Previously it had been based in Nairobi, Kenya. The US closed its embassy in Somalia in January 1991 amid fighting between rebels and the government and had to airlift out its ambassador and staff.

The US embassy said the debt relief was in addition to $1.2 billion in development, economic, security, and humanitarian ...

In response, a spokesperson said Africom was "working with [the US embassy] in Somalia on a way forward". Amnesty has called the new US acknowledgement "an important step forward." "But this is ...

The embassy’s press attaché Abdimajit M. Osman - in a phone interview - said that Ahmad Mustakim was charged in Somalia’s military court and the court proceedings began in 2019 after his ...