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    AFRICOM commander, Ethiopian Prime Minister discuss security cooperation in Horn of Africa

    Saturday June 21, 2025 Addis Ababa (HOL) — U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander Gen. Michael Langley met Friday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in...

    Families fleeing conflict in Gedo struggle with basic needs in small towns on Ethiopian border

    Friday June 20, 2025Nimo Omar Ahmed cooking food for her children/Mohamud Abdirishid/ErgoHundreds of families fleeing ongoing conflict in Luq district in Somalia’s Jubaland...

    Kenya on high alert as U.S. considers new immigration restrictions across Africa

    by Rene Otinga Tuesday June 17, 2025A collage of President Ruto(left) & US President-Elect Donald Trump(right) on call, November 8, 2024. PCS U.S EmbassyKenya...

    Ethiopia warns of “foreign military” threat from Somalia buildup

    Sunday June 15, 2025FILE - Ethiopian National Defense Forces Chief Field Marshal Berhanu Jula speaks during a televised interview in Addis Ababa. (Photo:...

    Mahad Salad: Why Somalia is banking on new intelligence chief’s playbook for security

    Sunday June 15, 2025By Sylvia ChebetThe reinstatement of the former chief of Somalia’s premier intelligence agency could have significant impact as the country...

    Houthis in Somalia: friends with technological benefits?

    Friday June 13, 2025By Karen AllenThe sharing of lethal drone technology with al-Shabaab and IS Somalia could recast the conflict in the Horn...

    Egyptian Foreign Minister hails growing ties with Somalia at Oslo Forum

    Thursday June 12, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates, Badr Abdelatty, has praised the strengthening of Egyptian-Somali relations, emphasizing...

    Turkey supplies combat, Utility Helicopters to Somalia

    Rojoef ManuelFriday June 6, 2025 T129 ATAK Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter. Photo: Turkish Presidency of Defense IndustrySomalia has accepted helicopters from Turkey as...

    Ethiopia and Kenya agree to enhance cross-border development, connectivity

    Friday June 6, 2025Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed to deepen collaboration on infrastructural connectivity, socio-economic development, trade facilitation, and cross-border initiatives to accelerate...

    Somaliland president wraps up Kenya visit, hails diplomatic progress

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro speaks during a press conference in Nairobi following the conclusion of his diplomatic visit...

    Turkey to send 500 troops to Somalia as part of expanded military, energy deal

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Turkey will deploy 500 additional special forces to Somalia in a significant escalation of its military support...

    Somali added to official Hajj sermon translations for first time

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of...

    Somali-owned Hoyo will soon see its sambusas in Lunds and at the State Fair

    by Dee DePass | The Minnesota Star TribuneTuesday June 3, 2025The decade-old business is moving to a $1.6 million commercial kitchen at Midtown...

    Somali prime minister, Djibouti president hold security talks in Djibouti

    Monday June 2, 2025Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre (left) meets with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh (right) at the Presidential Palace in...

    CPJ dismayed by two-year sentence of Somali journalist; says conviction based on post he “did not write”

    Sunday June 1, 2025Ahmed Awga Ahmed Awga, founder of Ethiopia’s Jigjiga Television Network (Screenshot by CPJ: YouTube/JTN TV)Addis Abeba – The Committee to...

    Cagjar denies role in ONLF split as exiled faction threatens return to arms

    Wednesday May 28, 2025FILE - Somali Region President Mustafe Muhumed Omar (Cagjar) addresses journalists during a press conference in JigjigaJIGJIGA, Ethiopia (HOL) —...