Chinese delegation to Somalia /HANDOUT China is widening its commercial footprint in East Africa, moving beyond its long-standing focus on infrastructure to…
A second day of possible Houthi attacks put Saudi Arabia on alert as Yemen’s escalating conflict displaced 100,000 people and prompted the…
Mogadishu (AX) – U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated career diplomat Devin Kennington as the next U.S. ambassador to Somalia, moving to…
Mogadishu (AX) — A senior Hawadle political body has endorsed Hirshabelle President Ali Abdullahi Hussein Guudlaawe and backed plans for a “one-person,…
A fresh show of political backing for Hirshabelle President Ali Abdullahi Hussein Guudlaawe emerged in Mogadishu, where the Supreme Political Council of…
Beledweyne (AX) — Hawadle traditional leader Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan and Somali lawmakers from both chambers of Parliament arrived in Beledweyne on…
The shuttered Saudi embassy in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, with a mural depicting a Houthi fighter stopping a ship. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA Fighting…
Facing mounting security risks around two critical waterways, Somalia’s business community is looking for new shipping routes after Iran-backed Houthis captured a…
Mogadishu (AX) – Hirshabelle President Ali Abdullahi Hussein Guudlaawe has secured the Justice and Unity Party’s (JSP) nomination for the forthcoming election…
Bosaso (AX) — Puntland State authorities say a months-long effort to reclaim government land and facilities in Bosaso is separate from the…
Garissa Governor Nathif Jama laying the foundation stone/STEPHEN ASTARIKO Garissa has begun work on a county museum at a former hospital site,…
