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Pirates seize oil tanker with 11 Pakistanis onboard off Somalia

Pirates reportedly seized an oil tanker near Somalia carrying 11 Pakistani crew members, prompting urgent response efforts from Islamabad. According to shipping sources, the vessel, identified as Honour 25, came under pirate attack on April 21, after which it was taken over. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs confirmed the incident, saying that immediate steps have been initiated to ensure the safe recovery of the crew. Read More…

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Israel recognised Somaliland in exchange for base, Palestinian displacement: Somalia's Mohamud

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the breakaway region of Somaliland has agreed to resettle Palestinians and host an Israeli military base in return for recognition by Israel, citing intelligence reports. Tel Aviv’s recognition of Somaliland was “very unexpected and strange,” Mohamud told Al Jazeera on Tuesday, adding that it came “out of nowhere” as Israel became the first since 1991 to recognise the region as an independent state. Mogadishu rejects Somaliland’s independence claim, considers the region part of Somalia, and views any direct engagement with it as a violation… Read More…

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Pakistan slams Israel's move to recognise Somaliland as independent state

Pakistan on Saturday denounced Israel's announcement recognising the independence of the so-called Somaliland region of the Federal Republic of Somalia, terming the move a violation of international norms. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) condemned what it said were "attempts to undermine the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Somalia". Islamabad urged the international community to reject any such actions, and prevent and deter Israel from undermining the ongoing efforts for peace and stability in the region. Read More…

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Somalia offers US exclusive control of air bases, ports

Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald Trump seen by Reuters on Friday. In the March 16 letter, authenticated by a regional diplomat with knowledge of the matter, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the assets included air bases in Balidogle and Berbera as well as the ports of Berbera and Bosaso. Somalia’s foreign affairs and information ministers did not immediately respond to requests for comments. Read More…

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No talks with anyone to resettle Palestinians from Gaza: Somaliland

Somaliland has not received any proposal from the US or Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, the foreign minister of Somalia’s breakaway region says. The Associated Press quoted US and Israeli officials as saying their two countries contacted officials from Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland to discuss using their territory for resettling Palestinians from the war-devastated Gaza Strip. “I haven’t received such a proposal, and there are no talks with anyone regarding Palestinians,” Foreign Minister Abdirahman Dahir Adan said. Read More…

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Polls open in Somaliland presidential election

Polling stations across Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland opened for a presidential election. The incumbent, President Muse Bihi Abdi, of the ruling Kulmiye party and candidates Abdirahman Irro of the main opposition party Wadan and Faysal Ali Warabe, the leader of the opposition UCID party, are vying for the presidency. Read More…

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Deadly bomb blasts hit Somalia's Mogadishu

At least six people have been killed and 10 injured by bomb explosions in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and a town in the country's Middle Shabelle region, police and witnesses have said. It was not immediately clear who had carried out Saturday's attacks, although the militant group al Shabaab frequently orchestrates bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa country. The blast in Mogadishu involved a bomb-rigged car that was parked on a road near the National Theatre in Mogadishu, about one kilometre away from the… Read More…

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Rising Somalia-Ethiopia tensions threaten Horn of Africa

Growing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, heightened by arms shipments, risk destabilising the fragile Horn of Africa and creating opportunities for the insurgents of al Shabaab, experts say. The region has been on alert since January when Ethiopia made the shock announcement that it would lease a stretch of coastline from Somaliland, a breakaway area of Somalia, to build a naval base and commercial port. Somalia has reacted by growing closer to Ethiopia's biggest regional rival, Egypt. Read More…

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Somali, US forces kill top Al Shabab commander

Somali and US forces have killed a senior leader of the Al Shabab terrorist group who planned numerous attacks in Somalia and Kenya, Somalia's information minister said. "Maalim Ayman was confirmed to have been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army with assistance from US forces on December 17th," Daud Aweis said on his X account late on Thursday. Read More…

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