An alleged Somali war criminal who fled to the United States has been working as a security guard at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad ...

The recent presidential elections in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland have concluded with a landslide victory for ...

Ethiopia and Somalia are at odds over a memorandum of understanding that Ethiopia and Somaliland signed in January ...

The former British protectorate of Somaliland joined the rest of Somalia on 1 July 1960. In a conflict leading up to the ...

D.C. Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Arabic: محمّد سياد بري‎) (b. October 6, 1919 – January 2, 1995) was the military dictator and President of the Somali ...

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, holds a presidential election on Wednesday at a time of diplomatic tensions in the ...

In fact the beach was chosen as a place of execution in 1975 by Siad Barre when he was president precisely because locals nearby could watch. His military government erected the poles for some ...

Here are some key facts about the territory: Somaliland declared independence from war-torn Somalia in 1991 after the fall of autocrat Siad Barre. But it remains unrecognised by any country or ...

Egypt under Nasser in 1954-69. Somalia under Siad Barre. Allied in 1969, but soon changed sides to become violently anti-Soviet. During the Cold War period, it was the only government to do so ...

Ali was a commander in the national army and supporter of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, say court documents. Until this month, Ali drove for Uber, with a high 4.89 rating. On Tuesday, a jury at a ...