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Officials said Hassan and Mohamed played "significant roles in Moore’s captivity" and abused their positions within the ...

Voters in Somaliland head to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees ...

In a sign of warming ties, Egyptian and Turkish officials have met to discuss the situation in the Horn of Africa amid ...

Nexus between the two can be traced back to 1969 when Dayr rains helped disguise military operations that led to overthrowal ...

African leaders may have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election, professing a desire for mutually beneficial ...

Two Somali pirates were sentenced to three decades in prison over the kidnapping of an American journalist held in captivity ...

Reports indicate that the pair exploited their government positions in Somalia as a senior security official and an army ...

It is not the first time Madobe has been subjected to pressure from Mogadishu. During Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed alias Farmajo ...

Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years ...

Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years and comes as the Horn of Africa region is experiencing political ...

Somaliland holds a long-delayed election on Wednesday amid hopes a new US administration will back the breakaway region’s ...