* New 12-month countdown starts in January * The mission relies heavily on UN support for vital logistics MOGADISHU: The US has agreed to give the UN another year to wind down its support for African peacekeepers in Somalia, a document showed — a move that gives some breathing space...

The statement comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and the United Kingdom following new British measures targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. British members of a Somaliland-Israel friendship movement criticized the UK government's policies toward Israel and said they had urged their community not to vote for the governing...

𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐰, 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐥𝐲𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧, 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬,...

Oo uu kaalinayo Maxamed Faarax Jimcaale, waxa ay 17, 18 iyo 19 Agoosto 2026 u fadhiisatay garmaqalka duridda doorashooyinka ee galka sumaddiisu tahay MSF/DD/1/2026, taas oo u dhaxaysa dhinacyada hoos ku xusan: A. DHINACYADA 1) Urur Siyaasadeedka Dib-u-heshiisiinta iyo Horumarinta Towfiiq (Ururka), Qareenno: Sakariye Ismaaciil Nuur, Cali Xalane, Xasan Maxamed...

Delegates from Somalia's influential Darood clan family are currently gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, for a crucial "pre-conference" planning session. Driven largely by clan chiefs, the meeting is designed to formulate a unified strategy and coordinate responses to ‘fundamental issues’ (arrimo masiiri ah) within Somalia, principally centre-periphery tensions and the future...

* Five Horn of Africa countries are validating a regional trade facilitation roadmap aimed at improving cross-border trade. * * The roadmap takes a bottom-up approach, building regional solutions around practical challenges identified through national consultations. * * Implementation will be crucial, as the initiative seeks to create a more...

Mocha is an ancient and historic Yemeni city located on Yemen’s western coast along the Red Sea. Administratively, it belongs to Taiz Governorate, while geographically and culturally it forms part of the Tihama region — the coastal strip stretching along the Red Sea from southwestern Saudi Arabia to the western...

Saudi Arabia had announced a new maritime security alliance involving five African countries to protect vital Red Sea and Gulf of Aden shipping routes The coalition had brought together Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea and Somalia alongside Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Yemen amid rising regional security concerns The partnership had focused...

* A Tanzanian-flagged tanker, the MT ASANA, was seized by seven suspected Somali pirates after leaving Yemen, then forced toward Somalia’s Puntland region. * Authorities and international naval forces have released no public details on the crew’s fate, injuries or nationalities amid information gaps as the hijacked vessel remains offshore....