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Somaliland's President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (R) meets with Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in the breakaway region's capital, Hargeisa

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Somalia calls Israeli FM visit to Somaliland an ‘incursion’

The Israeli foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday in a high-profile visit, condemned by Somalia as an “unauthorised incursion,” after Israel recognised the...

AFPJanuary 6, 2026

A photograph shows military vehicles, allegedly sent by the UAE to support separatist forces, that were damaged in an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

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Best of frenemies: Saudi, UAE rivalry bursts into view

For years, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia projected geopolitical and economic power across the Gulf and beyond, seemingly in tandem. But a...

AFPJanuary 1, 2026

Thousands of people thronged the streets in the capital Hargeisa

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Somaliland recognition prompts celebrations, condemnation

People gathered in several towns in the breakaway region of Somaliland on Sunday to celebrate its recognition by Israel — a decision condemned by...

AFPDecember 28, 2025

Security was tight, with police searching voters at polling stations

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Mogadishu votes in first local elections in decades under tight security

Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu — the first by universal suffrage in nearly...

AFPDecember 25, 2025

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Somali TikToker deported from US for spy kidnapping may be innocent

A Somali migrant deported from the United States and labelled an "illegal scumbag" by the White House.

AFPDecember 8, 2025

For the first time in decades, Mogadishu is witnessing a building boom

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Rising from the ashes: Mogadishu’s building boom

Mogadishu is rising, literally, from the ashes of decades of war. Pavements remain scarred by bullet holes and ruined buildings still line many streets,...

AFPNovember 23, 2025

Soldiers of the Somali National Army (SNA) walk near the front line

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In Somalia, a shaky front line barely holds back the ‘dogs of war’

The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants could start lobbing mortars at...

AFPNovember 18, 2025

Al-Shabaab is still far from threatening the capital, some analysts say, and its advances come from the government taking its eye off the ball

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Fears mount over resurgence of Al-Shabaab jihadists in Somalia

Somalia’s Al-Shabaab jihadist militia shows signs of resurgence after making gains in strategic regions and coming close to assassinating the president with a roadside...

AFPMarch 27, 2025