BIZARRE: 4 | Mind Blowing Facts

Why is Somalia so angry about Ethiopia’s new Red Sea port deal?

Ethiopia’s economy has struggled with no sea access, and an agreement to use a Somaliland port has upset its neighbour.

Al Jazeera · Jan 6, 2024

Ethiopia Defends Somaliland Deal As Somalis Protest

Ethiopia insisted on Wednesday that its controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland broke no laws after Somalia accused its neighbour of a blatant attack on its sovereignty.

International Business Times · Jan 3, 2024

Despite one of the US military's greatest fiascoes, American troops are still in Somalia fighting an endless war

30 years after the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, the U.S. military is still conducting operations in Somalia.

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2023

Islamic militants open fire in crowded Mogadishu restaurant

Al-Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for an attack on an upmarket restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu

The New Daily · Jun 10, 2023

Somali security forces end hourslong extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel, state media says

State media in Somalia are reporting that security forces have ended an hourslong extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, that began Friday night

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2023

Several people killed in Al Shabaab attack on Mogadishu beach hotel

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Al Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday, adding that three officers also died in the gunfight.

France 24 · Jun 9, 2023

Somaliland crisis: delayed elections and armed conflict threaten dream of statehood

With a presidential election delayed for months and deadly clashes between security forces and clan militias, Somaliland’s reputation for stability lies in ruins. Violence erupted in the breakaway northern Somalia region a few weeks after elections were postponed late last year. President Muse Bihi Abdi, in power since November 2017,…

The Conversation · May 22, 2023

UN Chief Urges 'Massive' International Support For Somalia

Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for "massive" international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding Islamist insurgency. Guterres, who arrived in Somalia's capital Mogadishu earlier on Tuesday, described his trip as a visit of "solidarity." "I am also here to ring the alarm…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 12, 2023

UN chief Guterres in Somalia to highlight catastrophic drought, Islamist insurgency

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Mogadishu at the start of a brief visit to Somalia, which has been afflicted by protracted armed conflict, climate disasters and famine.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 11, 2023

UN Chief Guterres Makes Second Visit to Somalia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday to kick off a brief visit to Somalia, a country scarred by protracted armed conflict and climate disasters. Guterres was given a red-carpet welcome at the capital's airport by Somalia's Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse who posted pictures of the event…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 11, 2023