On his very first day in office, Somalia's newly appointed Defence Minister, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, held a meeting with Richard H. Riley, the US Ambassador to Somalia, in Mogadishu on Monday.The two ...

The decision comes as Taipei has worked to build its ties with Somaliland, a breakaway territory that declared independence ...

Somalia is set to open a long-awaited National Consultative Council meeting in Mogadishu on Monday, though most regional leaders failed to attend, highlighting ongoing tensions between the federal ...

Former Somali President Shariif Sheikh Ahmed met with U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Richard Riley in Mogadishu on Sunday to discuss political and security developments and the ongoing state-building ...

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi Ahmed, who previously served as foreign minister and national security chief, was appointed defense ...

Several mortar shells were fired toward the heavily fortified Halane Base Camp in Mogadishu on Monday, which houses United ...

Somalia has decided to stop accepting visitors or transit passengers with Taiwanese passports - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Billed as a win-win for development, the pact has ignited sharp criticism, with opponents arguing it grants Ankara outsized ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia and Taiwan have imposed entry bans for each other's citizens, officials said Wednesday, in a diplomatic tiff that appeared to be linked to Taiwan's recognition of ...

African leaders meeting in Uganda are calling for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist ...

The decision was recently made but not yet formally announced, he added. The government in Mogadishu has not formally commented about the ban. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun ...

MOGADISHU - Somalia's Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, reshuffled his government on Sunday, appointing a new defence minister as his government tries to stem an Islamist insurgency. Barre did not ...