Somali govt orders internet providers to block Al-Shabaab-affiliated websites
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somali government on Saturday ordered internet providers to block several news websites affiliated with the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab.A letter circulated...
Somalia bans media from reporting Al-Shabaab attacks
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s government on Saturday banned journalists from covering stories of Al-Shabaab attacks, weeks after the government launched an offensive against the...
Somalia arrests police, intelligence officials after deadly attacks in central town
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s government arrested police and intelligence chiefs of Hiran region, days after regional governor Ali Jayte called on authorities to hold...
UN Secretary-General condemns deadly suicide bombings in central Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned deadly suicide bomb attacks in the central Somalia town of Baladweyne on Monday that have...
US military says it has killed an Al-Shabaab leader in Somalia air strike
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - US military’s Africa Command said on Monday it had killed an Al-Shabaab leader in an air strike near one of the...
Three suicide attacks target military base in central Somalia’s Baladweyne town
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Three suicide explosions targeted a military base in the central Somalia town of Baladweyne on Monday, killing at least 20 people...
Somaliland opposition rejects move to extend president’s term by two years
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) - Presidential candidate of Waddani opposition party Abdirahman Abdillahi Irro on Sunday rejected a parliament vote that had extended the incumbent President...
Somalia, Djibouti get ties back on track after years-long dispute: ambassador
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Diplomatic relations between Somalia and neighboring Djibouti are back on track after years of tensions, Somali ambassador to Djibouti Salad Ali...
Somalia’s ex-president Farmajo takes first trip abroad since leaving office
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Friday traveled to Turkey in his first trip abroad since handing over power in...
Ethiopian PM, Somali president call on UN to lift arms embargo on Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to...