Browsing: Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Authorities in Somalia’s capital have enforced a new order requiring traders to accept the Somali shilling, after…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is expected to travel to Turkey to attend a major international diplomacy…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — At a busy market in Mogadishu, a crumpled 1,000-shilling note is handed over for vegetables — and…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — An Ethiopian opposition figure has warned that Addis Ababa is rapidly losing influence in Somalia, describing recent…

BAIDOA, Somalia— Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has announced his resignation as president of South West State and left Baidoa, following…

BAIDOA, Somalia — Somali government forces fought al-Shabaab militants Sunday at Daynunay, 18 kilometers south of Baidoa, during a politically…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s federal government has deployed hundreds of Turkish-trained police special forces, known as Haramcad, to the Southwest…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Authorities in Somalia on Wednesday blocked several ministers and lawmakers from South West State from boarding flights…

MOGADISHU, Somalia— Somalia’s federal government has suspended flights to Baidoa, the interim capital of South West state, in what appears…

MOGADISHU, Somalia— A political rift is widening between Somalia’s president and South West State leader over constitutional reforms, elections, and…