

[Norwegian Refugee Council] An unprecedented fourth failed rainy season with catastrophic hunger, disease and displacement has forced Somalia into a climate crisis, the Norwegian Refugee Council's Secretary General Jan Egeland warned today.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU - The 27th division of the Armed Forces' court has started hearing charges against 10 soldiers in the SNA, including several retired soldiers.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and a delegation led by him has returned to the country after a working visit to our brotherly country of the United Arab Emirates in recent days.

[Shabelle] KISMAYO [SMN] - About 30 children have died of malnutrition in Kismayo, the regional capital of Lower Jubba, south of Somalia in the past few hours.

[Shabelle] The Prime Minister-designate Hamza Abdi Barre met with the former Presidents of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Shiekh Sharif Shiekh Ahmed.

[Shabelle] Acting President and Speaker of parliament Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) chaired a meeting on national security and preparations for independence day.

[Shabelle] Somalia's special commandos DANAB along with with the Jubaland Security Forces have carried out a planned army operation near Kismayo port city on Thursday.

[RFI] The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to save Somalia from famine.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia Sheikh Adan Madobe returned home today after a two-day visit to Nairobi, Kenya.

[The Conversation Africa] Somalia is on the brink of catastrophe. A recent assessment suggests that 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now, a similar number to those affected by the Ethiopian famine in 1984, one of the worst humanitarian di...

[Crisis Group] The war with Al-Shabaab's Islamist insurgency has dragged on for fifteen years. As it reviews its options, Somalia's new government should look into what room there might be for dialogue with the group. The alternative is more fighting...

[Shabelle] A delegation led by the Special envoy for the drought response at the presidency Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, arrived in Dolow District in Gedo Region.

[Shabelle] The Acting Foreign Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Balal Mohamed Osman, received on Sunday in his office at the Ministry the credentials of the new representative of the United Nation...