(MENAFN) Somalia’s authorities have revealed that the national airline, Somali Airlines, is set to resume operations before the conclusion of 2025, over three decades after it was suspended due to the nation’s civil conflict. Transport and Civil...
(MENAFN) Somalia strongly rejected allegations on Wednesday that it had struck a “secret deal” with Sweden involving conditional development aid linked to the deportation of Somali nationals. The prime minister’s office stated that “Somalia has no...
(MENAFN) Somalia on Wednesday strongly denied claims of a covert agreement with Sweden that allegedly tied development aid to the forced return of Somali nationals, calling the reports “false, misleading, and unfounded.” In a statement shared on...
(MENAFN) Somalia plans to add Swahili, the widely spoken language of East Africa, to its national education curriculum, the president announced. Currently, English serves as the primary language of instruction in secondary schools, while Arabic is...
H.E. Ambassador Khalid AlMaghamis, chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society: “Since its establishment in 1966, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society has worked in close partnership with the ICRC as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent...
(MENAFN) Somalia’s government has announced that national carrier Somali Airlines will restart operations before the end of 2025, marking more than three decades since the airline was grounded during the country’s civil war. Transport and Civil...
(MENAFN) Somalia’s government has announced that the national carrier, Somali Airlines, will restart operations before the end of 2025, more than 30 years after it was grounded amid the civil war, according to reports. Transport and Civil Aviation...
(MENAFN) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appealed for international mediation to help ease growing tensions with Eritrea amid Addis Ababa’s renewed push for access to the Red Sea. Speaking before parliament on Tuesday, Abiy said he had...
(MENAFN) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has formally requested international mediation to ease rising tensions with Eritrea over access to the Red Sea. Speaking to parliament on Tuesday, Abiy said he had already engaged with China, Russia,...
A Pakistani national was sentenced on Oct. 16 to 40 years in prison for charges relating to his transportation of Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry. On June 5, 2025, a federal jury convicted Muhammad Pahlawan of conspiring to provide...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama on Wednesday launched a new Social Protection and Care Programme, jointly organized by the Federal Government of Somalia and the Government of the United Kingdom (UK). The...
DOHA, Qatar – Somalia’s Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Mahamuud Abdirahman Sheikh Farah (Beenebeene), held what officials described as a “fruitful meeting” with Brazil’s Minister of Social Development and Fight Against...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy received credentials from the newly appointed ambassadors of four countries – Great Britain, New Zealand, Chile, and Somalia. The Head of State congratulated the diplomats on the start of their mission and...
MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia's Defense Minister, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, announced Wednesday that 220 precision airstrikes have been carried out against terrorists, killing 868 of them since February of this year. Fiqi briefed the country's Upper House...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy accepted the letters of credence from the newly appointed ambassadors: Neil Crompton of the United Kingdom, Paul Ballantyne of New Zealand, Eliseo Rodrigo Ruiz Ortiz of Chile, and Mohamed Abdullahi Ahmed of...
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s Minister of Internal Security, Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Fartaag, held talks on Wednesday in Mogadishu with the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) and Head of the African Union...
Airmen assigned to the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron check out the progress of construction at Camp Simba, Kenya, Oct. 22, 2025. The camp is replacing tents with shipping container housing as part of a modernization to improve quality of...
MOGADISHU, November 4, 2025 (AFP) – Somalia’s Chief of SNA’s Land forces, Major General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, closed a ten-day conference in Mogadishu attended by commanders of all units of the Somali National Army’s Ground Forces. The conference,...
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Tuesday emphasized the need for practical outcomes from the Somali Internet Governance Forum to strengthen the country’s internet management and usage framework. Speaking at the opening of...
Mogadishu – The Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mahamuud Moallim Abdulle, on Tuesday, chaired a high-level meeting on the Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) project, supported by the World Bank and...
