Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after recent gains by Al Shabab militants. By Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt The ...

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addresses the media inside his office in Mogadishu NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday closed the country's second National Identification Conference (SNIDC2025), praising progress on the rollout of a unified digital ID system and ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud lauded the country's teachers for their central role in rebuilding the nation's education sector, as he addressed a major ceremony marking Somali Teachers' Day ...

ADDIS ABABA - Estranged Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud returned to Addis Ababa, Sunday, amid tensions within Jubaland state, just days after visiting Kismayo, the regional administrative ...

Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries and it faces a crisis of health care made worse by the Trump administration's deep cuts in foreign aid ...

NIRA hails the growing adoption of the national ID card, and says more government and private sector services will be ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on the second day of an official visit to Algeria, was warmly received Monday at the El Mouradia Palace by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.The welcoming ...

Somalia is on the verge of a historic event, preparing to hold its first one-person-one-vote election since gaining independence in 1960. This significant occasion represents a major departure from ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Mogadishu’s Police Commissioner Moallim Mahdi have officially registered as voters ahead of General Election slated for May 2026. [Courtesy] Somalia is on the brink ...