Top US diplomat Victoria Nuland meets Somalia drought envoy in first visit to Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Monday meet Somalia’s drought envoy Abdirahman Abdishakur during her first...
New Somali president vows to sack many officials for being late to work
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - New Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday he will fire many government officials for being late to work and...
Somalia: NCC leaders agree on multi-faceted cooperation in communique
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Members of Somalia’s National Consultative Council (NCC) on Sunday agreed on constitutional, humanitarian, security and economic cooperation in a communique issued...
Somaliland opposition leader says he has escaped attacks on his residence
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Leader of Waddani opposition party Hersi Ali Haji Hassan said on Saturday that he had escaped two “planned” attacks on his...
Fahad Yasin blames Somalia PM, current spy chief for Ikran Tahlil’s murder
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s former spy chief Fahad Yasin has blamed Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and current NISA boss for the murder of...
Somalia’s new president chairs first National Consultative Council meeting
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday chaired his first meeting of the National Consultative Council (NCC) in an effort...
Somalia to lift ban on Kenya’s narcotic khat imports
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Kenya will begin exporting narcotic khat to Somalia within two weeks after a two-year ban imposed by the government of former...
Somaliland opposition postpones protest ‘to give mediation a chance’
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) - Opposition parties in Somalia’s northern break-away state of Somaliland on Friday said they had postponed nationwide protests scheduled for Saturday, as...
Somalia inaugurates president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for second term
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s president Sheikh Mohamud was inaugurated on Thursday in a ceremony held behind blast walls at Mogadishu airport, where the leaders...
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Leaders of Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya arrived in Mogadishu on Thursday where they received a warm reception to attend the inauguration...