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US Senator links Somaliland to UAE-backed RSF training camp

Washington (Somalia Today) — Jim Risch, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday he was alarmed by reports of a...
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Somalia wins AU PSC seat, boosting continental influence

Addis-Ababa (Somalia Today) – Somalia was elected Wednesday to the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the 2026–2028 term, a major diplomatic...
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Somaliland president “not ruling out” Israeli port facility

Dubai (Somalia Today) — The president of Somaliland, Somalia's northern breakaway region, said he has "not ruled out" granting Israel a port facility on...
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Villa Somalia slams Farmaajo’s ‘baseless’ claims in $300,000 villa row

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – Somalia’s presidency on Saturday issued a stinging rebuttal to claims by former leader Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo that the current head...
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Epstein files show early UAE push for Somaliland recognition

Washington (Somalia Today) — Newly unsealed US court documents linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein indicate that high-level discussions about international recognition for...
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Türkiye inks Chevron deal ahead of Somalia drilling

Istanbul (Somalia Today) — Türkiye's state-owned energy giant TPAO signed a cooperation deal with US oil supermajor Chevron on Thursday, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar...
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US says eyeing Somalia energy, mineral wealth in security push

Washington (Somalia Today) – The US military has launched an intensified air campaign in Somalia against Islamist insurgents, a blitz commanders say is meant...
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Somali woman executed for torture and murder of teenager

Galkayo (Somalia Today) – Authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland executed a woman by firing squad on Tuesday for the torture and murder...
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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