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    Kenyan agents bust plot to smuggle giant ants for sale to foreign insect lovers

    By Edwin Waita and Monicah MwangiWednesday April 16, 2025Belgian nationals Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx look on during the hearing of their case...

    Somalia’s foreign minister calls voter registration a historic break from clan-based elections

    Tuesday April 15, 2025Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi speaks during a press conferenceMogadishu (HOL) — Somalia launched its first one-person, one-vote voter...

    Somalia, Egypt foreign ministers discuss regional security

    Monday April 14, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry held talks in Cairo on...

    Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say

    Wednesday April 9, 2025By Jonathan Landay, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra PamukA recently fired U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staff member reacts while...

    Djibouti appoints new Foreign Minister

    Wednesday April 2, 2025Djibouti has named a new foreign minister to succeed Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who was elected as head of the African...

    Somali FM congratulates Djibouti’s new Foreign Minister in a phone call

    Wednesday April 2, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi congratulated Djibouti’s newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs...

    Fears mount over resurgence of Al-Shabaab in Somalia as foreign support ebbs

    The Arab WeeklySunday March 30, 2025A bomb blast that narrowly missed the convoy of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on March 18 showed that...

    Somali president warns of air and ground strikes on Al-Shabaab, dismisses foreign concerns

    Saturday March 8, 2025 Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addresses an audience during a public event in Mogadishu, March 2025.Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President...

    Puntland forces kill foreign ISIS fighters in Bari region clash

    Sunday March 2, 2025Puntland security forces patrol rugged terrain in Somalia’s Bari region during a counterterrorism operation targeting ISIS militants. The region, known...

    Egypt’s foreign minister delivers Sisi’s message to Eritrean president

    Saturday March 1, 2025Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty meets with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara on February 2025-...

    Ethiopia, Somalia reinvigorates relation, says foreign affairs spokesperson

    Friday February 28, 2025Ethiopia and Somalia have reinvigorated their relations through the high-level frequent working visit exchanges between the two countries' officials, Spokesperson...

    Ethiopia, Somalia reinvigorates relation, says foreign affairs spokesperson

    Friday February 28, 2025Ethiopia and Somalia have reinvigorated their relations through the high-level frequent working visit exchanges between the two countries' officials, Spokesperson...

    Former Somali PM Rooble accuses Foreign Ministry of blocking diplomatic passport

    Sunday February 23, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Former Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Rooble has accused the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of blocking his...

    Somali Foreign Minister denies blocking former PM Rooble’s diplomatic passport clearance

    Friday February 21, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has denied reports that the federal government blocked former Prime Minister...

    Puntland expands deportations as foreign nationals allegedly join ISIS

    Thursday February 20, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Puntland regional President Said Abdullahi Deni has ordered a crackdown on illegal immigration following reports that dozens...

    Airstrike in Somalia’s Puntland kills over 13 foreign Daesh fighters

    Mohamed Dhaysane Tuesday February 11, 2025Security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland announced Monday that a recent airstrike in the Bari region...