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US drone strike killed 12 civilians in Somalia, report says

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — A US drone strike on the southern Somali town of Jamaame killed at least 12 civilians, including eight children, in one of the deadliest American...
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Somalia rejects Somaliland’s Jerusalem ‘embassy’, Israel ties

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Somalia condemned Israeli engagement with Somaliland on Tuesday after the self-declared republic in northwestern Somalia opened what it called an...
Middle East

OIC, Palestine condemn ‘illegal’ Somaliland Jerusalem ‘embassy’

Jeddah (Somalia Today) — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the opening of what Somaliland called an “embassy”...
Middle East

Israel’s Somaliland move only the beginning, ex-minister warns

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – Former Somali information minister Zakaria Mahmoud Haji Abdi has warned that Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is not an isolated diplomatic...
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OIC condemns Somaliland plan to open embassy in Jerusalem

Jeddah (Somalia Today) – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday condemned reported plans by Somaliland to open an embassy in Jerusalem, calling...
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EU envoy corrects misstep, calls Hassan Sheikh ‘President’

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – EU Ambassador Francesca Di Mauro has referred to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as “H.E. President” in a new public statement, days...
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IGAD urges Somalia rivals to keep election talks open

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – IGAD has urged Somalia’s federal government and opposition leaders to continue dialogue after three days of talks in Mogadishu ended...
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AU, UN urge Somalia rivals back to election talks

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – The African Union and the United Nations have urged Somalia’s political leaders to return to negotiations after talks between the...
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IATA launches billing and settlement plan pilot in Somalia

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – The International Air Transport Association has launched a pilot billing and settlement system in Somalia, marking another step in the...
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Maersk suspends bookings to Somalia’s Berbera port

Berbera (Somalia Today) - Maersk said on Monday it had temporarily suspended new bookings to and from the Port of Berbera in Somalia's breakaway...
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Somali opposition forms ‘salvation’ bloc amid election crisis

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) - Somali opposition leaders announced the formation of a “National Salvation” platform on Monday following meetings with influential Hawiye traditional elders. They...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-MN, speaks at a forum held by the Democratic Women's Caucus titled "Trump's Report Card:

Ilhan Omar says accounting error inflated wealth to $30M

Turkish President Erdogan speaks during a ceremony in Istanbul

Erdogan defends Somalia oil drilling deal as shared prosperity

Somali Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali in Mogadishu cabinet meeting

Somalia rejects Israel’s envoy appointment to Somaliland

Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command, meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on Nov. 26, 2025.

US says it is not seeking new base in Somaliland for now

Israeli security forces detain an asylum seeker in September 2023

Israel to deport thousands of Ethiopian asylum seekers

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman listens to President Donald Trump speak

Saudi Arabia opens Taif air base to US for Iran war

Former UN envoy to Somalia Nicholas Haysom speaks during a news conference in Kabul

Former UN envoy to Somalia Nicholas Haysom dies at 73

Chinese President Xi and Iranian President Pezeshkian meet in Beijing

How China quietly sustains Iran’s economy and war machine

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and South West leader Laftagareen in a composite image

Somalia’s South West state cuts ties with Mogadishu

Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill

US spy chief undercuts Trump rationale for Iran war

Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks

Israel says it killed Iran’s Ali Larijani in overnight strike

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose government is pursuing sea access, arrives at a BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.

Abiy’s Red Sea push appears to shift from Somalia to Assab

Somali officials and West Virginia officials during the signing of a critical minerals cooperation agreement in Charleston

Somalia, West Virginia sign critical minerals agreement

Protesters hold placards as a lawyer addresses them outside the court, after the hearing was postponed, in Mbabane, Eswatini, August 22, 2025.

Two Somali deportees sent to Eswatini under US deal

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club

US, Israel rift widens over timeline and targets in Iran war

The flags of Israel and Somaliland at the entrance to a fruit farm between the capital city of Hargeisa and port city of Berbera

Israel eyes Somaliland base to target Houthis: report

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signs the new constitution into law in Mogadishu

Somalia president signs disputed constitution into law

Trump on Thanksgiving video call with U.S. soldiers as he halts migration from Somalia, ‘Third World’ states

CIA ‘working to arm’ Kurds for ground op inside Iran: reports

Djibouti's President Ismael Omer Guelleh speaks to the media at a press conference in this 2022 file photo.

Djibouti president blasts US strikes in Somalia as ‘blind’

Al-Shabaab revenue hits 7-year low in economic purge

Al-Shabaab revenue ‘hits 7-year low’ in economic purge

Burhanettin Duran, head of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, speaks at the event on relations with Somalia, Ankara, Türkiye

Turkey eyes defence, security boost in Somalia spaceport plan

Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi waving from an airplane door before departing for the UAE, February 2, 2026.

Somaliland president set for historic Israel visit late March

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.

Trump pursues Saudi nuclear pact without strict arms guardrails

US Senator Lindsey Graham meets UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi

US senator says UAE leader ‘alive and well’, after health rumours

Turkish President Erdogan and Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed shaking hands in Addis Ababa.

Erdogan backs Somalia, warns Horn risks ‘arena of struggle’

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud meets opposition leaders during an ice-breaker lunch in Mogadishu ahead of national political talks.

Somali president, rivals hold ‘ice-breaker’ lunch ahead of talks

An aerial view of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia

Australia opposition splits over leaked Somalia visa ban plan

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