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Puntland has cited failure by the Federal Government to implement the ‘one person one vote’ mechanism for the 2016 polls as reason its leadership did not attend the just concluded…

Somalia’s Private Airlines kept the country connected through two decades of civil war and, as Martin Rivers discovers, they are now entering a new phase of consolidation.  When Mohammed Ibrahim Yassin,…

Defence minister Abdikadir Sheikh Ali Diini has said the Somali National Army has made significant gains in establishing security and stability in the country but still needs more support. Speaking…

More than 2000 Somalis from Yemen have reached the city port of Bossaso on Thursday evening, Somali rescue committee officials say. A cargo ship that was ferrying Somalis stranded in…

The minister for Planning and International Cooperation, Abdirahman Yusuf Aynte has reinforced the government’s position that universal vote will not be viable in 2016. Speaking to Goobjoog News, the minister noted…

At least 11 people died and five others injured after forces loyal to self-proclaimed Westland state supported by Ethiopian troops under AMISOM engaged in a gun battle with Al-Shabab fighters…

Presidents of Regional Administrations, Mr Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen It has been an honour and a privilege to…

Somali president has received credential from the newly appointed Kenya ambassador to Somalia Maj General (Rtd) Lucas Kyonze Tumbo. The president said that the two nations have historic relations and…

The first ever Ministerial High-Level Partnership Forum (HLPF) held in Mogadishu that co-chaired by Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and UN special Representative Nicholas Kay was concluded. Following is the…