Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Future Council has warned federal government leaders against taking actions that violate the country’s Interim Constitution and threaten the existence of the state and the federal system in Somalia.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Algerian President Abdulmajid Tabboun on Tuesday witnessed the signing of a series of landmark agreements aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation between the two nations across key sectors including education, energy, livestock, and agriculture.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre on Tuesday held a high-level meeting with German Ambassador to Somalia Sebastian Groth to discuss expanding cooperation between the two countries in key areas including security, investment, and economic development.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed the 1447/2026 Hajj quota agreement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Somalia’s annual Hajj quota is set at 11,500 pilgrims.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A major naval exercise involving Egypt, Saudi Arabia and four regional partners has begun in the Red Sea, heightening strategic attention on the waterway as Ethiopia voices growing concern over shifting maritime alliances.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Rep. Ilhan Omar pushed back Monday after President Donald Trump mocked her for citing the U.S. Constitution, setting off a new exchange that drew a rapid response from the White House.

Mogadishu (HOL) — European naval forces have seized an Iranian-flagged dhow used as a mother ship in the hijacking of the tanker Hellas Aphrodite off Somalia, rescuing all 24 crewmembers unharmed and delivering one of the most significant counter-piracy successes in the Western Indian Ocean this year.

Long-term Somali refugees living in Ethiopia have been given the chance to raise their own livestock as a means of making a sustainable livelihood and potentially settle their families outside the camp where they are living.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Operations at Aden Adde International Airport were disrupted Tuesday after workers went on strike to protest the recent dismissal of several employees by Favori LLC, the Turkish company managing Somalia’s main airport.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Hassan Shire, the Somali-born Executive Director of DefendDefenders and Chairperson of AfricanDefenders, has been honored with the Shield Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long dedication to protecting and empowering human rights defenders across Africa.

Nairobi (HOL) — Southwest regional state President Abdiasis Mohamed Laftagareen and former Speaker of Somalia’s House of the People Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman have ended their long-running political dispute following a reconciliation meeting in Nairobi on Monday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Nine prominent Somali politicians, including former minister and political figures, have joined forces to form a new political alliance called the National Dignity Union, announcing former Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon (Saacid) as their candidate for the 2026 presidential election.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somalia’s Parliament has unanimously approved a revised anti-piracy and anti-kidnapping law, marking a major step toward strengthening the country’s maritime security and modernizing legislation first enacted on April 30, 1975.

Barawe (HOL) — Somali National Army (SNA) Commander, General Odowa Yusuf Rageh, on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed headquarters of the 6th Battalion under the 60th Division of the SNA Ground Forces in Barawe, Lower Shabelle region.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Four young siblings, all under the age of ten, were burned to death early Sunday morning after their father allegedly locked them inside their home and set it ablaze in the October neighborhood of Ahmed Dhagax district, authorities said.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation has called for an immediate and unconditional end to clan-related violence and revenge killings, urging security agencies to act swiftly against those inciting bloodshed and division across the country.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali National Armed Forces (SNA) have killed a senior Al-Shabaab leader and two key operatives in separate military operations conducted in the Bakool and Bay regions over the past few hours.

Mogadishu (HO) — Somali Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Haji Aden, appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Social Services on Sunday to answer questions regarding the recent incident in which a woman gave birth on the steps of Banadir Hospital after reportedly being denied admission while in labor.

Matthijs de Ligt equalised in the sixth minute of a dramatic period of stoppage time to earn Manchester United a 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Lower House of Parliament on Saturday approved the long-awaited National Payment System Bill during its 12th sitting of the 7th session, marking a key step toward modernizing the country’s financial infrastructure.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Southwest regional security forces have arrested four suspects accused of participating in the gruesome killing of an elderly man in Wanlaweyn district, Lower Shabelle region, officials said Saturday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has warned that allowing regional states to manage the upcoming federal parliamentary elections would risk plunging the country into deeper political turmoil and repeat the irregularities of past polls.

Belém (HOL) — Somalia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama on Friday called for urgent international action to combat climate change, as he addressed delegates at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.

A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, finding all its 24 mariners safe after an assault that raised renewed fears about piracy in the region.

Kampala (HOL) — A group of Somali military officers has graduated from a year-long, high-level training program in Uganda, underscoring the deepening security cooperation between the two East African nations.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Haji Adam, on Friday appointed Abdirisaaq Sharif Ali as the new Director General of Banadir Maternity and Child Hospital, following a widely condemned incident in which a woman gave birth at the hospital’s entrance after being denied emergency care.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s government has launched an urgent investigation into a tragic incident in which a woman gave birth at the entrance of Mogadishu’s Banadir Hospital after being denied emergency medical care, officials said Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Howlwadaag district’s football team clinched the Banadir Regional Football Tournament title on Thursday afternoon, defeating Warsheikh district 2–1 in a thrilling final match at Mogadishu Stadium.

Riyadh (HOL) — Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in sports infrastructure and youth development, marking a major step in Somalia’s post-conflict recovery and regional partnership efforts.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s government said Wednesday that its national army killed at least 49 al-Shabab fighters during a military operation in the Lower Shabelle region.

Mogadishu (HO) — The football teams of Warsheikh and Howlwadaag districts are set to face off in the final match of the Banadir Regional Football Tournament at Mogadishu Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

Mogadishu (HO) — Somali National Army (SNA) forces have killed several Al-Shabaab militants, including senior leaders, during a military operation in the Bay region on Thursday.

The European Union’s counter piracy force has deployed a warship to the coast off Somalia after a suspected pirate group tried to target ships in the area, maritime sources said on Wednesday.

Mogadishu (HO) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday met with a delegation from the Iraqi government that arrived in Mogadishu to strengthen cooperation and relations between the two brotherly nations.

Human rights organisation Vocal Africa has called on Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urgently intervene regarding two Kenyan citizens reported missing in Tanzania following post-election unrest.