This is a list of diplomatic missions of Somalia, excluding honorary consulates. Foreign relations of Somalia are handled primarily by the President as the head of state, the Prime Minister as the head of government, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government.
Marsabit County is a county of Kenya. Covering a surface area of 66,923.1 square kilometres Marsabit is the second largest county in Kenya. Its capital is Marsabit and its largest town Moyale. According to the 2019 census, the county has a population of 459,785. It is bordered to the North by Ethiopia, to the West by Turkana County to the South by Samburu County and Isiolo County, and to the East by Wajir County.
Eng. Nicolas Gumbo WAJONYA is a Kenyan politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rarieda Constituency from 2007 to 2017 where he broke the one term jinx and remains the only Rarieda member of parliament to do so. He served as Chairman Public Accounts Committee, Member House Broadcasting committee, Member Constituencies Fund committee and Member of Energy committee. He also served as Kenyatta National Hospital board chairman..
(Amb) Prof Samson Kegengo Ongeri, EGH, M.P is a Kenyan politician. He is currently the Senator for Kisii County.
Hon Aden Keynan Wehliye was a National Assembly MP in Northern Kenya. He served Wajir West from 1997 to 2002, and then from 2007 to 2013. He then moved to Eldas constituency which was curved from Wajir West. Keynan served as Eldas MP in the 11th Parliament and he was then re-elected to serve the same constituency in 12th parliament. He represented the Orange Democratic Movement until 2017 when he switched to the Jubilee Party.
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas, also known as Abdiweli Gaas, is a Somali American economist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Somalia from June 2011 to October 2012, and briefly afterwards as an MP in the newly formed Federal Parliament. During his time as Premier, Ali is credited with having devised the formal "Roadmap for the End of Transition", a political process that provided clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in the country. On 8 January 2014, he was elected the 5th President of Puntland.
Local elections were held in Marsabit County to elect a Governor and County Assembly on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected.
Japan–Somalia relations are bilateral relations between Japan and Somalia.
Mohamud Noor is an American computer scientist, activist and politician. He is a Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 60B in the central Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is also the former director of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota.
Egypt–Somalia relations are bilateral relations between Egypt and Somalia. Both nations are Arab League members and engage in close development cooperation. Somalia also has an embassy in Cairo, and Egypt is slated to reopen its embassy in Mogadishu.
On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 148 people, and injuring 79 or more. The militant group and Al-Qaeda spinoff Al-Shabaab, which the gunmen claimed to be from, took responsibility for the attack. The gunmen took over 700 students hostage, freeing Muslims and killing those who identified as Christians. The siege ended the same day, when all four of the attackers were killed. Five men were later arrested in connection with the attack, and a bounty was placed for the arrest of a suspected organizer.
Ambassador Dahir Mohamud Gelle is a Somali diplomat and politician. Ambassador Dahir was born in Mogadishu in 1966. Having completed his primary and secondary education in Mogadishu, Dahir earned a Bachelors of Arts in Jurisprudence and Law at Al-Azhar University in Cairo Egypt. He later joined the Institute of Arab Research and Studies for a graduate Diploma in Political Science, and a Master of Arts in Political Science. Dahir has accumulated knowledge from years of practice in the public, private and voluntary sectors. In his service in the public sector, Dahir has served as the Director of Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs, been a member of the Somali Federal Parliament, become twice the Minister for Information. On a one-year term, Dahir led the Daljir Forum for national dialogue as the chairperson. He has been the Somali Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2018. In private sector practice, Dahir served as the Managing Director of Ar-risaala Radio station. Also, he is the founder of the Holy Quran radio station. Between 1995 and 2000, he worked for a charity aimed to alleviate the suffering of the needy people.
The Garowe attack was a bombing of a UN van in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. Between 7 and 10 people were killed, including the attacker and four UNICEF workers. The Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the blast. The Puntland administration subsequently appointed a governmental committee to probe the circumstances surrounding the attack, and apprehended over a dozen suspects.
India–Somalia relations refers to the international relations that exist between India and Somalia.
Kenya–North Korea relations refers to the ongoing bilateral relations between Kenya and North Korea.
Eng. Mohamed Isse Ali, also known as Col. Mohamed Isse Ganaje, is a Somali engineer, Navy commander, and politician. Lacle has extensive experience in naval warfare, electricity and mechanics, politics and diplomacy. He has taught subjects in naval warfare and engineering in the Technical Maritime Intermediate School of the National Somali Navy and served as director from 1981 to 1982. He served in the Somali Navy from 1975 to 1991 and held several commanding positions at his time before the Somali Civil War broke. He holds the rank of naval captain. He currently resides in Garoe, the capital of Puntland.
Mohamud Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji is a Somali politician who was elected from the state of Jubaland as a member of Federal Parliament of Somalia on the 15th of February 2018. Mohamud is the younger brother of the late Minister for Public Works and Reconstruction Abass Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji.
Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud is a Somalian politician and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Somalia. Mohamud was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by Mohamed Hussein Roble, the Prime Minister of Somalia. On November 25, 2020, he was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. On 20 November, 2021, Mohamud was replaced as Minister of Foreign Affairs with Abdisaid Muse Ali.
Events in the year 2022 in Somalia.
Abdisaid Muse Ali is a Somali politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia since 2021.
