Puntland 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...
View ArticleUganda-Türkiye Rift Puts Somalia’s Security Partnerships Under the Spotlight
Kampala Suspends Military Cooperation with Ankara as Dispute Raises Questions Over Uganda’s Role in Somalia KAMPALA (WDN) — Somalia has emerged as an important backdrop to a widening dispute between...
View ArticleWhat to know about USAID and the deadly impacts of US foreign aid cut
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The foreign aid landscape has changed dramatically since U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, once the...
View ArticleSomaliland Parliament Reopens Sensitive Dahable Death Case
Resolution Calls for Independent Investigation into Aviation Employee’s Death in Mogadishu Hargeisa (WDN) — More than two years after the death of Somaliland-born aviation professional Abdinasir Muse...
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Galkacyo Flashpoint: Puntland Intercepts Federal Recruits in Sensitive...
Galkacyo (WDN) — A potentially explosive military incident in Galkacyo has exposed just how quickly troop movements can become a flashpoint in Somalia’s deeply contested federal security landscape,...
View ArticleSeven Ethiopian Armed Groups Unite Against Abiy as Opposition Front Widens
Former Rivals Join Forces to Seek Removal of Prosperity Party Government and Establish Inclusive Transitional Administration Addis Ababa (WDN) — In a stunning development that could reshape Ethiopia’s...
View ArticleMoney from Home: How Somalis Abroad Are Quietly Building a Nation
By Keynan Jama Every year, Somalis abroad send home more money than the federal government spends. In 2023, remittances reached about USD 1.7 billion—more than the federal budget that year and more...
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