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Tag: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Egypt’s president warns Cairo won’t allow any threat to Somalia amid dispute with Ethiopia
Cairo will stand shoulder to shoulder with Somalia and will not allow any threat to the Horn of Africa country, Egypt’s president has said, referring ... Read More
Somalia’s new law ‘nullifies’ ‘illegal’ Ethiopia-Somaliland port-access deal
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has signed a law that “nullifies" the contentious memorandum of understanding between Ethiopia and a breakaway Somaliland region in a ... Read More
Somalia formally joins East Asian Community but enormous security challenges remain
Somalia has finally been admitted to the East African Community (EAC) as its eighth member, thirteen years after its original application to join, as the ... Read More
Somalia: armed factions in Puntland agree ceasefire after clashes leave dozens dead
Armed factions in Somalia’s northern semi-autonomous state of Puntland have agreed to a ceasefire after dozens of people had been killed after the state’s parliament ... Read More
Somalia: scores killed in a foiled beachside hotel siege claimed by Al-Shabab
Somali security forces have brought an end to a six-hour siege of a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, during which at least six civilians ... Read More
Al-Shabab looses its grip on Somalia, yet more terrorist attacks are expected
Al-Shabab has been on a gradual retreat in Somalia since the announcement of a “total war” against the al-Qaida-affiliated militant group by Somali President Hassan ... Read More
Somalia: at least 100 killed, 300 injured in “heinous” Mogadishu car bombing
There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Saturday (29 October), blamed on the Al-Qaeda-allied ... Read More
Somalia’s president declares ‚all-out war’ on al-Shabab ‚terror scourge’
Somalia’s government will launch a "total war" against al-Qaida affiliated militant group al-Shabab following a recent deadly hotel siege in the capital Mogadishu staged by ... Read More
Somalia’s banking: Turkish and Egyptian banks issued first post-war licenses
Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) has recently granted its first two foreign banking licenses — to Turkey’s Ziraat Katılım bank and Egypt’s Banque Misr — ... Read More