Somalia
Somalia and Qatar Sign Defense Cooperation Deal After UAE Rift
Tuesday January 20, 2026 DOHA, Qatar — Somalia and Qatar on Monday signed a defense cooperation agreement aimed at deepening…
Rift
Somalia
Somalia, Qatar sign defense pact after diplomatic rift with UAE
Somalia, Qatar sign defense pact as Mogadishu pivots from UAE ties Agreement signed in Doha by Somali Defense Minister Ahmed…
Somalia
DP World: Berbera Port Operations Unaffected Despite Somalia–UAE Diplomatic Rift
DUBAI (AX) — DP World said Tuesday its operations at Berbera Port are continuing as normal, brushing aside immediate disruption…
East-Africa
Somalia-UAE Diplomatic Rift Grows as Israel Recognizes North Western State of Somalia, Yemen Conflict Fuels Tensions
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s abrupt decision to cancel port management and security cooperation agreements with the United Arab Emirates caps…
Somalia
Somalia-UAE rift widens as Mogadishu challenges regional security, port deals
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s federal cabinet has annulled all agreements previously signed with the United Arab Emirates, voiding deals that covered…
Somalia
Saudi jets strike Mukalla port as rift with UAE deepens
AXADLE, Somalia — Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition struck the port of Mukalla in southeastern Yemen after alleging that weapons…
East-Africa
Floods Inundate Kenya’s Rift Valley, Swamping Settlements, Hotels, and Farms
Lake Naivasha’s shoreline has been on the move. When farmer Dickson Ngome leased his 1.5-acre plot in Kenya’s Rift Valley…
Somalia
Somalia Risks Fragmentation as Federal Rift Widens Under Hassan Sheikh
Somalia on the Brink of Fragmentation Under Hassan Sheikh Amid Escalating Federal Rift MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s fragile federal system…
Somalia
Kenya Mediates to Calm Rift Between Somalia’s Federal Government and Jubaland
Mohamud’s Visit to Kismayo: A Fragile Gesture Toward Reconciliation KISMAYO, Somalia — When Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud travels to…
North-Africa
Rift Intensifies Over Nile Waters as Egypt and Sudan Dismiss Fresh Basin Accord
Mogadishu (AX) — Egypt and Sudan are fiercely opposed to the newly approved Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA),…
West-Africa
Somali Senate Grapples with Intense Rift Over Deputy PM Salah Jama’s Dismissal
FILE – Senegal’s Senate Speaker Abdi Hashi Abdullahi leads a session in the Upper House of the Federal Parliament Mogadishu…
