Somalia Travel News

The European Union is to move military training of Somali soldiers from Uganda to Mogadishu in a show of confidence in Somalia's growing stability after two decades of turmoil, the EU special envoy to Somalia said on Wednesday.

A flight carrying some 25 passengers flew from Mogadishu to Kismayo on Sunday, but the flight returned to Mogadishu's airport, Garowe Online reports.

By Billy Rwothungeyo Air Uganda is set to start flights to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, signaling yet another vote of confidence in the economic turnaround of the war-torn county.

It may seem an unlikely travel destination, but some of the UK's 100,000 Somalis are hoping to head back and help rebuild their strife-torn homeland.

Embassy opened. Last month, Foreign Secretary William Hague opened a new British embassy in Mogadishu.

Emirates Post Group and Somalia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Dubai will act as the hub for mail forwarding, as the strife-torn African nation prepares to resume postal services after a gap of 23 years.

Somalia's security forces need rebuilding to cement gains made by foreign troops against Islamist militants, but how to pay and arm recruits, tackle corruption and prevent rebels infiltrating their ranks remain hurdles for the cash-strapped government.

Somalis may soon be receiving letters from abroad for the first time in more than 20 years after a deal was struck with the United Nations' postal agency, the latest step towards ending Somalia's isolation following two decades of civil conflict.

A man waves the Somali national flag, ahead of the arrival of Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed , in Balad town, in the Middle Shabelle region, approximately 40 km north-east of the capital Mogadishu.

A baby receives a polio vaccine at the Medina Maternal Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday.

In a sign of growing optimism that Somalia is winning a struggle against pirates and al Qaeda-linked insurgents, Britain opened an embassy on Thursday in a set of four metal cabins at Mogadishu airport.

Outside a dilapidated two-story building, Abdi Ali says goodbye to his veiled girlfriend Anisa and they take two separate streets to avoid attention.