UNSOS End Leaves Southern Somalia Dangerously Exposed

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, whom opposition leaders accuse of working toward civil war

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Villa Somalia is buying a better story in Washington. Filings under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act ...

ATMIS troops during the drawdown that Mogadishu repeatedly asked the African Union to pause

Mogadishu’s ATMIS Reversals Explain Its Latest Security Promise

by Jama

July 27, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Four years of Somali policy on foreign troops can be read off a single file, and the ...

AUSSOM troops on operations in Somalia, the mission whose commanders met in Mogadishu

Mogadishu Plans an AUSSOM Handover It Cannot Pay For

by Dalmar

July 27, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's federal government intends to announce that it is taking national security duties back from AUSSOM, and ...

Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, whose government drafted the new penal code now before parliament

Somalia’s Draft Penal Code Trades Rights for a Bargain It Will Not Get

by Jama

July 26, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The draft penal code sitting in Somalia's parliament does something no Somali law has attempted since 1962. ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, whose government created the North East State now losing lawmakers in Las Anod

Mogadishu’s North East State Starts to Come Apart

by Dalmar

July 26, 2026

LAS ANOD, SOMALIA – Five lawmakers quit the North East State parliament on Sunday, and their joint statement was notable ...

Puntland and Jubaland Walk Away From Mogadishu’s Election Talks

by Jama

July 24, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Puntland and Jubaland walked out of Mogadishu's election talks this week, and no committee has stepped in ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni warns clan militias in Puntland Somalia

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Loses His Proxy Fight in Puntland and Turns to Galkayo

by Dalmar

July 23, 2026

BOSASO, SOMALIA – The federal-backed force did not last the morning in the hills above Bosaso. Puntland's Dervish ambushed a ...

Mogadishu’s Claim on the Puntland Security Force Turns Deadly Near Bosaso

by Dalmar

July 23, 2026

BOSASO, SOMALIA – One soldier is dead near Somalia's busiest northern port, and the fight that killed him was not ...

Somali National Army soldiers; fighting in Baidoa pits the federal-backed administration against Laftagareen loyalists.

Somali Soldiers Step on the American Flag and on Mogadishu’s Lifeline

by Jama

July 13, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A short video has put Somalia's most vital partnership under strain. The clip spread across social media ...