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Somalia president to visit Riyadh as Saudi plans Somali unity talks

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is expected to travel to Riyadh in the coming days for talks with Saudi Crown...
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UK stake in Somaliland’s Berbera port draws Sudan war scrutiny

London (Somalia Today) — Britain’s development finance institution has drawn renewed scrutiny over its minority stake in Berbera port in Somaliland, a strategic facility...
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Saudi calls for Islamic stance to reject Somaliland recognition

Jeddah (Somalia Today) — Saudi Arabia on Saturday urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to “categorically” reject Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, calling for...
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India backs Somalia unity amid Somaliland recognition rumours

New Delhi (Somalia Today) — India has affirmed its support for Somalia’s sovereignty and stated it has no intention of recognising Somaliland, countering online...
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi postpones historic Somalia visit

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has postponed a planned visit to Somalia during his annual New Year tour of Africa,...
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WFP says aid retrieved, undercutting US claim of Somalia food seizure

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — The World Food Programme said it has retrieved 75 metric tons of specialised nutritional commodities after port authorities demolished a...
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Somalia denies WFP food seizure claim after US pauses aid

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Somalia’s government on Thursday denied U.S. allegations that Somali federal officials destroyed a U.S.-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and...
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Reports: Israel seeks military base access in Somaliland

Hargeisa (Somalia Today) — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of Somalia’s self-declared Somaliland region, on Tuesday, amid media reports...
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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