Somalia election crisis: UN, EU and 17 nations issue urgent war warning
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United Nations, the European Union and 17 countries - all Western except Kenya - have jointly called on Somalia's feuding...
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A former United States ambassador to Somalia has delivered a stinging indictment of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him of systematically...
Somalia recalls ambassador to Kenya after photo with Israeli envoy triggers diplomatic crisis
NAIROBI (Somaliguardian) - Somalia has recalled its ambassador to Kenya, Jibril Abdulle, amid a social media backlash sparked by a photograph showing him standing alongside Israel's...
Somalia scolds Washington over direct engagement with Somali regions
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bal'ad - one of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's closest confidants - issued and then...
Somalia: Laftagaren forces briefly seize Baidoa after gunfight with army
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Fierce clashes erupted in Somalia’s Southwest state on Saturday as forces loyal to the ousted regional leader Abdiasis Laftagaren briefly seized...
Al-Shabaab claims Somalia political crisis proves US, EU pull strings in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - In a significant rhetorical shift, the militant group Al-Shabaab has for the first time waded into the escalating political dispute gridlocking...
Somalia president, spy chief lock horns over flashpoint Galmudug vote
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A deep and dangerous political rift has opened at the very heart of Somalia’s security architecture, threatening to plunge yet another...
GAROWE (Somaliguardian) - An airstrike by a foreign military partner killed a pregnant woman and her three daughters last Thursday near Somalia's northeastern town...
19 Muslim countries condemn Somaliland plan to open embassy in Jerusalem
RIYADH (Somaliguardian) - A coalition of 19 Muslim and Arab nations has condemned Somaliland's decision to establish an embassy in Jerusalem, a move that...
Somaliland backs UK over Falklands, warns London is losing vital African foothold to rivals
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) - Somaliland has firmly rejected assertions that it backs Argentina’s claim over the Falkland Islands, with President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi using a...