Press Releases

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(MENAFN) The Somali government has revoked security and defense arrangements with the United Arab Emirates tied to several strategic ports, citing violations of the nation’s sovereignty, unity, and political independence, according to a statement...

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(MENAFN) Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unprecedented recognition of Somaliland as a direct violation of international law, escalating tensions over the disputed territory.

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s National Consultative Council (NCC) on Monday stated that Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region poses a serious threat to security across the region, including the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and wider Middle East....

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(MENAFN) Somalia has rejected Israel’s decision to recognize the Somaliland region, asserting that the move contravenes international law. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Saturday that the action taken by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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(MENAFN) Residents of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, went to the polls on Thursday in local elections intended to set the stage for the nation’s first direct national vote in over fifty years.

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(MENAFN) Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) announced on Saturday that it carried out two coordinated operations against the al-Shabaab militant group in central Somalia, resulting in the deaths of more than 22 insurgents.

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Ahmed Hassan Aden, welcomed a newly signed “Strategic Cooperation and Service Agreement” with Türkiye, emphasizing its potential to strengthen bilateral economic ties and benefit both...

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(MENAFN) The Somali military has captured a strategic area in southern Somalia that had been utilized as a refuge by the Al-Shabaab terror organization, the Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has reaffirmed its determination to eliminate al-Shabaab’s insurgency and restore stability across the country, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Türkiye’s industrial group OYAK and Somalia’s Fisheries and Blue Economy Ministry signed a strategic cooperation and services agreement on Wednesday to collaborate in the fisheries sector.

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(MENAFN) China announced on Tuesday that a fishing vessel hijacked by armed individuals off the coast of Somalia was successfully rescued on Monday, cautioning that efforts to disrupt relations between the two nations will not succeed, according...

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(MENAFN) Somalia's prime minister has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's inflammatory statements targeting Somalia and Somali immigrants residing in America, local media outlets confirmed Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Somalia is hurtling toward a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, with the number of people facing acute food insecurity projected to nearly double compared to last year as drought, armed conflict, and spiraling food prices converge,...

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(MENAFN) The African Union (AU) and Somalia have strongly condemned a deadly assault in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, which claimed at least 50 civilian lives and involved the abduction of women and children.

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Despite its best efforts to ignore, even the mainstream media is covering DHS’s database of hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens arrested across the country WASHINGTON – After failing to cover President Joe Biden’s open border chaos...

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(MENAFN) A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people was forced to make an emergency landing in the water near Mogadishu on Tuesday after veering off the airport runway.

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s authorities have revealed that the national airline, Somali Airlines, is set to resume operations before the conclusion of 2025, over three decades after it was suspended due to the nation’s civil conflict.

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(MENAFN) The Somali central government has prevented two aircraft carrying security personnel from the semi-autonomous regions of Jubaland and Puntland from landing at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport ahead of planned talks between the...

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(MENAFN) A presidential decision has authorized the continuation of Turkish naval operations in the Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia, the Arabian Sea, and nearby maritime zones for an additional year, beginning Feb. 10, 2026, according to official...

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(MENAFN) Somalia strongly rejected allegations on Wednesday that it had struck a “secret deal” with Sweden involving conditional development aid linked to the deportation of Somali nationals.