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...
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...