Tag: Somalia

33 African countries in need of food aid due to armed conflicts and drought — FAO

March 18, 2024

A total of 45 countries and regions worldwide, including 33 in Africa, are in need of external assistance for food, the Food and Agriculture Organization ... Read More

Somalia officially joins East African Community

March 6, 2024

Somalia has finished the process of becoming a fully-fledged member of the East African Community (EAC) after it has ratified the accession treaty to an ... Read More

Somalia-Turkey security deal to deter terrorism, piracy and Ethiopia’s territorial designs — experts

February 26, 2024

The defense cooperation agreement between Somalia and Turkey signed earlier this month (8 February) aims to achieve several objectives, experts say, including Ankara’s helping Mogadishu ... Read More

Egypt’s president warns Cairo won’t allow any threat to Somalia amid dispute with Ethiopia

January 23, 2024

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: no mediation with Ethiopia until Somaliland port deal cancelled

January 19, 2024

The Ethiopia-Somalia feud continues as Mogadishu has called on Addis Ababa to retract its deal with Somaliland, ruling out on Thursday (18 January) any possible ... Read More

East African Community to benefit from Somalia’s entry and DRC president’s re-election

January 16, 2024

Somalia’s entry into the East African Community (EAC) and the re-election of the Congolese president are likely to provide an important impetus to the financial ... Read More

Somalia’s new law ‘nullifies’ ‘illegal’ Ethiopia-Somaliland port-access deal

January 8, 2024

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

November 30, 2023

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

Somaliland rejects Uganda’s offer to facilitate reunification talks with Somalia

September 26, 2023

Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared autonomy from Somalia in 1991, has said it has no plans to discuss reunification with Somalia despite the Ugandan ... Read More

Somalia follows Senegal in cracking down on TikTok, citing security risks

August 23, 2023

Somalia has become the latest nation in Africa whose government has ordered a ban on TikTok, citing the urgent need to curb the spread of ... Read More