Ali Wajis Tells the Defence Minister That the Government’s Critics Should Be Killed

Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre at the 2025 economic report presentation in Mogadishu.

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said on Wednesday 16 September that his government has not politicised, and ...

UNSOS, Somali and African Union personnel beside a United Nations helicopter at Mogadishu airport

US Reportedly Offers a Twelve-Month UNSOS Drawdown After December

by Dalmar

September 16, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The United States has reportedly offered a twelve-month UNSOS drawdown after the current authorisation expires on 31 ...

Towfiiq chairman Sheikh Mohamed Shaakir Ali Hassan during a 2026 meeting

Towfiiq Wins a Galmudug Rerun and Is Excluded From It

by Jama

September 16, 2026

DHUSAMAREB, SOMALIA – Somalia's electoral commission has excluded Towfiiq from the approved list for the Galmudug rerun that the organisation ...

The United States Embassy Mogadishu seal, the diplomatic mission Devin Kennington has been nominated to lead

Devin Kennington Is Nominated to Mogadishu While Washington Deals With Bosaso and Hargeisa

by Jama

September 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – The White House sent the Senate the nomination of Devin Kennington on Monday 14 September, naming ...

Fighters loyal to Abdiaziz Laftagareen with belt-fed machine guns and the South West State flag in open country on the outskirts of Baidoa

South West State Names Laftagareen’s Forces and Al-Shabaab in One Airstrike Warning

by Dalmar

September 14, 2026

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – South West State's security minister told civilians on Saturday 12 September to stay away from any area ...

The crater and the wrecked house at Doolow that Fahad Yasin says Speaker Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur ordered struck, still unexamined by any published inquiry

Fahad Yasin Names the Speaker for Doolow and the Government Names Nobody

by Jama

September 13, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Fahad Yasin has named Speaker Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur as the man who directed the drone strike that ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud walks with President Ali Gudlawe on a federal visit to Hirshabelle, the state presidency Villa Somalia has reserved for the incumbent

Villa Somalia Hands Ali Gudlawe the Only Card in the Hirshabelle Election

by Dalmar

September 13, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has told the vice president of Hirshabelle that the state presidency he was ...

A Somali National Army name tape and national flag patch, the uniform of the force whose soldier was stopped and killed by clan militia at Ceelbaraf in Middle Shabelle

Ceelbaraf Takes Another Soldier and Mogadishu Answers With an Investigation

by Jama

September 12, 2026

CEELBARAF, SOMALIA – Armed men organised along clan lines stopped the Somali National Army soldier Ahmed Shire Hussein off his ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni seated before the crowd in Xaafuun on 9 September 2026, where he said Puntland will fight the pirates the way it fought Daesh

President Deni Tells Xaafuun the Pirates Will Be Fought Like Daesh While Mogadishu Passes a Law

by Dalmar

September 11, 2026

XAAFUUN, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni told the people of Xaafuun on the evening of Wednesday 9 September that ...