May 2016

Somalia’s self declared breakaway state of Somaliland is marking 25 years of self-declared independence from Somalia. The celebrations which started last night also saw heightened security in various parts of…

By Roble Ibrahim SOMALIA’S INTERNATIONAL partners issued a joint statement Saturday calling on the Federal Parliament to ‘swiftly endorse the modalities of the 2016 electoral processes.’ In the statement, the…

At least five people have been killed and over five others injured in clan clashes that erupted in Somalia’s central town, Baladweyne, located 350Km north of Mogadishu. The fighting sparked on…

EU Political and Security Committee appointed Brigadier Robert Magowan CBE, an officer from the British Royal Marines, as Operation Commander for the EU Naval Force Somalia- EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta. Brigadier…

By Reuters People smugglers made over $5 billion from the wave of migration into southern Europe last year, a report by international crime-fighting agencies Interpol and Europol said on Tuesday.…

By Reuters Finland tightened restrictions on giving residence permits to asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia on Tuesday, saying it was now largely safe for them to return to…

By Reuters World powers including the United States are ready to consider demands from Libya’s new unity government for exemptions from a U.N. arms embargo to help take control of…

Galmudug state assembly has been paralysed following the absence of the speaker and his deputies who have been overseas for two months now. Mohamed Hassan Hussein, member of Galmudug Assembly…

By Reuters Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who had been taken to a court in the country’s remote northeast to face a charge of treason, was on Monday transferred back…