This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq ...

Imagine a place where your family name is more important than your ideas. This is Somalia, where clan loyalty is more powerful than any law. The current voting system is like a dance everyone knows.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The province of Somaliland declared separation from the nation of Somalia in 1991 as the republic of Somaliland. It was first ...

Türkiye and Somalia are building a partnership that extends beyond economics into a broader sphere of strategic cooperation.

Somalia’s independence in 1960 united two former colonial territories, British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. Each carried distinct administrative legacies, creating early challenges for unity. In ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia will now have express authority to purchase arms without much restrictions, the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] has approved, ending three ...

The creation of Somalia's Central Delivery Unit (CDU) is a bold statement of intent. It reflects a government ready to move beyond fragile-state patterns of promises and delays, and instead to embrace ...

NAIROBI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying ...