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.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan passport holders can now resume business travel to Somalia and Somaliland and transit through airports in both countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.

China has strongly condemned a recent agreement between Somaliland and Taiwan, accusing both of violating the “one-China ...

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 banned Taiwan's passport over FM’s planned Somaliland visit to boost separatism: ex-ministerMOGADISHU, Somalia – The former immediate Somali foreign minister defends the Taiwan passport ban, ...

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 ...

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.