Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago MOGADISHU, Somalia ...

UN implemented a general arms embargo on Somalia in 1992 but has since largely eased it in regard to Somali forces.

The embargo was placed on Somalia in 1992 to cut the flow of weapons to feuding warlords in the country. Ugandan peacekeepers with the African Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) stand next to ...

Israeli bombing intensifies around cities of Khan Younis and Rafah ...

In Somalia, at least six people have been killed when a suicide bomber targeted a minibus full of delegates involved in parliamentary elections in Mogadishu. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab armed group has ...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on Friday to remove the final restrictions on weapons deliveries to Somalia's government and its security ...

After more than a decade of intense lobbying, Somalia has been admitted into the East African Community (EAC). After ratification by the Somali Federal Parliament, the membership will become official.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday the U.N. Security Council vote to lift ...