Turkey, major power in Somalia, drawn into internal conflicts

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Turkey has poured huge sums into making Somalia one of its main foreign outposts but is being sucked into the country’s...

Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh turns to Ethiopia, Djibouti and Egypt as Baidoa crisis tests regional alliances

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s diplomatic circuit through Ethiopia and Djibouti, followed by a planned visit to Egypt, is unfolding against...

Pirates kill five crew on tanker off Somalia before rescue

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Pirates killed five crew members aboard the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25 before Puntland security forces rescued the vessel off...

Somalia: Laftagareen accuses Türkiye of six airstrikes on Baidoa

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Former South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has accused Somalia’s federal government and Türkiye of carrying out airstrikes on...

Somalia: Puntland frees second tanker from pirates

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) troops have freed the Palau-flagged tanker MT Honour from Somali pirates in the Bandarbayla district, days...

Somalia PM denies paying Al-Shabaab to keep Mogadishu secure

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has denied his government pays Al-Shabaab to stop attacks on Mogadishu, saying it has never...

Somalia parliament speaker plans to cut pay of absent lawmakers

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's parliament speaker, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama, plans to cut the salaries of about 50 lawmakers for not regularly attending assembly...

Somalia: Pirates captured in SIBU tanker raid escape Puntland convoy

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Nineteen pirates escaped from a convoy of vehicles transporting them to Puntland's regional capital on Saturday, a day after being captured...

Puntland forces free hijacked oil tanker Sibu 1 off Somalia’s coast, all 20 crew safe

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Puntland's maritime police force freed the oil tanker MT Sibu 1 on Friday, ending a five-week hijacking off Somalia's northern coast...

Somaliland offers to rename Berbera Airport after Trump

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro has suggested renaming Berbera International Airport after U.S. President Donald Trump, as his government intensifies...

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