MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On December 31, 2026, the United Nations Support Office in Somalia will stop bankrolling the African Union force that fights al-Shabaab. Washington
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On Tuesday, Puntland and Jubaland refused to join election talks that Turkish intelligence officials convened in Mogadishu. Both states rejected the Turkish
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The al-Shabaab offensive sweeping across central Somalia is not winning on firepower alone. It is winning on distraction. While government forces clashed
KISMAYO, SOMALIA – Two of Somalia’s most powerful regional presidents have turned on Villa Somalia in the same week. They say President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Baidoa, SOMALIA – The Southwest State election on June 10 produced a result so lopsided it confirmed what critics had warned for months. Federal parliament
Mogadishu — Today’s local elections orchestrated by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration in Mogadishu witnessed citizens being marched to polling stations at gunpoint, with widespread
Lascanod, SOMALIA – Abdirashid “Abwan” Yusuf Jibril yesterday renewed his threats to militarily prevent Puntland forces from conducting counter-terrorism operations against Al-Shabab in the Al-Madow mountains,
Mogadishu, SOMALIA — Former Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble today disclosed that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud explicitly stated during recent meetings with the opposition that
Garowe, Puntland — The Puntland Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs, and Democratisation today issued a comprehensive response to the Las Anod Conference, exposing it as
Bacaadweyn, Puntland — President Said Abdullahi Deni today inaugurated construction of the Bacaadweyne-Galkayo road—a 40-kilometer lifeline that should have been built with African Development Bank
