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...
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Friday accused neighboring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a criticism which appeared linked to a destabilizing row between the president and his prime minister.
Djiboutian authorities held the adviser,...
President Farmajo has issued a decree on Thursday suspending the powers of Prime Minister Roble. Farmajo accused Roble of making unilateral decisions that do not comply with the country's laws and provisional constitution.
The three-point decree says that the PM cannot issue...
By Michelle Gavin
As the foreign policy community continues to reflect on United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and grapple with the failure of decades-long efforts to support political stability in the country, broad areas of consensus have emerged from the...