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Farmaajo warns of catastrophe, cites 75% aid shortfall

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has urged Somalis at home and abroad to step in as a deepening drought and...
Society

UN urges Somalia to curb online abuse of women, girls

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — The United Nations in Somalia has called for concerted action to curb online abuse and harassment of women and girls...
Security

Somalia Military Court targets MPs linked to clan warfare

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Somalia’s Military Court is preparing to ask Parliament to lift the immunity of several lawmakers accused of bankrolling clan militias...
Society

Why Minnesota Al-Shabaab funding claims don’t add up

St Paul (Somalia Today) — President Donald Trump is using Minnesota Al-Shabaab funding claims to justify ending special protection for Somali immigrants. Right-wing outlets...
Society

Death sentence over brutal killing of Somali schoolgirl

Galkayo (Somalia Today) — A court in central Somalia has sentenced a woman to death for the brutal killing of Somali schoolgirl Sabiriin Saylaan,...
Society

Somalia reports growing US interest in oil sector

Washington (Somalia Today) — Somalia’s oil minister says international energy companies, including firms from the United States, are showing growing interest in the country’s...
Society

Mogadishu hosts King’s Birthday amid warm UK–Somalia ties

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — The British Embassy in Mogadishu has marked the birthday of King Charles III with a reception in the Somali capital,...
Security

Somalia asserts maritime control with strict ECTN mandate

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has issued a major directive to tighten control over the nation's maritime borders and...
A dealer counts Somalian currency at an open air currency exchange bureau

How mobile money helped finish off the Somali shilling

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens as Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks

Erdogan gives timeline for Somalia offshore oil drilling

LG, KOICA and UNDP launch Somalia youth training hub

LG, KOICA and UNDP launch Somalia youth training hub

European Union flags flutter in Brussels

EU and Somalia agree new talks on migrant returns

Illustrated Soma Oil and Gas Ltd logo

Soma Oil seeks U.S. partners for Somalia’s offshore oil push

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Turkish officials wave goodbye from the Mogadishu port as the Çağrı Bey deep-sea drilling vessel departs for the Curad-1 offshore block.

Somalia launches historic offshore oil drilling with Türkiye

Drilling vessel Çağrı Bey departs from the southern port of Taşucu in Mersin province, Feb. 16, 2026.

Turkey to launch offshore drilling in Somalia this week

Türkiye’s Cagri Bey exploration and drilling vessel

Türkiye to begin offshore drilling off Somalia in April

Pete Stauber, a Republican congressional candidate running in a traditionally Democratic district, speaks during a rally at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn.

Rights group slams US House bill targeting Somalis

President Donald Trump walks to Marine One for departure from the South Lawn of the White House

Lawsuit challenges Trump move to end TPS for Somalis

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters.

EU announces €63 million for Somalia’s deepening crisis

Duchess of Edinburgh Sophie meets Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Duchess of Edinburgh visits Somalia to spotlight sexual violence

UN warns of catastrophe in Somalia as food aid may halt April

UN warns of catastrophe in Somalia as food aid may halt April

Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar waves goodbye as the drillship Çağrı Bey departs for Somalia.

Turkey’s Çağrı Bey heads to Somalia for first overseas drilling

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud meets UK Minister Jenny Chapman in Mogadishu.

UK shifts Somalia ties from aid to investment-driven partnership

Somali woman convicted in schoolgirl murder listens in court

Somali woman executed for torture and murder of teenager

U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C.

US resumes food aid after Somalia returns WFP commodities

Turkish President ErdoÄŸan and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud shake hands at a press conference in Istanbul.

Türkiye to start Somalia oil drilling in 2026, build spaceport

Aer Lingus aircraft at Dublin Airport, Ireland

Ireland jails Somali ex-diplomat for passport scheme

Sweden’s migration minister Johan Forssell in Stockholm

Sweden says it will continue forced deportations to Somalia

Soldiers of the Somalia National Army (SNA) patrol in the village of Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle.

Report: 11 civilians killed in U.S.-backed offensive in Somalia

Somali Airlines Boeing 707 on final approach to Frankfurt

Somali Airlines set for long-awaited return to skies

Somali family sits in rubble of demolished Mogadishu home

Mogadishu land row deepens as police threaten action

Ramla Ali with President Hassan Sheikh at Villa Somalia

Ramla Ali says Somalia visit cost her US Netflix fight

Front of Central Bank of Somalia in Mogadishu, Somalia

Somalia unveils risk panel as banking sector expands

Somali ordinary, service and diplomatic passports side by side

Germany grants full status to Somalia’s diplomatic passport

Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House

Trump to target Somalis in ICE operation in Twin Cities

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