https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ARa8Pl8Pn9o/mohamed-sheikh-nor RSS for Node Wed, 06 May 2026 21:28:33 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/somalia-rejects-israel-s-naming-of-envoy-for-breakaway-region https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/somalia-rejects-israel-s-naming-of-envoy-for-breakaway-region Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:45:54 GMT Israel became the first country to recognize Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-04/somalian-president-mohamud-unharmed-in-mortar-attack https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-04/somalian-president-mohamud-unharmed-in-mortar-attack Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:16:04 GMT Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia's president, center, at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) opening ceremony in Guba, Ethiopia, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. Ethiopia inaugurated on Tuesday Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam, a colossal feat of engineering that could power homes and industries across East Africa, while deepening a years-long dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Nile’s flow. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/turkey-steps-up-africa-drive-with-push-into-oil-and-spaceports https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/turkey-steps-up-africa-drive-with-push-into-oil-and-spaceports Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:38:52 GMT Turkey’s 7th-generation new ultra-deepwater drilling ship Cagri Bey, leaves for Somalia from Tasucu Port in Mersin, Turkiye, on Feb. 15. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/turkey-deploys-f-16s-in-somalia-to-step-up-strikes-on-al-shabaab https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/turkey-deploys-f-16s-in-somalia-to-step-up-strikes-on-al-shabaab Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:57:05 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-17/somalia-s-1-billion-livestock-trade-gains-from-australia-sudan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-17/somalia-s-1-billion-livestock-trade-gains-from-australia-sudan Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/explosion-near-mogadishu-prison-shatters-period-of-calm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/explosion-near-mogadishu-prison-shatters-period-of-calm Sat, 04 Oct 2025 16:35:24 GMT Smoke fills the sky as explosions and heavy gunfire erupted near Somalia’s presidential palace in an attack by a militant group in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 4. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/us-gulf-states-sanction-somali-terror-group https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/us-gulf-states-sanction-somali-terror-group Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:19:33 GMT Al-Shabbab militants perform military drills in Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/somalia-gives-elon-musk-s-starlink-permit-to-operate-in-country https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-13/somalia-gives-elon-musk-s-starlink-permit-to-operate-in-country Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:59:52 GMT A Starlink satellite-internet communication system antenna and router in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. European Defense Commissoiner Andrius Kubilius expressed confidence that the EU would be able to replace the Starlink satellite communications system quickly in Ukraine if owner Elon Musk were to pull the plug. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/somali-terror-group-consolidates-power-builds-ties-to-houthis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/somali-terror-group-consolidates-power-builds-ties-to-houthis Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:23:15 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-27/ethiopian-premier-visits-somalia-to-mend-ties-after-port-furor https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-27/ethiopian-premier-visits-somalia-to-mend-ties-after-port-furor Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:00:45 GMT Abiy Ahmed is welcomed by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/somalia-confirms-egypt-to-take-part-in-local-peacekeeping-force https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/somalia-confirms-egypt-to-take-part-in-local-peacekeeping-force Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:01:21 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/turkey-begins-building-rocket-launching-facility-in-somalia https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/turkey-begins-building-rocket-launching-facility-in-somalia Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:20:16 GMT Newly elected Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud waves after he was sworn-in, in the capital Mogadishu, on May 15, 2022. - Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following May 15's long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. (Photo by Hasan Ali Elmi / AFP) (Photo by HASAN ALI ELMI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-19/breakaway-somalia-region-elects-opposition-leader-as-president https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-19/breakaway-somalia-region-elects-opposition-leader-as-president Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:04:53 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-13/somaliland-elections-enclave-votes-with-hopes-for-trump-s-formal-recognition https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-13/somaliland-elections-enclave-votes-with-hopes-for-trump-s-formal-recognition Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:30:09 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-10/somali-cabinet-backs-former-army-chief-for-return-stint-at-helm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-10/somali-cabinet-backs-former-army-chief-for-return-stint-at-helm Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:52:22 GMT Odawa Yusuf Rage, left, during a visit to Ankara, Turkey, in 2021. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-05/us-forgives-1-14-billion-of-somalia-s-debt-in-bilateral-accord https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-05/us-forgives-1-14-billion-of-somalia-s-debt-in-bilateral-accord Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:44:40 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/somalia-wants-ethiopia-excluded-from-force-battling-al-shabaab https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/somalia-wants-ethiopia-excluded-from-force-battling-al-shabaab Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:35:47 GMT BAIDOA, SOMALIA - SEPTEMBER 3: Ethiopian African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) troops patrol the streets as Martin Griffiths, Under Secretary General for the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, makes a visit to displacement camps for people impacted by drought on September 3, 2022 in Baidoa, Somalia. Extreme drought has destroyed crops and seen a hike in food prices, leaving 7 million people (out of a total population of 16 million) at risk of famine in Somalia. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-08/somalia-to-start-development-of-70-million-port-in-december https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-08/somalia-to-start-development-of-70-million-port-in-december Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:54:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-26/somalia-appoints-asad-osman-abdullahi-as-new-police-chief https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-26/somalia-appoints-asad-osman-abdullahi-as-new-police-chief Thu, 26 Sep 2024 06:11:37 GMT Somalian police. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-19/somalia-traders-shut-businesses-to-protest-imf-backed-sales-tax https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-19/somalia-traders-shut-businesses-to-protest-imf-backed-sales-tax Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:09:33 GMT Mogadishu, Somalia.