Somalia's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation was scheduled to run through March 17, 2026.
March 17, 2026
high
temporal
End date for Somalia's TPS designation as recorded by USCIS
Somalia's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation is scheduled to run through March 17, 2026, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
March 17, 2026
high
temporal
Official end date for Somalia's TPS designation as reported by USCIS.
The 2025 World Food Programme identified Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan as countries facing major disruptions to food aid operations.
October 16, 2025
high
temporal
Countries highlighted by the World Food Programme in 2025 as at risk of major disruptions to aid due to funding constraints.
Arms smuggling operations have employed nighttime ship-to-ship transfers off the coast of Somalia to move cargo from Iran to other vessels for transport to recipients such as armed groups in Yemen.
August 01, 2023
medium
temporal
Describes a recurring smuggling method used to transfer cargo from Iran via maritime routes near Somalia to reach recipients in the Arabian Peninsula.
In March 2017, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's revised "travel ban," the March 2017 executive order that suspended travel for 90 days from six majority-Muslim countries (Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) and paused the entry of asylum seekers for 120 days.
March 01, 2017
high
temporal
Federal-court injunction and description of the executive order's provisions.