WILLMAR - The blue and white of the flag of Somalia seemed to be the color of choice for many celebrating the country's 58th birthday Sunday afternoon in downtown Willmar. Somali Independence Day ...

For some Ohioans, there will be two Independence Days this week—Somalia Independence Day on July 1, and the U.S. Independence Day celebration on July Fourth. Somalia Independence Day takes place on ...

initiated the unification with Somalia on July 1 st 1960 creating the first Republic of Somalia. But, unfortunately, Somaliland became the first victim of that Union too after the South-led civilian ...

To many Africans old enough to remember the Cold War, the bloody conflict currently unfolding in Somalia will be awfully familiar. Back before the Berlin Wall fell, localized power struggles all over ...

OP-ED — Last night, the blue flag with the white star fluttered over city squares and windswept alleyways. Patriotic songs echoed from loudspeakers in the Somali capital. In Hargeisa, the streets were ...