Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

The African Union (AU) has urged Ethiopia and Somalia to implement "without delay" an agreement aimed at ending tensions between the neighbors over Ethiopia's access to the sea, calling the deal an "important act."

The United Nations on Thursday praised a landmark Türkiye-mediated agreement between Somalia and Ethiopia aimed at resolving their differences.

Somalia and Ethiopia have reached a deal to end a nearly year-old bitter dispute following hours of Turkish-brokered talks in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday.

Hailing it as a "historic agreement", Erdoğan said he hoped the deal would be "the first step towards a new beginning based on peace and cooperation between Somalia and Ethiopia".

Türkiye is set to begin onshore oil and natural gas exploration in Somalia thanks to a new agreement between Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and Somali Petroleum Authority, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan brought his counterparts from Ethiopia and Somalia together once again in the Turkish capital as part of Ankara's efforts to resolve the problems between the two African neighboring states.

Fidan met with Ethiopia Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie and Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi separately on Aug. 12 before a trilateral meeting.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke over the phone on Sunday with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, discussing tensions between the African country and its neighbor Ethiopia.

The son of the Somali president, who caused the death of a motorbike courier he hit in Istanbul, has received a fine of 27,300 Turkish Liras ($906), as the court commuted the prison sentence to a fine.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has reached out to the grieving widow of Yunus Emre Göçer, the motorcycle courier killed after a collision involving the president's son in Istanbul two weeks ago.

A forensic report has identified Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of Somalia's president, as the primary negligent party in a crash that claimed the life of a motorcycle courier.

Yunus Emre Göçer tragically lost his life on Dec. 6, six days after being struck by a car driven by Mohamud's son, Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on a bustling highway in Istanbul.

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that the Somali president's son Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was involved in the accident that led to the death of motorcyclist Yunus Emre Göçer, will be brought to Türkiye.