Somalia

By CIUGU MWAGIRU After decades of hopeless entrapment in an economic, social and political quagmire, the volatile Federal Republic of Somalia on Saturday embarked on an elaborate electoral programme. The presidential election slated for October 30 is eagerly awaited. The formal launch of the elections ushered in...

The goal of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to have an election based on universal suffrage by 2016 was ambitious at best. Many called it naive. Indeed, at the end of last year, it became clear that ongoing disputes between himself and his prime...

Somalia’s Attorney General Ahmed Dahir put up a spirited case at the International Court of Justice against Kenya’s attempts to discredit a border row case it has petitioned the court to resolve. Kenya’s Attorney General Githu Muigai slammed Somalis as ‘ingrates’, accusing them of reneging...

Somalia says an agreement it signed with Kenya in 2009 was not specific on how to resolve the maritime boundary dispute between the two countries. In its submissions before the International Court of Justice, Mogadishu argued that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) only dealt with...

This week, the International Court of Justice will hear a border dispute case pitting the neighboring – and generally neighborly – states of Somalia and Kenya against each other over waters hiding massive oil and gas reserves in the Indian Ocean. Fossil fuel deposits off...

Mogadishu - Hundreds of Somalis took to the streets of Mogadishu on Wednesday in protest at Kenya's territorial claim to a disputed portion of potentially lucrative Indian Ocean waters. A long-running dispute between the two Horn of Africa neighbours went before the UN's top court...

BY CALEB WEISS | September 21st, 2016 | weiss.caleb2@gmail.com | @Weissenberg7 Shabaab’s flag seen flying in Mogokori’s town center Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, has claimed control of a town in the central Somalian region of Hiraan in recent days. According to local news...

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to increase Britain's support for Somalia in the fight against militant group Al-Shabaab. In her maiden speech to the General Assembly in New York, Mrs May said that Britain had played a "leading role" in the fight against the...

Horndiplomat -From September 18th to 19th, EUCAP Nestor organised a workshop on Maritime Legislation. Four Somali Prosecutors - two of which were female - and four Somali Police Officers attended the event, hosted at the Mission’s HQ in Mogadishu. The Workshop focused on enhancing the...

Military convoy targeted in deadly suicide attack claimed by al-Shabab in Somali capital. A Somali general and several bodyguards have been killed after their military convoy was hit by a suicide car-bomb blast that was claimed by the hard-line Al-Shabab group. General Mohamed Roble Jimale, also...