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

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 ...

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 ...

The death toll from floods and landslides in northern Tanzania following torrential rains over the weekend has risen to more than 50, with 750 acres of farmland destroyed, the president's office said ...

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted Friday to remove the final restrictions on weapons deliveries to Somalia's government and its security forces, more than 30 years after an ...

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 ...

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.

NAIROBI, November 30, 2023 — Recurrent shocks, including a prolonged 2020/23 drought, disrupted Somalia's growth, devastating crops, livestock, and exports. Many fled their homes in search of food and ...

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 ...

The 15-member body adopted two British-drafted resolutions: one to remove the full arms embargo on Somalia and another to reimpose an arms embargo on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants.

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