GAROWE, Somalia( Reuters)-Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland said on Friday it had sent

country of Somalia. Puntland now says that it will hold a referendum on whether to accept the African

the fighting has stopped, ” he added by telephone.... Puntland regional police chief Jama Mohamud

them, in the desert near Garowe, in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia....

1 to lease 20 km( 12 miles) of coastline in Somaliland-a part of Somalia which claims independence and has had effective autonomy since 1991. Ethiopia said it wanted to set up a naval base there and offered possible recognition of Somaliland in exchange-prompting a defiant response from Somalia and fears the deal could further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud previously called the port deal illegal and said in February his country would" defend itself

Somalia's four largest clans each hold 61 seats in parliament, while the smaller clans share the remaining 31.... Last month, the peackeeepers faced off with local police during the elections for speaker of the upper and lower houses. WHO IS LIKELY TO WIN?... Former foreign minister Fawzia Yusuf Adam is the only woman in the race, but is regarded as an outsider. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?...

MOGADISHU, Nov 6( Reuters)-Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113, 000 people and" temporarily affected" hundreds of thousands, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs( UN OCHA) said on Monday. About 10 people have died in the aftermath of the rains, and the government has declared a statement of emergency, Somali Disaster Management Agency said on its account on social media platform X. The rain comes a year after the Horn of Afric

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian terrorist Ahmad Mustakim Abdul Hamid created history when he became one of the first foreign terrorists to be handed a 15-year jail term by the Somalian government for his acts of terrorism. Until recently, little was known about this 34-year-old al-Shabab member, who became radicalised when he ventured to Yemen to study. Last month, Ahmad Mustakim and Darren Anthony Brynes from Britain were jailed for being members of the terrorist group and entering the country illegall

MOGADISHU( Reuters)-Two former presidents will face off against the incumbent in Somalia's long-delayed presidential vote on Sunday behind blast walls to protect lawmakers from Islamist attacks and meddling by factions within the security services.... " Lawmakers used to elect the one who gave them the biggest hidden hand-shake( bribe).... Now they may eat from all hands, but will choose a good man....

India’s navy said on Monday it had freed an Iranian fishing vessel that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in the latest attack against shipping in the Indian Ocean. The hijacking off Somalia fuelled concerns about a resurgence of Indian Ocean raids by opportunistic pirates, coming on top of a separate surge of attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.“ The fishing vessel had been boarded by pirates and the crew taken as hostages, ” Indian navy spokesman Commander Vivek Madhw