Ethiopia mulls scrapping Somaliland recognition after backlash

Ethiopia is considering scrapping a plan to recognize the breakaway state of Somaliland, amid international pressure to defuse regional tensions over the proposal, according...

Somalia’s SSC leader says Ethiopia plans to capture Lasanod town

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The leader of northern Somalia’s SSC region Abdulkadir Ahmed Aw-Ali Firdhiye warned against plans by Ethiopia’s government to deploy troops to...

Turkey signs oil and gas exploration deal with Somalia

Turkey and Somalia signed an energy exploration and drilling deal on Thursday, further strengthening bilateral ties after concluding a defence agreement last month. The deal targets hydrocarbon reserves...

Somalia’s PM waives fees imposed on passengers leaving Mogadishu airport

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday ordered Somali civil aviation authorities to waive controversial new fees imposed on passengers...

Man in Somalia given death sentence for burning wife to death

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A court in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday handed down a death sentence to Sayid Ali Moalim Daud after he was...

We are not ready to revive painful history with Ethiopia: Somali PM

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Tuesday said his government was not ready to revive an old, painful history with...

Somalia turns down Kenya mediation offer in tensions with Ethiopia over sea access deal

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s government has rejected an offer by Kenya’s President William Ruto to mediate an end to a diplomatic row with Ethiopia...

UAE ruler bin Zayed visits military officers injured in Somalia gun attack

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The leader of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited Captain Mohamed Salem Al Nuaimi, who is receiving...

Two former Somali presidents meet as opposition splits in dramatic feud

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian Two former Somali presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo met in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday as part of plans...

Somalia, Turkish presidents discuss enhancing ‘cooperation agreements’

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed efforts to further enhance recent cooperation agreements during a...

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