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Hargeysa (Diplomat.so) - a private Dash 8-Q400 plane operated by Ethiopian Airlines, with flight number ET8372, was intercepted and returned from Somali airspace. The aircraft was en route to Hargeisa Airport, the capital of the northwestern region of Somalia, under the Somaliland administration.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Somali police reported that a suicide bomber, equipped with an explosive belt, detonated himself on Tuesday afternoon within a bustling restaurant situated in the Hamarweyne market, near the Benadir municipal headquarters. The explosion resulted in the loss of three lives,…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) – In a address to the Martyrs Mosque after Friday prayers on January 12, H.E. Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, asserted that the nation faces two primary adversaries: the extremist group Al-Shabaab and neighboring Ethiopia. President…

Addis Ababa (Diplomat.so) - The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Hamza Adan Haadoow, met on Wednesday in Addis Ababa with Dr. Sarjoh Bah, Director of Conflict Management Directorate (CMD) at the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Hamza Adan Haadoow, welcomed, on Sunday, at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu 137 Somali citizens who were evacuated on a fifth flight from Sudan, where armed clashes…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Continuing to implement the valuable directives of His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister His Excellency Hamza Abdi Barre, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation evacuated 169 Somali citizens on three separate flights from Sudan…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Isaak Mohamud Mursal, officially signed, on Sunday, the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, on an occasion that was held in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital, Mogadishu,…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - While Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is attending the #USAfricaLeadersSummit in Washington, the world's key human rights, and press freedom organizations, are writing to express a deep concern regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and persecution of…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Accord University is an international Somali university offering postgraduate programs dedicated to research, as it has 32 specialized master's and doctoral programs.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Isaak Mohamud Mursal, received on Sunday in the capital Mogadishu, the Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, H.E. Ms. Diana Janse.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Isaak Mohamud Mursal, welcomed, on Saturday, in the capital, Mogadishu, the new AU representative, H.E. Amb. Mohammed El-Amine Souef, upon his arrival at Aden Abdulle International Airport.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre arrives in Beledweyne, capital of Hiran region in central Somalia, to embolden the Somali National Army and the allied Hawadle clan militias "Ma'awisley" in the war against Al-Shabab loyal to Al-Qaeda.

Good afternoon, Mr. President, Mr. Vice-President, members of the Cabinet, members of your advisory team.

Kismayo (Diplomat.so) - Remarks by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, to the media in Kismayo.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemn the suspension against the privately-owned independent CBA television in Hargeisa by the Somaliland Ministry of Information on Wednesday.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Hormuud Salam Foundation launched on Monday, the first batch of training sessions for 80 young people, as part of its large motorcycle training project which will transform the lives of hundreds in the future.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - The Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) has concluded a one-day meeting on mapping priority needs for Somali disabled journalists that was held on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu city, Somalia.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre left Friday for Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, to participate in the eighth summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which will run from 27-28 August.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Somali National Union Teachers (SONUT) in partnership with the Education for All Somalia (EFASOM) conducted a 2-day campaign to address underlying issues that impede out-of-school marginalized children.

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) demands for an immediate and credible inquiry, into the circumstances surrounding the near-fatal shooting today, of journalist Ahmed Omar Nur, a cameraman working for M24 TV.