Tag: Somalia
Somalia’s E-Visa breach exposes gaps in Digital Public Goods oversight
Mogadishu (HOL) - When Hamdi Mohamed applied for a Somali e-visa in September 2025, the process felt unusually smooth. Within minutes, the traveler up...
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Somalia launches investigation into alleged unauthorized transit of Yemeni separatist leader
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s federal government has launched an urgent investigation into reports that its airspace and airports were used without ...
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Saudi-led coalition says Yemen separatist leader fled via Somaliland to UAE
Mogadishu (HOL) — Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said Thursday that the leader of the secessionist Southern Transitional Coun...
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Somalia graduates Gorgor special forces to intensify fight against al-Shabab
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia on Thursday graduated new units of its elite Gorgor Special Forces, concluding a military training program at the TURKSOM ...
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US suspends assistance to Somali government for alleged seizure of aid
The United States says that it has suspended all assistance to the government of Somalia, alleging that officials destroyed a World Food Programme war...
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Somali clerics, protesters rally in Mogadishu against Israel’s recognition of Somaliland
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali religious scholars, joined by large crowds of demonstrators, rallied in Mogadishu on Wednesday to protest Israel’s recogn...
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Saudi coalition accuses Yemen separatist leader Zubaidi of fleeing talks
ADEN, Yemen (HOL) — The Saudi-led coalition said Wednesday that Aidrous al-Zubaidi, head of the Southern Transitional Council, fled to an unknown lo...
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Opinion – Sovereignty Snafu: Somalia, Israel, and Somaliland’s Diplomatic Dance
When the State of Israel announced its formal recognition of Somaliland in late December 2025, the reverberations reached far beyond the Horn of Afric...
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China’s foreign minister to visit Somalia as part of Africa tour
Mogadishu (HOL) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Somalia next week as part of a broader African tour that includes Ethiopia, Tanzania a...
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Arab League condemns Israeli foreign minister’s visit to Somaliland
Mogadishu (HOL) — The Arab League on Tuesday strongly condemned the visit by Israel’s foreign minister to Hargeisa, calling it an illegitimate att...
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