CAIRO (AA) – Egypt said Sunday that it will not allow any threats to Somalia’s security amid tension with Ethiopia over a recent maritime deal between Addis Ababa and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. “No external actor will be permitted to threaten the Somali people or jeopardize their safety,” Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has accused Ethiopia’s government of planning an attack on Somali waters and targeting Arab countries bordering the Red Sea. Addressing the Arab League emergency meeting virtually from the capital Mogadishu, Barre said Addis Ababa intends to create a new demographic reality...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and two others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near Mogadishu municipality headquarters on Tuesday, police said. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest in front of the al-Hindi restaurant a few steps away from the Mogadishu mayor’s office, killing three people,...
ANKARA (AA) – Two US Navy sailors went missing on Thursday evening while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has declared. “On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia,” the CENTCOM said. “Search and […]...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The heads of state of an African bloc will meet on January 18 to discuss the worsening diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Somalia over a disputed sea access deal, and the ongoing fighting in Sudan. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will host the “extraordinary” Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Thousands of residents in Mogadishu took to the streets on Thursday in order to protest Ethiopia’s Red Sea access and naval base deal with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. The deal has sparked outrage among Somalis in and outside of the Horn of Africa nation. Protesters included students from secondary ...
Mogadishu, Somalia – AFP Hundreds of people joined a demonstration in Somalia on Wednesday in protest against a deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland that Mogadishu has denounced as a violation of its sovereignty. The Somali government on Tuesday vowed to defend its territory “by any legal means possible̶...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday warned that the sea access deal between Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland could revive the al-Shabaab group with dangerous regional ramifications. Addressing an emergency meeting held by Somalia’s bicameral parliament in the capital Mogadishu, Moham...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for the son of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in connection with a fatal motorcycle accident in Istanbul. The arrest warrant for the Somali president’s son was issued, alleging his involvement in the incident that resulted in the death of motorcycle rider Yunus Emre [&h...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The East African Community (EAC) officially embraced Somalia as its eighth member state during the 23rd ordinary summit of EAC heads of state. In a communique by the EAC Summit of Heads of State, the regional bloc said that the leaders from the region agreed to admit “the Federal Republic of […]
