The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in Somalia. Eighteen American soldiers lost their lives in the fighting that began on 3 October, but so did hundreds of Somalis. As Netflix launches a documentary about those events,...
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A letter to Donald J. Trump from Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, a Saudi prince and former government official who served as the head of Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Presidency from 1979 to 2001.
A letter to Donald J. Trump from Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, a Saudi prince and former government official who served as the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Presidency from 1979 to 2001. He is a grandson of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz and son of King Faisal. He...
Senior ISIL Somalia commander captured in Puntland
A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state,...
MARITIME ACCESS AND SOVEREIGNTY
The Ankara Declaration, signed on December 12, 2024, under Turkey’s mediation, represents a significant diplomatic step to address longstanding tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia. The agreement seeks to balance Ethiopia’s need for maritime access with Somalia’s reaffirmation of territorial sovereignty. However, its non-binding framework and ambiguous provisions may give Ethiopia...
Somalia, Ethiopia agree on compromise to end tension, Turkish leader says
Turkiye’s President Erdogan announced the breakthrough after talks between the Ethiopian and Somali leaders in Ankara. (more…)
TECHNICAL REPORT ASSESSING AND FINANCING LOSS AND DAMAGE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOMALIA
Acknowledgements- This technical report is published through the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crisis (SPARC) programme, which is supported by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). (more…)
Federal Government of Somalia’s Weekly Briefing Mogadishu, Friday, 29th November, 2024
1- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has flown to Arusha, Tanzania to attend the EAC Summit. (more…)
Federal Government of Somalia’s Weekly Briefing Mogadishu, Friday, 22nd November, 2024
* 1- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud congratulated Somali teachers on Teacher's Day on November 21. * 2- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reiterated once again how the Federal Government of Somalia is committed to the development of the country's democratic process and to give the Somali people the opportunity to elect...
Somali Media Organizations Condemn Coordinated Cyberattacks Against Facebook Accounts of Journalists, Public Figures, and Government Officials
MOGADISHU, Somalia – We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the recent wave of coordinated cyberattacks targeting Somali journalists, bloggers, public figures, and government officials, primarily through Facebook. (more…)