Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
latest news & developmentsSomali lawmakers delay presidential vote
Somali lawmakers on Tuesday extended by five days the time period needed to elect a new president.
Somali prime minister stands firm after sacking
Somalia’s president announced Sunday he was sacking the Cabinet but the premier challenged the move, in a fresh clash between the two rivals.
Mugabe looms over EU-Africa summit
The leaders of Africa and the Europe Union (EU) gathered in Lisbon on Friday for a summit designed to forge a new era in ties, but which is in danger of being overshadowed by the…
US pledges to bolster DRC against rebels
The United States and Africa’s Great Lakes states agreed on Wednesday to rapidly strengthen Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) security forces in their drive against rebel and…
UN: Somalia freezes aid operations in south-east
The Somali government has frozen aid activities in a south-eastern region most affected by the country’s growing humanitarian crisis, a United Nations spokesperson told reporters…
Ethiopia: World is forgetting Somalia
Ethiopia has warned that the world’s disinterest in sending peacekeepers to Somalia was dampening hopes of achieving peace in the shattered African nation. Of the 8 000…
Mortar barrage triggers Mogadishu clashes
Insurgents fired a barrage of mortars into an Ethiopian army camp in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, triggering heavy fighting, residents said. The clashes shattered a…
Call for protection of press freedom in Somalia
A Somali media panel on Friday asked the country’s new Prime Minister, Nur Hassan Hussein, to protect press freedom that has been under siege as the government battles…
Thousands flee fighting in Somali capital
The toll from some of the worst fighting in Somalia’s war-wracked capital climbed to 59 on Saturday, as thousands fled the city fearing more clashes between Ethiopian forces and…
Somali president in crisis talks to find new PM
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed called crisis talks on Tuesday to find a new prime minister as the country’s shaky government faced a mounting challenge from Islamist…
New UN envoy to Somalia holds first talks
The United Nations’s new envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, held his first talks in Mogadishu on Saturday with the embattled transitional government’s top leaders, the UN…