The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast ...

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is signing two separate agreements with political parties in Ethiopia and Somalia to deepen strategic ties with the two East African countries.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Islamic State militants (ISIS) have admitted to conducting attacks at a military base attached to the Puntland Regional Forces, leading to heavy clashes that left the group on ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Ethiopia’s capital on Saturday, exactly a month to the day since the two countries’ leaders reached an agreement aimed at ending a bitter ...

Somalia announced that obstacles to Ethiopia's participation in the new African Union mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have been overcome, and the final stage of the composition and size of Ethiopian ...

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Somaliland has been a self-governing region of Somalia for more than three decades, but its claim of independence is not recognized by Mogadishu or any foreign government. While this has limited ...

GAROWE, Somalia - The government of Somalia has hailed Puntland state's strategic operations against the ISIS militants, terming the military crackdown as 'timely' and 'important' for the stability of ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed commit to restoring diplomatic relations between Somalia and Ethiopia, while the status of the Somaliland deal still hangs in the balance.

The United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) decided in December 2024 to replace the current AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with a smaller force – the AU Support and Stabilization Mission ...

The Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab swiftly claimed responsibility for the attack, underscoring their recent escalation of violence along the Kenyan-Somali border. This incident adds to a ...

Over half a million people participated in voting showcasing the immense interest and pride the recognition has within the Somali community.