[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday officially handed over command of the Somali National Army to new Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Mohamed Mahmoud, replacing outgoing Chief Lieutenant General Odawaa Yus...

[Horn Diplomat] Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro is attending the World Governments Summit in Dubai, joining global leaders and senior international figures in high-level engagements aimed at stren...

[Shabelle] Pretoria -- Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdisaalam Abdii Ali, held bilateral talks on Tuesday with South Africa's Foreign Minister, Ronald Lamola, in Pretoria, focusing on strengthening diplomatic r...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's federal government said on Wednesday that the cancellation of the National Consultative Forum was the responsibility of the administrations of the Somali Future Council, according to an official statement.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia on Wednesday held a closely watched election for the leadership of its National Independent Human Rights Commission, a vote seen as setting the direction of the body for the next four years.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said on Tuesday it had killed seven Al-Shabaab militants in a planned overnight security operation in the Qaahira area of the Middle Shabelle region.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali officials on Monday held an emergency meeting to address a deepening drought affecting large parts of the country, warning that the crisis has reached a critical stage for both people and livestock.

[Shabelle] Jazeera, Somalia -- Traditional elders from Somalia's Shiikhaal Jazeera and Shiikhaal Gandarshe clans on Tuesday warned against what they described as systematic land grabbing and illegal development projects in their coastal territories n...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's deputy foreign minister on Monday met senior United Nations envoys to discuss evolving security and political developments in the Horn of Africa, officials said.

[Horn Diplomat] Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro, is attending the World Governments Summit in Dubai for the second consecutive year, reinforcing Somaliland's push to deepen...

[Shabelle] Birmingham, United Kingdom -- Somali officials led by Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Cadaala were warmly received in the British city of Birmingham on Monday during an official visit to the United K...

[Shabelle] Geneva -- Somalia's Minister of Health and Social Care, Dr Ali Haji Adam Abubakar, on Monday attended the opening of the 158th session of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Executive Board, which convened in Geneva, Switzerland, officia...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's defence minister inaugurated a new Defence Board, a high-level platform aimed at strengthening defence governance, improving coordination among security institutions and unifying military operations and forc...

[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa -- The president republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro, left for the United Arab Emirates on Monday to attend the annual World Governments Summit in Dubai.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The European Union on Sunday called for calm and dialogue after two aircraft carrying security personnel for the leaders of Somalia's Jubaland and Puntland regional states were forced to turn back while en route to Mogadishu.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said it carried out a planned operation in the Maxaa Saciid area of the Middle Shabelle region, killing 13 members of the Islamist group Al-Shabaab, including five sen...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) on Sunday expressed concern and disappointment after advance delegations from the Puntland and Jubaland regional states failed to arrive in Mogadishu for a long-planned...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Somali government has ordered aircraft carrying security personnel for the presidents of Puntland and Jubaland to return to their home cities, escalating tensions ahead of national consultations on elections and c...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's House of the People and Upper House have suspended two lawmakers from attending joint parliamentary sessions after they were accused of disrupting a combined sitting held at the House of the People headquart...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's Minister of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation, Ali Hoosh, a member of the federal government's dialogue committee, met with representatives from the Somalia Future Council and a wide range of comm...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali National Army (SNA) forces carried out a meticulously planned operation on Sunday in Aboorey, Hiiraan region, targeting Al-Shabaab militants who had been conducting attacks and plotting explosive devices in the...

[Shabelle] Cairo -- The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Egypt has officially dismissed circulating reports on social media claiming that Egyptian entry visas for Somali citizens have been suspended.

[Shabelle] New Delhi -- Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Cabdisalam Cali, attended the closing session of the India-Arab Summit, a two-day event attended by foreign ministers from Arab League member states.

[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa, Republic of Somaliland -- Sagaljet, a leading printing and creative services company in Somaliland, marked its 19th anniversary on Friday by honoring top-performing employees at a ceremony in Hargeisa, underscoring its trans...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Delegations from Somalia's federal government and the Somali Future Council held a second round of talks on Thursday, part of ongoing efforts to revive political dialogue in the country, officials said.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's elite Danab commandos said Thursday they seized a cache of landmines and explosive materials during a security operation on the outskirts of Jabad Godane in the Middle Shabelle region.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's national army, backed by international partners, has carried out planned security operations targeting al-Shabab fighters in the Mubarak area of the Lower Shabelle region, the defence ministry said.

[Shabelle] New York -- Somalia's permanent mission to the United Nations hosted a reception for ambassadors and diplomats at UN headquarters in New York, marking the end of the country's month-long presidency of the UN Security Council.

[Africa Check] No, document claiming Chinese foreign minister cancelled visit to Somalia over security concerns fake

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Cabinet on Thursday unanimously approved the appointment of Gen. Ibrahim Mohamed Mahmoud as the new chief of the Somali National Army.