Mogadishu: The Somalia Payment Switch (SPS1) has successfully launched the country’s first ever Instant Payment System with QR payments support powered by BPC’s next generation SmartVista platform, a global leader in payment solutions2. Championed by the Central Bank of Somalia (CBS), the initiative marks a major step in modernising Somalia’s payment infrastructure, promoting financial inclusion and enhancing economic stability.

Mogadishu (HOL) — South West Special Police Force, in collaboration with the Intelligence Agency, has killed Moalim Adan Qaddiid, a senior Al-Shabaab leader responsible for extortion operations, during a planned operation in Berdale district on Monday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia on Monday repatriated 145 of its citizens who had been detained in Libya for nearly a year, the latest in a series of coordinated efforts between the Somali government and international partners to rescue migrants stranded in North Africa’s perilous trafficking networks.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s national football team will be chasing their first-ever victory in FIFA World Cup qualifying when they face Botswana in a Group G clash on Tuesday at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium in Francistown.

Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teenager, played by Kosar Ali (Bafta-nominated for Rocks), who navigates a complex mother-daughter relationship while mourning a grandfather she never met. Her grief mirrors Mohamed’s own experience growing up. “There isn’t an answer to [grief],” Mohamed says.

Mogadishu (HOL) — South West Special Police Force, in collaboration with the Intelligence Agency, has killed Moalim Adan Qaddiid, a senior Al-Shabaab leader responsible for extortion operations, during a planned operation in Berdale district on Monday.

Somalia has formally acceded to the Establishment Agreement of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), becoming the 53rd African member state of the African multilateral financial institution and bringing the Bank closer to its goal of broadening its product offerings to all parts of the continent.

Mogadishu (HOL) – African Union troops are expected to arrive in Somalia in the coming months to support the newly mandated African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), despite minor delays linked to operational funding and technical logistics, African Union Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf confirmed during a joint press conference in Mogadishu on Sunday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh on Sunday to discuss regional stability, support for Somalia, the situation in Sudan, and Red Sea security. The talks took place amid ongoing concerns regarding Ethiopia’s desire for sea access.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with the new Chairperson of the African Union, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, in Mogadishu on Sunday to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing strategic cooperation between Somalia and the continental body.

Baidoa (HOL) – The Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) on Sunday presented ten former Al-Shabaab militants who surrendered in Baidoa, the administrative capital of the Bay region.

GARISSA, Kenya (HOL) — Six Kenyan police officers were killed and four others wounded in a dawn assault by suspected Al-Shabaab fighters on a police reservist camp near the Somali border, authorities said Sunday.

The main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been formally arrested and charged with corruption.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali pirates have released a Yemeni-flagged fishing dhow, Al-Hidaya, that was hijacked on March 16 off the coast of northern Somalia, the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) confirmed on Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the newly elected Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday for his first official visit to Somalia since taking office in February 2025.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has accused the Ethiopian federal government of exploiting natural resources in the Somali Region without local consent, warning that continued marginalization could lead to renewed instability and a collapse of the fragile 2018 peace agreement.

Mogadishu (HOL) – At least five people were killed after a DHC-5D Buffalo aircraft crashed approximately 24 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu on Saturday evening, Somali aviation authorities confirmed.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Top leaders of the Al-Shabaab militant group have begun fleeing from their longtime stronghold of Jilib in the Middle Jubba region following a series of intensified airstrikes by Somali government forces and international partners, military officials said Saturday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali Transport Minister Fardowsa Osman Egal says mandatory vehicle registration and license plate enforcement have significantly contributed to a decline in car bomb attacks across Mogadishu.

Mogadishu (HOL) — In Afgooye, just north of Mogadishu, the sound of flowing water is once again part of daily life. For farmers like 32-year-old Ali Abshir Ahmed, it is a sound that marks survival.

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the terrorist group was the target of the first foreign combat operation of the Trump administration in February 2025. Previously, the group has been linked to planned terror attacks on the Vatican and on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. Stig Jarle Hansen, a researcher and author of several books on jihadism in Africa, examines its origins, rise and recent battlefield defeats in the mountains of Puntland.

Baidoa (HOL) — Southwest security forces repelled an Al-Shabaab attack on government troops in Wajid district, Bakool region, on Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali government has welcomed the Sudanese Armed Forces’ capture of the presidential palace in Khartoum, hailing it as a major milestone in the country’s efforts to restore sovereignty following two years of civil conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held meetings with local officials, elders, and intellectuals in Adale district on Friday to strengthen collaboration and accelerate military operations against Al-Shabaab in the Middle Shabelle region.

Baardheere (HOL) – Security forces in Baardheere town shot and killed a suspected Al-Shabaab member on Friday evening as he allegedly attempted to carry out an assassination during Iftar, according to local authorities.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Forced evictions, ongoing clan-based conflicts, and limited humanitarian services are intensifying Somalia's humanitarian crisis, disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups such as women, children, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), according to a joint report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

LONDON, UK (HOL) — A London man was given a suspended sentence after customs officers discovered approximately £18,000 worth of khat in his luggage at Newcastle International Airport.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Al-Shabaab's large-scale offensive, initiated in February with more than 3,000 militants mobilized from Middle Jubba to retake the strategic Middle Shabelle region, has stumbled but continues to expose critical weaknesses in Somalia's security framework.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia will hold its first one-person, one-vote elections for local governments in June, the country’s National Independent Electoral Commission announced Friday, marking a milestone in Somalia’s fragile democratic transition.

Predawn arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sets off protests in several cities that are likely to continue into the weekend.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia has endorsed diplomatic efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United States to secure a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and has called for an independent investigation into Israeli airstrikes on United Nations facilities in the besieged Palestinian territory.

The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in one of the most symbolic gains in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali National Army (SNA), in collaboration with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), carried out a series of airstrikes in central Somalia that killed several senior Al-Shabaab militants and affiliated elders, the government confirmed on Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – At least 82 Al-Shabaab militants, including senior leaders, were killed and 19 others wounded in a series of airstrikes conducted in response to an early morning attack on Somali army bases in Lower Shabelle region on Thursday, according to the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).

Ethiopia’s prime minister says his country will not seek conflict with longtime rival Eritrea over access to the Red Sea, amid recent fears about possible war between the neighbours.