AU Mission head in Somalia Francisco Madeira has described the recent political deal in Jubbaland a sub-clan pact locking out other stakeholders as his UN counterpart James Swan endorsed it as ‘progress on dialogue and reconciliation’.
Addressing the UN Security...
Last weekend, diplomats, presidents, and prime ministers gathered in the tiny East African nation of Djibouti. The meeting was apparently initiated by the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, or maybe Donald Yamamoto (the U.S. ambassador to Somalia), or...
The U.S. Embassy regrets the actions of the President and Lower House of Parliament to withdraw confidence in Prime Minister Ali Hassan Khayre and his government, which heightened political tensions and undermined the ongoing process of dialogue and negotiation...
By Shukri Said
The coronavirus pandemic that has swept across the world since the beginning of 2020 has put all states to the test. Some reacted with positive results, limiting deaths and the rate of infections, others less so. Among the...
Mohamed Hussein Robleh has been appointed as Somalia's Prime Minister by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. SUPPLED/ VILLA SOMALIA
Mogadishu - President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has appointed a former technical consultant as Somalia's new prime minister just hours after Somali leaders...
Family and friends confirmed the death of Fadumo Nkurumaa after her admission at De Martini hospital, which handles COVID-19 cases in Somalia.
Fadumo has been active in Somalia's music scene for over 30 years. The collapse of Somalia's central government...
Somalia is positioned on one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty
by Vava Tampa
Frantz Fanon once quipped: “Africa is shaped like a revolver, and Congo is the trigger.”
More than 60 years later, I think the...
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
Dear Mr. President,
I send you greetings on behalf of myself and my family. I hope this...
By Abdiaziz Arab
The recent execution of twenty-one Al-Shabaab terrorists and affiliates in Galkayo was a step forward in the fight against terrorism in Somalia. Defeating Al-Shabaab militarily alone, though, is not enough, we must defeat their poisonous and un-Islamic...
kran Tahlil Farah, a member of the National Intelligence and Security Agency, has been missing since 26 June.
By Moulid Hujale
President and prime minister in row over disappearance of cybersecurity expert, reportedly killed by al-Shabaab
The Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein...