WASHINGTON—The Somali government has asked the U.N. Security Council to terminate the U.N. political mission in Somalia that has been helping the war-torn African country since 2013.
WASHINGTON — Somalia said it expelled Ethiopia’s ambassador in Mogadishu and ordered the closure of two consulates — one each in the semi-autonomous Puntland region and the breakaway Somaliland region — in a dispute over a port deal.
Police in Somalia say security forces have ended a siege by al-Shabab militants who attacked a heavily guarded hotel close to the country’s presidential palace.
Somalia’s government warns that flooding which has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people may turn into the country’s worst humanitarian disaster in decades, unless Somalis and the international community act quickly.
As Somalia battles Islamist al-Shabab militants, there is a struggle between independent media and the government over how much access journalists should have to the front lines, liberated areas and combat operations.
