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Türkiye could act as a mediator should a recent controversial port deal between Ethiopia and the self-declared Republic of Somaliland spiral into a regional crisis, according to an expert in international politics. The two sides signed a deal on Jan. 1 to grant landlocked Ethiopia commercial and military access to the Red Sea in return...

The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have told the BBC. The helicopter landed in territory held by the group in central Somalia. The UN’s mission in Somalia (Unsom) confirmed an “aviation incident” involving a UN-contracted helicopter conducting a...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 9 January, 2024 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the recent surge in attacks targeting critical media institutions and detention of journalists in Hargeysa and Mogadishu. On the night of Saturday, January 6, 2024, Somaliland police conducted a raid on the MM Somali TV studio, a privately-owned station, in Hargeisa during a...

In a momentous turn of Election Event Mr. Said Abdullahi Deni, a leader of the KAAH Party has been re-elected as the President of Puntland State securing a renewed mandate to lead the State for 2024-2029 The re-election of Mr. Deni reflects the trust and confidence placed in their leadership, as citizens rally behind their...

Indian naval warship INS Chennai successfully launched a helicopter operation and issued warnings to pirates in a dramatic rescue mission off the Somalia coast, saving the hijacked vessel MV Lila Norfolk. Military officials, as reported by the Indian news agency ANI, stated that Indian commandos boarded the vessel near the coast of Eyl in the...

The city councilor of St. Louis Park in the US state of Minnesota has sworn in 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed as mayor, two months after she made history as America’s first Somali-American elected mayor by voters. Ms Mohamed secured 58% of the vote to win last November’s mayoral poll. She is also the youngest and the first Muslim...

In the wake of the Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Monday Jan., 1, the Al-Shabaab terrorist group has issued a statement, threatening both Ethiopia and Somaliland. Ali Mohamud Rage (aka Ali Dheere), the group’s spokesman from the Hawiye clan, called for jihad attacks on Ethiopia and the Muse Bihi administration in Somaliland, a peaceful...

The heads of Sudan’s warring military factions have vowed to escalate fighting against each other amid regional efforts to end the brutal conflict in the country. Army chief Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, made the remarks on Monday during the...

Doha: THe Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed with his brother President of the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, bilateral relations between the two countries and aspects of reinforcing them. This came during a phone HH the Amir received Tuesday evening from HH the Somali President. They also discussed,...

Somalia has promised to defend its territory by “any legal means” and recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia after Addis Ababa struck a deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Mogadishu called the surprise pact, which would give landlocked Ethiopia long-sought access to the Gulf of Aden, a “clear violation” of its sovereignty and appealed to...