Somalia is no longer merely a fragile state; it is approaching a structural breaking point. The cumulative pressures of a deepening constitutional crisis, existential electoral deadlock, persistent ...

In 2022, the government started arming clan militias to fight off Al-Shabaab, the local Al-Qaeda affiliate that has waged war ...

Shabab emerged in the mid-2000s as the armed wing of the now-outlawed Islamic Courts Union coalition before aligning itself ...

The UAE also has other significant investments in Somaliland, including around $442 million in funding from logistics company ...

Somalia’s government says U.S.-backed airstrikes and expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in its long-running war ...

The Turkish president’s comments were seen in some quarters as a message to Ethiopia, which in the past has considered recognising the breakaway state.

Hargeisa’s sharp rebuke of the Turkish president for remarks made in Ethiopia further exposes how Israel’s recognition of the ...

Legal advocates and local officials said the Trump administration is using immigration courts to target asylum-seekers as ...

SalamAir will begin twice-weekly non-stop flights between Muscat and Mogadishu from 3 September 2026. The service marks the first direct air link between Oman and Somalia. The route expands SalamAir’s ...

U.S.-backed airstrikes and recently expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in Somalia 's long-running war against ...

Turkey has commenced ultra-deepwater oil drilling operations in Somalia under a controversial 2024 energy agreement, which ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Israel's recognition of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland would not ...