Somalia turns back Ethiopian plane headed for Somaliland

Somalia has turned away a plane transporting officials from Ethiopia to the self-declared republic of Somaliland in a major escalation of the diplomatic row...

US says Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU threatens to disrupt fight against Al-Shabaab

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United States is working with its international partners in push to prevent the implementation of sea access deal between Somaliland...

Suicide bombing kills at least 3 in Somalia’s capital

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A suicide blast killed at least three people and injured two others in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said. While being...

Somalia’s spy agency shuts down Hormuud headquarters in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) on Monday shut down the headquarters of Hormuud, the country’s biggest telecommunications company, in...

Somalia’s president arrives in Dhusamareb town to resume offensive against insurgents

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday arrived in the central town of Dhusamareb in an effort to resume offensive against...

Pro-opposition forces seize key security checkpoint in Somalia’s Garowe town

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Troops loyal to Puntland opposition candidates, who had been defeated in a recent presidential vote, seized a key security checkpoint in...

Somalia’s president threatens war against Ethiopia, revives territorial claims over Ogaden region

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Friday declared war against Ethiopia, saying the neighboring Horn of Africa nation is an existential...

Somalia: UN says guard member killed in Al-Shabaab-claimed mortar attack

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United Nations mission in Somalia said on Friday a guard member was killed in an Al-Shabaab-claimed mortar attack on the...

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