Somaliland authorities operating in the northern city of Las Anod have forcefully evicted more than 700 civilians, including women and children, from their homes.
Profiled based on clan affiliation - and on account of their roots in the South-West State...
The Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) said his government is aware of the masked delegates who participated in Somalia’s Upper house elections earlier this week, adding that his administration is prepared to take action.
Saylici said candidates who...
My name is Ibrahim Hassan Gagale hailing from Somaliland. I strongly oppose any reunion with Somalia because unity has no value in Africa for seeing the disastrous 30 year-old union. Africa has become the continent of tribalism, tyrannical dictatorships and corruption that lead...
Somalia is currently at a crossroads, and the likelihood of civil strife cannot be discounted.
Somalia’s president, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo,” is mainly to blame. His constitutional mandate ended in February 2021, and the current presidential election is delayed indefinitely. The...
I’ve been mercilessly pilloried in the past when I’ve suggested the Somali state is nonsense on stilts that should be unwound, or dismembered. I understand the patriotic jingoism and the pain my Somali brethren must feel when I utter...
BY MOHAMED GAAS
Somalia’s volatile internal politics make reconciliation with Kenya in the immediate future unlikely.
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Kenya and Somalia share cultural and economic ties and common security interests which, if balanced, could benefit both countries and the Horn of Africa...
At least seven people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed on Saturday in Somalia's capital, after a suicide car bombing that targeted a security checkpoint near the presidential palace, police said.
"What we know so far is that at least...
Senator Muuse Sudi Yalahow "I do not know what I have done for you in the last fours and I do not have programme in handy as to what I will do for you in the next four years,...
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday expressed "deep concern" over a spiralling feud between Somalia's president and prime minister and called for both restraint and fresh talks.
The long-brewing dispute between the two leaders escalated this week when President...
The international community is alarmed that Somalia's current constitutional crisis that has paralyzed that national executive will hinder efforts at organizing federal elections.
"As Somalis mark the one-year anniversary of the 17 September Agreement, international partners are increasingly alarmed that...