Fahad Yasin Condemns Cuts to Benefits for Somalia’s Fallen Soldiers and Veterans
Former Intelligence Chief Says Reductions Send a “Deeply Disappointing” Message to Those Who Sacrificed Their Lives and Health for the State Mogadishu (WDN) — Former National Intelligence and Security...
View ArticleFuture Council Draws the Line as Somalia’s Opposition Hardens
Puntland, Jubaland and Salvation Forum Bloc Says It Recognizes Farmaajo as an Opposition Figure Aligned with Its Position Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s Future Council has drawn a sharper political...
View ArticleTigray Cut Off Again as Communications Blackout Deepens Civilian Misery
Internet and Phone Disruptions Leave Millions Struggling to Access Money, Information and Essential Services as Fighting Returns Mekelle (WDN) — Tigray is once again being pushed into isolation....
View ArticleHassan Sheikh’s Democratic Bubble and Somalia’s Dangerous Political Reality
By Abdullahi A. Nor President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s message to the United Nations reveals what may be the central contradiction of Somalia’s current political crisis. He wants the international...
View ArticleCity Under Fire: Baidoa’s Civilians Pay the Price
Baidoa (WDN) — Baidoa is being pushed into an increasingly intolerable humanitarian and security crisis as fighting between forces aligned with Somalia’s Federal Government and supporters of former...
View ArticleBaladweyne Splits in Two as Somalia’s Election Crisis Hits the Streets
Gunfire Reportedly Stops Demonstrators Crossing From Eastern Baladweyne Into Government-Controlled West as Hiiraan Official Warns: “If Hiiraan Dies, Somalia Dies” Baladweyne (WDN) — Somalia’s...
View ArticlePuntland Is Not One Man — and Somalia’s Presidency Requires a National Mandate
By Abdiqani Haji Abdi President Said Abdullahi Deni is not only the president of Puntland. He is also among the political figures seeking a role in Somalia’s national leadership, making his recent...
View ArticlePuntland Forces Free Hijacked Vessel in Major Anti-Piracy Operation
PMPF Says MTT SIBU 1 and Its Crew Were Rescued From Somali Pirates Off Mudug Coast Garowe (WDN) — Puntland’s maritime security forces have carried out a major anti-piracy operation off the Mudug...
View ArticleFarmaajo Warns Somalia Could Drift Toward Political Fragmentation
Former President Says Election Disputes, Constitutional Deadlock and Federal Tensions Risk Creating Competing Centres of Power Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia is facing a deepening political crisis that...
View ArticleSomalia’s Federal System Frays as Election Crisis Reaches Hirshabelle and...
Future Council Takes Somalia’s Electoral Crisis to the UN as Political Rupture Spreads Across the Federal States Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s political crisis is no longer confined to a confrontation...
View ArticlePuntland Appeals to UN Security Council Over Somalia’s Political and Security...
Puntland Calls for Inclusive Dialogue, Greater International Engagement with Federal States and Continued UN Role Garowe (WDN) — Puntland has appealed to the United Nations Security Council for...
View ArticleBeledweyne Erupts as Hirshabelle Election Crisis Deepens
Protesters Reject Hirshabelle Vote as Political Disputes Threaten to Deepen Somalia’s Federal Fragmentation Beledweyne (WDN) — Somalia’s political fragmentation is once again spilling into the...
View ArticleOfficer Alleges Federal and Jubaland Officials Are Coordinating to Ignite...
Competing Forces Mobilize in Gedo Border Town as Security Official Makes Explosive Accusation BALAD-XAAWO (WDN) — Balad-Xaawo is witnessing competing military mobilization by forces aligned with...
View ArticleSomalia’s Flag, Turkey, and the Evidence: A Fact-Based Rebuttal
By Keynan Jama, International Trade Lawyer and Litigator WardheerNews recently published an opinion piece under the headline “How Somalia’s Flag Was Sold to Turkey.” The title makes a serious...
View ArticleMystery Meeting in New York Raises Questions Inside Somalia’s Government
Unconfirmed Report of Secret Encounter Between Foreign Minister and Somaliland President Fuels Political Suspicion New York (WDN) — A potentially sensitive diplomatic encounter in New York is raising...
View ArticleSomali Parliament Deals Blow to Hamza’s Civil Service Reform Plan
136 MPs Reject Proposal as Dispute Over Senior Government Appointments Deepens Mogadishu (WDN) — In a striking parliamentary setback for Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, Somalia’s House of the People...
View ArticleEritrean Opposition Builds Global Network as Israeli Connection Raises...
Brigade N’Hamedu Organizes Abroad as Opposition Figures Seek to Challenge Isaias Afwerki TEL AVIV (WDN) — An Eritrean opposition movement is building an increasingly organized political network across...
View Article“Soomaali Heshiis ah”: When Agreement Means Submission
By Isha Qarsoon Somalia’s conflicts are often treated as separate stories: a regional election, a commander’s defection, a disputed appointment, a militia clash. Yet families flee fighting, soldiers...
View ArticleNortheastern State Says It Detained Somaliland-Linked Forces Near Las Anod
Security Minister Says Nearly 10 Personnel and Three Vehicles Were Seized After Crossing Into State-Controlled Territory Laascaanood (WDN) — Tensions around the disputed Sool region have resurfaced...
View ArticleEastleigh Tensions Soar as Somali-Owned Building Faces Demolition
Debt Dispute Draws Demolition Crews, Security Forces and Crowds Seeking Building Materials Nairobi (WDN) — A routine-looking demolition operation in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district erupted into tension...
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