US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, has expressed strong opposition to the use of United Nations (UN) assessed contributions to fund the African Union (AU) Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somalia and Azerbaijan have signed a landmark defense cooperation agreement, marking a significant step in their bilateral relationship.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (HOL) — Ayaan Hassan, a Somali-born Swedish midwife, has been recognized with the 2025 Medical Mission's Kindness Award for her transformative work in maternal healthcare in Somaliland. Over the past eight years, Hassan has trained midwives and healthcare workers in Gabiley, providing critical medical education and support to improve childbirth outcomes in the region.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (HOL) — Qamar Hilowle, a 38-year-old mother of three, was one of ten victims killed in the deadliest school shooting in Sweden’s history. The attack, which took place at Campus Risbergska on February 4, has sent shockwaves across the country and reignited debates about extremism and gun control.

Surprises were easier to come by before the internet. In most cases these days, by time I sit down to try a new restaurant, I've already researched its menu, read online reviews, and scoured photos of the food to see what looks good (i.e., photogenic). If there's ever a surprise to be found, it's usually that the place wasn’t worth the effort. Much better are the surprisingly good places that catch me off guard.

Bosaso (HOL) — Puntland intelligence officials have uncovered a systematic effort by the Islamic State (ISIS) to forcibly recruit foreign migrants, using deception and coercion to expand its foothold in the region.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro met with UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday to discuss economic cooperation and regional security, focusing on the Red Sea.

Three decades after the Somali civil war, the Somali Studies International Association (SSIA) returned to Mogadishu and held its 15th triennial congress under the stewardship of the Somali National University (SNU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland authorities have revoked Universal TV's broadcasting license, accusing the station of violating the self-declared republic's sovereignty. This move signals tighter controls over media in the region.

NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — President William Ruto's decision to eliminate a six-decade-old verification process for obtaining national identification cards in Kenya's northeastern region has ignited political and security debates across the country.

NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Somalia has signed contracts with four construction firms to upgrade key roads in Mogadishu, marking a significant investment in the capital’s infrastructure and economic development.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Bakara Market, Somalia’s largest commercial hub, reopened on Tuesday after being closed for four days following negotiations between federal government officials and the business community.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The African Union’s Ministerial Committee on Candidatures held its biannual meeting to discuss and advocate for African candidates seeking key positions in international organizations in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.

Somalia’s Minister of Finance Bihi Iman Egeh announced that the country has successfully settled around $4.5 billion in debt under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He attributed this milestone to major institutional and financial reforms, as well as increased domestic revenue mobilization.

The governments of Uganda and the Federal Republic of Somalia have signed a joint communiqué to enhance strong defence cooperation between the two countries.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali government has reached an agreement with the Abu Dhabi Development Fund (ADFD) to settle a longstanding debt of $257 million linked to the former Juba Sugar Factory project, marking a step in the country’s economic recovery efforts.

MINNEAPOLIS , Minnesota (HOL) — The high-profile trial of Aimee Bock, the alleged mastermind behind the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in U.S. history, continued Tuesday with intense courtroom exchanges over the vetting process for food sites involved in the $250 million scandal.

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia — The dead Islamic State fighter was sprawled out on the ridge, bloodstains darkening in the sun, as a line of heavily armed Somali soldiers snaked down the mountainside to a fortified cave — their camouflage uniforms marking a new front line in the fight against the global terrorist group.

Nearly 100 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded when members of the Islamic State terror group launched a deadly attack on a military base belonging to security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia's capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under the baking sun not sure if they can have access to food rations and medication following U.S. President Donald Trump's decree to freeze most of his country's foreign aid.

Gunshot wounds have been discovered on some of the bodies of migrants and refugees recently discovered in mass graves in Libya, the United Nations says.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a phone conversation with Qatar's Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Monday to enhance their long-standing bilateral ties and cooperation.

Garowe (HOL) – Security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland foiled an attack by ISIS militants in the Haraya area of the Toga-Jeceel in Al-Miskaat Mountains late Monday night.

Garowe (HOL) – Religious clerics in Puntland have called for unity among communities to support the ongoing military campaign against ISIS militants in the Al-Miskaat Mountains of the Bari region, urging financial and moral backing for the Puntland State Army.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Lower House Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur Madobe announced on Monday that Parliament is working to ensure the country transitions to a one-person, one-vote electoral system, a key reform to strengthen Somalia's democratic governance.

Just two days after President William Ruto was heckled by a crowd he was addressing during his recently concluded 4-day tour of the Northeastern region, elders from the Somali Community have apologised to the President.

Beledweyne (HOL) – Al-Shabaab militants fleeing recent heavy fighting in the Hiiraan region have regrouped near the Shabelle River in Mahaday district, located in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, according to local residents.

Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land be used to establish a Palestinian state.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali government has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion that Saudi Arabian territory could be used to establish a Palestinian state, calling the remarks a «provocative violation of international law.»

Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has insisted that the Somali community from the Northern region are Kenyans.

Somalia has said it will refuse to be part of any plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza, following Israeli and British media reports that breakaway and autonomous regions of the country could take in Gazans.

The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in Somalia.

Baidoa (HOL) – Somalia's Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has signed the Safeguarding of Humanitarian Assistance Law, marking a major step in enhancing the region's humanitarian aid management and delivery.

US President Donald Trump said he had held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, discussing efforts to end the Moscow-Kyiv war, according to The New York Post.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali police forces have taken control of the Mothers' House compound, located opposite the Somali National Theater, in an operation reportedly intended to transfer the property to the Somali Ministry of Family Affairs.