Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali government is working to verify the status of a group of its citizens reportedly stranded in Panama after being deported from the United States as questions grow over their fate and the challenges of providing diplomatic support in a distant land.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somaliland government has banned civilians from carrying firearms in the town of El Afwayn in the Sanaag region following deadly clashes between rival clans.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — A Minneapolis man has become the third person to plead guilty in a scheme to bribe a federal juror with $120,000 in cash during last year’s high-profile “Feeding Our Future” fraud trial, which involved the alleged theft of at least $250 million in federal child nutrition funds.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s U-17 Africa Cup of Nations campaign came to an abrupt end on Friday after a 5-1 loss to Gambia confirmed their elimination from Group C with a game still to play.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The African Union and the Somali federal government have authorized the deployment of 2,500 Ethiopian troops to join a new peacekeeping force in Somalia to bolster the fight against the militant group Al-Shabaab.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Aslat has conducted counter-piracy patrols in the Arabian Sea off the eastern coast of Somalia, as part of operations led by the Pakistan-commanded Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), Pakistani officials confirmed Saturday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre is expected to make a historic visit to Las Anod in the coming days. Local officials confirmed Saturday that the visit marks the first time in more than five decades that a sitting Somali prime minister has travelled to the city.

Mogadishu (HOL) — At least three civilians were injured Saturday morning when several mortar shells struck residential and public areas in Mogadishu, including the National Theater and busy public squares, according to security officials and eyewitnesses.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The commander of the 14th of October Division of the Somali National Army (SNA), Brigadier Nur Mohamed Gaabow, widely known as Nur Farey was assassinated in the Ado-Diidible area of Lower Shabelle on Saturday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali government forces, in coordination with local defense units, killed at least 20 Al-Shabaab militants, including a senior leader, during a planned operation in the Nur Gadow area of Middle Shabelle region on Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has condemned the arrest of Abdirahman Suleyman Jama, the chairman of the People's Political Organization, who was detained by Somali police in Mogadishu on Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency has prevented 124 young people from leaving the country through unauthorized routes in the first quarter of 2025, intensifying efforts to combat human smuggling and illegal migration, officials said Thursday.

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Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali government has expelled Anna Saleem Högberg, Sweden's consul and head of development cooperation in Mogadishu, amid growing diplomatic tensions, according to Global Bar Magazine.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Authorities in Somaliland on Thursday arrested prominent Somali humanitarian worker Abdimaalik Muse Coldoon in the coastal city of Berbera, days after he resurfaced from hiding. While no official charges have been announced, the arrest comes on the heels of Coldoon’s criticism of a reported deal to host Palestinian refugees from Gaza.

Burco (HOL) – Twenty-one members of the same family in Somaliland's Saaxil region were poisoned after consuming meat from a camel they slaughtered on Eid al-Fitr day, local health officials confirmed.

Kismayo (HOL) – Jubbaland regional authorities have deployed a large contingent of Jubbaland Dervish Force to northern parts of the Lower Juba region, where Al-Shabaab remains active, as part of ongoing operations to liberate the area from militant control.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre has formed a high-level National Committee to support and coordinate the country’s campaign against Al-Shabaab and ISIS-Somalia.

Garowe (HOL) – Puntland's Minister of Information, Mahmoud Ceydiid Dirir, said on Wednesday that the Puntland administration will not participate in peace talks called by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, citing the state's current focus on countering ISIS militants in the region.

Djibouti (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti on Wednesday, where the two leaders held high-level talks deepening bilateral relations and enhancing strategic cooperation.

Baku (HOL) – Azerbaijan formally approved a bilateral agreement with Somalia on Wednesday to extend cooperation in the field of education.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday appointed Brigadier General Abdiwahab Abdullahi Omar as the new Commander of the Somali Navy, signaling a renewed effort to increase maritime security and reclaim control over the country’s vast coastline.

Food insecurity is worsening in several regions of Somalia, with 18 areas experiencing an increase in the number of people facing a food crisis, according to a report released on Monday.

BBC Africa Eye exposes recruitment agents scamming foreign nationals out of thousands of pounds as they apply to work in the UK care sector.

Somalia, a nation abundantly endowed with natural wealth—untapped oil and mineral reserves, fertile river valleys, strategic maritime positioning, and the longest coastline in mainland Africa—should be a regional powerhouse. Yet, for nearly four decades, the country has been trapped in a cycle of conflict, terrorism, and political dysfunction. The very leaders entrusted with the nation's recovery have, instead, become the architects of its stagnation.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali National Army (SNA) forces, in coordination with local militia fighters, killed at least seven Al-Shabaab militants in a targeted operation in the Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday.

Djibouti has named a new foreign minister to succeed Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who was elected as head of the African Union in February, according to a presidential decree published Tuesday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi congratulated Djibouti’s newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, during a phone call on Tuesday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The Maanshiil Forum, an opposition group in Somalia’s Southwest regional state, has welcomed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s recent call for national peace talks to unite efforts to defeat Al-Shabaab and address the country’s political and security challenges.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s U-17 national team will kick off their Africa Cup of Nations campaign on Tuesday evening with a high-stakes opener against Tunisia as the 15th edition of the continental tournament gets underway in Morocco.

Baidoa (HOL) – Southwest Darwish forces killed a senior Al-Shabaab operative and seized a motorcycle during a military operation on the outskirts of Qansahdheere town in the Bay region on Tuesday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A coalition of opposition politicians from Somalia's Southwest State has endorsed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's recent call for national peace consultations, calling it a pivotal opportunity to address the country's deepening political instability and rising security threats.

At least 1,513 humanitarian workers have been killed and hundreds of medical and civil defense facilities destroyed since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, the Government Media Office in Gaza said Monday.

The Ethiopian government has launched a cholera vaccination campaign in the southwestern part of the country, targeting about one million people at risk.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali National Army (SNA) forces, backed by local militia fighters, repelled a major Al-Shabaab assault in the Sabiib and Canole areas of Lower Shabelle on Monday, killing at least 30 militants, according to government officials.