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    Somali spaza shops reopen in Khayelitsha after uneasy truce with gang extortionists

    Sunday June 15, 2025Residents walk past a Somali-owned spaza shop in Khayelitsha’s Site C on June 14, 2025, as businesses cautiously reopen following...

    Former Foreign Minister slams Somali government over letter targeting C6+ framework

    Sunday June 15, 2025 Mogadishu (HOL)  – Former Somali Foreign Minister Ambassador Ahmed Isse Awad has strongly criticized a recent letter from the Somali government that...

    Somali President attends handover ceremony for new intelligence director

    Saturday June 14, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday attended the official handover ceremony marking the transition of leadership at the...

    Despondent young Somali refugees in Dadaab turn to drugs and drink

    Saturday June 14, 2025Pastoralist communities sensitized on drug abuse and conflict prevention/File Photo/ErgoA community youth group in Dadaab has been shining a spotlight...

    Suspects with Somali army ties arrested in Elwak – Police

    by CYRUS OMBATISaturday June 14, 2025Two Kenyan men who had crossed into Somalia and enlisted in the Somali National Army were on Thursday...

    Somali President inspects Turkish exploration vessel following completion of offshore oil survey

    Friday June 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday visited the Turkish seismic exploration vessel Oruc Reis at the Port of...

    Somali community in Minnesota calls for action after teen killed, others charged in shootings

    Friday June 13, 2025Hassan Mohamed (top), a community leader, joins Somali elder (bottom left) and psychologist Dr. Salma Hussein (bottom right) in calling...

    Somali opposition parties set conditions for joining president’s proposed national dialogue

    Friday June 13, 2025 Mogadishu (HOL) — Five opposition parties in Somalia have cautiously welcomed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s recent proposal for a national...

    Building roads and respect: Somali women in construction gain ground

    Friday June 13, 2025In Somalia, women are often expected to adopt traditional roles, but that is changing. Photo: Hussein Mohamed/World BankMogadishu (HOL) —...

    Somali opposition condemns suspension of C6+ cooperation framework

    Friday June 13, 2025FILE - Members of the Somali Salvation Forum, a coalition of former presidents, prime ministers, and senior political leaders, meet...

    Three Somali fishermen return home after 45 days lost at sea, six months detained in Libya

    Friday June 13, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Three Somali fishermen who were stranded at sea for 45 days and later detained in Libyan prisons for...

    Kenya to support Somali Parliamentary Staff in capacity building, Wetang’ula says

    Friday June 13, 2025Kenya's National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle.Kenya’s National Assembly...

    Türkiye’s Oruc Reis vessel completes first intercontinental mission in Somali waters

    Friday June 13, 2025Oruc Reis Seismic Exploration Vessel, built by Turkish engineers, has successfully completed its first intercontinental mission according to the Ministry...

    Somali army kills 13 Al-Shabaab fighters in Middle Shabelle region

    Thursday June 12, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali National Army (SNA), with support from international partners, carried out a planned military operation in the Buurta...

    Somali Foreign Minister meets Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary on sidelines of FOCAC summit

    Tuesday June 10, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdisalan Abdi Ali Dhaay, met with Kenya’s Prime Cabinet...

    Reclaiming the story of Bradford’s 1904 Somali village

    Aisha IqbalBBC News, YorkshireMonday June 9, 2025Dozens of Somali people were transplanted from their African village to BradfordIn summer 1904, millions of people...