Somalia

Somalia accuses Somaliland of forcibly evicting hundreds

Mogadishu – Somalia on Tuesday accused Somaliland, a breakaway state not recognised by other nations, of forcibly evicting hundreds of... Read more

6 Oct, 2021

Politics

Car bomb kills 8 near Somalia’s presidential palace – police

Mogadishu – A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia’s presidential palace on Saturday, killing eight people, police... Read more

25 Sep, 2021

Politics

Somali regional leaders urge end to power struggle

Mogadishu – Somalia’s regional leaders on Friday called for the president and prime minister to end their damaging feud which... Read more

18 Sep, 2021

Politics

Somali president withdraws PM’s powers in escalating row

Mogadishu – The feud between Somalia’s top leadership escalated on Thursday after the president announced he was suspending the... Read more

17 Sep, 2021

Politics

Somalia vote to go ahead ‘as planned’, PM tells UN

Mogadishu – Somalia’s long-delayed elections will proceed “as planned”, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble told visiting UN diplomats on Sunday,... Read more

12 Sep, 2021

Politics

Efforts under way to end Somalia leaders’ spat

Mogadishu – Somali politicians have launched frantic efforts to defuse tensions after a damaging feud between the president and prime... Read more

11 Sep, 2021

Politics

Somalia PM accuses president of ‘obstructing’ high-profile probe

Mogadishu – Somalia’s prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Wednesday accused the country’s president of “obstructing” a high-profile investigation... Read more

9 Sep, 2021

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