Somalia does not maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Taiwan and China split amid civil war 76 years ago, but tensions have risen since 2016, when China cut off almost all contacts with Taipei.

Somalia has banned entry to Taiwan passport holders citing compliance with a United Nations resolution, the island's foreign ministry said, blaming Chinese pressure on Mogadishu at a time Taiwan ...

Somalia’s ban on transit and entry of all Taiwanese passport holders has taken effect, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which accused China of pressuring the East African ...

Somalia banned Taiwan's passport over FM’s planned Somaliland visit to boost separatism: ex-ministerFiqi has since been appointed Somalia’s minister of defence. His tenure at the foreign ministry saw ...

Somalia is yet to comment on the ban which comes as Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by China, boosts ties with Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia 34 years ago, but remains mostly ...

The region also recognizes Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia as a country. In a statement authored by Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mogadishu maintained that it will respect the UN ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's foreign ministry says a Taiwanese fishing vessel and its 26-member crew were freed after being held by Somali pirates for almost 19 months. The ministry says the ...

Somalia does not maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Taiwan and China split amid civil war 76 years ago, but tensions have risen since 2016, when China cut off almost all contacts with Taipei.

Officials in Somalia say it and Taiwan have imposed entry bans on each other’s citizens. The dispute appears to be linked to Taiwan’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland.