9 killed in seven-hour siege at popular Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu

By VOA,

Somalia’s government announced the end of a seven-hour deadly siege at Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu Sunday night, which left nine people dead. Mohame...

afrik , shabaab

President Uhuru Kenyatta at IGAD summit in Djibouti

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta joined other regional leaders for the 38th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Inte...

IGAD , Uhuru kenyatta

US President Donald Trump orders all 700 American troops out of Somalia

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all American troops to withdraw from Somalia, U.S. officials said on Friday, part of a global pullback by th...

AL QAEDA , American troops , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Somalia expels Kenyan envoy Lucas Tumbo over ‘poll interference’

By Citizen Reporter,

Somalia has expelled Kenyan Ambassador to Mogadishu Lt. General (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo over alleged interference in the upcoming elections. Also Read: M...

Farmajo , somalia elections , tumbo

Somalia’s parliament ousts prime minister in no-confidence vote

By Reuters,

Somalia’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a no-confidence vote on Saturday, the speaker of the house said, due to criticism of...

parliament , President Mohamed Abdullahi , Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire , somalia

President Kenyatta commends progress in South Sudan peace process despite COVID-19 disruption

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended parties to the South Sudan peace process for the progress achieved in recent months despite the health and econ...

peace process , south sudan

Joyous return for Stadium Mogadishu after 16-year wait

By Agencies,

A long 16-year wait has finally come to an end with a sparkling new Stadium Mogadishu reopened in the Somali capital on Tuesday evening. Civil unre...

Stadium Mogadishu

Ethiopian Forces admit to shooting down Kenyan cargo plane

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ethiopian forces in Somalia have admitted to shooting down a Kenyan-registered aircraft in Bardale, Somalia killing six people. According to a prel...

AMISOM , Ethiopian

President Farmajo calls Uhuru to ‘express regret’ after Kenyan plane shot down in Somalia

By Ian Omondi,

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Tuesday morning made a telephone call to President Uhuru Kenyatta to express his regret and convey co...

Bardale , President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo , President Uhuru Kenyatta , somalia

Police question 11 MPs over ‘secret’ mission to Somalia

By Hassan Mugambi,

Eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya were held and questioned by police on Sunday over their secret mission to Somalia. Citizen Di...

North Eastern MPs , somalia

FULL LIST: Hussein Mohamed, Mike Okinyi, Bi Msafwari awarded State commendation

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Journalists Hussein Mohamed and Mike Okinyi are among over 400 individuals honoured by President Uhuru Kenyatta with the coveted State commendation du...

State commendations

Jubaland presidential hopeful Aw-Dahir vows to strengthen security

By Agencies,

Mohamed Yusuf Aw-Dahir, one of the top candidates in the upcoming election in the Somalia state of Jubaland has vowed to strengthen security in the re...

Jubbaland , Mohamed Yusuf Aw-Dahir , somalia

Somali President Farmajo renounces his U.S. citizenship

By Muia Joseph,

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo on Thursday renounced his United States citizenship. According to a statement by the Somalia Dir...

Farmajo

Three Kenyans killed in Kismayu hotel attack, death toll rises to 26

By VOA,

The death toll from the Kismayu hotel attack in Somalia has risen to 26, with three Kenyans, one Briton, two Americans and three Tanzanians among thos...

Al Shabaab , Hodan Naleyah , kismayu hotel attack

Somali officer remembered as mother, military hero

By VOA,

Col. Faadumo Ali spent her life trying to bring peace and security back to her home country of Somalia. The 33-year-old mother of 10 joined the mil...

Somalia gov’t denies auctioning contested gas, oil blocks

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Somalia government has issued a statement in the wake of an escalating maritime border row with Kenya. The statement came a day after the Somal...

Kenya-Somalia border , P.S Macharia Kamau , President Mohamed Abdullahi

Somalia readies for oil exploration, still working on petroleum law

By VOA,

The Somali government says it will award exploration licenses to foreign oil companies later this year, despite calls from the opposition to wait unti...

british , somalia

Kenya is Somalia’s foremost development partner, says Prime Minister Khaire

By PSCU,

Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has thanked Kenya for being Somalia’s number one strategic partner in the ongoing transformation of the Horn...

President Mohammed Abdullahi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire , Somali

Motion filed to impeach Somali president: statement

By Reuters,

The top official of Somali’s parliament administration said on Sunday he had filed a motion with the speaker of parliament to impeach the country’...

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo

Uhuru leads the world in pledging support for sustainable blue economy

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday pledged Kenya’s support for the sustainable blue economy by highlighting key areas of focus as the first ever glo...

Blue Economy Conference , DP William Ruto , Port State Measures Agreement , President Abdullahi Mohamed , President Filipe Nyusi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , President Yoweri Museveni