Somalia
Somali Government Prepares Competitive Oil Bidding Process for Investors in Somalia
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia is moving toward an open, competitive bidding process for companies seeking to enter its oil industry, as the…
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Somalia
Somalia
Somalia Distances Itself From Former Speaker’s Northern Cyprus Post, Reviving Questions Over Turkish Influence
Somalia Rejects Former Speaker’s Northern Cyprus Message, Reigniting Debate Over Ankara’s Influence MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has moved…
East-Africa
North Western State of Somalia President Proposes Berbera for Foreign Military Bases, Citing Djibouti Model
Nairobi (AX) — North Western State of Somalia President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro says his administration wants to turn the territory’s coastline…
Somalia
Mogadishu Marks 15 Years Since President Erdoğan’s Historic 2011 Visit to Somalia
Fifteen years after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s landmark visit to Mogadishu, Somalia and Türkiye on Wednesday celebrated a relationship that began amid famine…
Central-Africa
Winnipeg man who fled Somalia as refugee sentenced to 4 years for human smuggling
Abdi Hassan Ali, a Somali refugee who once made Winnipeg his home, will spend the next 500 days in custody after admitting…
Opinions
Türkiye’s State-Building Partnership in Somalia Extends Beyond Assistance
For years, Somalia has been defined internationally by war, terrorism, humanitarian emergencies, and fragile state institutions. That perception has shaped an external…
Somalia
Fighting in southwestern Somalia kills dozens, including four civilians
At least four civilians were killed and 98 wounded after hours of heavy fighting between government forces and militias in Somalia’s southwestern…
Somalia
North Western State of Somalia army commander defects and joins Northeastern state forces in Sanaag region
Las Anod (AX) — A former North Western State of Somalia army commander has defected to Somalia’s Northeastern State army in Sanaag,…
Central-Africa
Airstrike kills four pirates after ship hijacking off Somalia
Four suspected pirates were killed in an airstrike off Garmaal, in Somalia’s Nugaal region, on Tuesday—one day after they allegedly seized a…
Somalia
Somalia Begins Preparations to Join African Continental Free Trade Area
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia has cleared a major hurdle toward joining Africa’s single market, completing parliamentary ratification of the African Continental Free…
Somalia
Somalia-China Seafood Deal Raises Marine Exploitation Concerns Before Duty-Free Trade Launch
Somalia-China Seafood Agreement Raises Resource Concerns as Duty-Free Exports Near MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia will start exporting seafood to China next month…
