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The head of Somalia’s oil-rich Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, announced late Saturday that he’s running for Somalia’s 2022 presidency, following a meeting with new members of parliament elected from that region. The leader, who is […]

A suicide bombing in central Somalia left at least 12 people dead and 14 others injured, a police officer said by phone. The attack targeted a restaurant in Beledweyne, said Mohamed Dahir, a Somali police […]

Somalia’s economy is rebounding from the “triple shock” that ravaged the country in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme flooding, and the locust infestation. Real GDP growth is projected at 2.4 percent in 2021. This growth […]

Somalia has set up a national payments system as part of plans to develop the financial industry in one of the world’s most fragile states, following decades of political and economic instability. The 13 lenders […]

The U. S. is expanding air strikes against members of a group affiliated to al-Qaeda who’ve intensified attacks in Somalia since hundreds of American troops exited the country earlier this year. The latest strike occurred […]

Garowe-(Puntland Mirror) Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission (TPEC) said it will announce preliminary list of registered voters in the districts of Qardo Eyl and Ufeyn, the commission said in a post on its Twitter on Sunday. […]

Garowe-(Puntland) Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission (TPEC) said it had completed voter registration exercise for upcoming municipal elections. The voter registration exercise was conducted in the districts of Qardo, Eyl and Ufeyn for two weeks and […]

The U.S. and the European Union are considering imposing sanctions and taking other action against Somalia following a decision to extend the president’s mandate without an election. President Mohamed Abdullahi, also known as Farmajo, this […]

Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based al-Qaeda-linked extremist Islamist group, asked people in the Horn of Africa nation to reject AstraZeneca Plc shots, citing adverse side effects that led European nations to suspend the shots. “These are countries […]

Somalia said Kenya is politicizing refugee camps, which have sheltered hundreds of thousands of Somali nationals for three decades, by moving to have them closed. Kenya upped pressure on the United Nations this week to come up with a […]