Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has pushed for international recognition for decades, with president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi making it a top priority since taking office ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says students will now be taught Swahili along with Arabic, English and Somali [File: ...

Michael Lotem, currently roving economic envoy to Africa, will take up position after Israel last year became first country to recognize territory's independence from Somalia ...

Africa's regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected Israel's recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation, a day earlier. Somaliland, a territory of more than ...

Somali officials and the African Union on Saturday blasted Israel for recognizing Somaliland as an independent state and allegedly undermining Somalia’s sovereignty. “The federal government of Somalia ...

Somalia is a hidden gem shining like a diamond. The Kenya Center for the Jamaica-based Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center—Eastern Africa is championing resilience, academic ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo an has termed Israel's recognition of Somaliland as illegitimate, and concerns have been ...

Somalia should be made a success story in the African continent, said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Somalia Conference in London on Tuesday. Davutoglu said he was confident that from ...

When Somalia secured debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative last December, it completed a feat once deemed impossible. After years of conflict, Mogadishu had finally ...

Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East ...