Turkey has ramped up its partnership with Somalia in recent months. It is helping Somalia defend its waters, and has signed a deal to explore for oil and gas off the east African nation’s coast. There ...

Many fear that the move could strain maritime boundaries and ignite disputes over resource ownership, adding tensions to an already delicate political landscape in the Horn of Africa.

Turkey is expanding its reach into Africa, banking on its defence projects and widespread trade network, its prospects ...

The office of Somalia’s prime minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, announced the decision on April 4, citing reasons similar to those ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who presided over the summit, said trade with the continent surpassed $35 billion last ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia has signed a financial cooperation agreement with Turkey, in yet another indication of growing ties between the two countries, whose relationship ...

Turkey has built relations with Somalia from non-economic issues such as humanitarian donations, education and other social support. Then it moved to defence.

Somalia has announced the expulsion of an Ethiopian diplomat, marking a further souring of relations between the neighbouring ...

Somalia’s new defence pact with Egypt has angered Ethiopia, undermining coalition efforts to contain al-Shabaab, a Jihadist ...

Turkey’s expanding African footprint – through trade, investment and mediation efforts – also serves President Erdoğan’s strategic ambitions.

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 ...