This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years ...

In a sign of warming ties, Egyptian and Turkish officials have met to discuss the situation in the Horn of Africa amid ...

Turkey's president says he remains hopeful that a reconciliation with Syrian President Bashar Assad can be achieved.

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

Somalia considers the deal, which has yet to be finalised, an assault on its sovereignty. Since breaking away in 1991, Somaliland has not been recognised as independent by a single nation. Turkey has ...

Turkey has mediated two rounds of talks since July between Somalia and Ethiopia over the ... maritime location adjacent to some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Ships plying those routes ...

Somalia considers the deal, which has yet to be finalised, an assault on its sovereignty. Since breaking away in 1991, Somaliland has not been recognised as independent by a single nation. Turkey ...

Turkey has launched a significant oil and gas exploration mission off Somalia’s coast, with the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) leading the operation. The Turkish exploration ...

making it one of the world’s top ten oil and gas reserves. Turkey’s involvement in Somali waters is a strategic step to diversify its hydrocarbon sources and reduce reliance on Russian energy imports.

NAIROBI, Kenya - The offshore oil exploration by Turkey has ... the displaying of a map during the official ushering in of a Turkish exploration and research vessel. “After 33 years, Hassan Sheikh is ...

“No one in Villa Somalia, now or in the future, can sanction ENDF (Ethiopian forces) presence in Somalia while Ethiopia maintains its professed aspirations to have a naval base in what Mogadishu and ...