Somali politicians have launched frantic efforts to defuse tensions after a damaging feud between the president and prime minister plunged the troubled country into fresh crisis, a lawmaker and multiple officials said Friday.
The very public spat between President Mohamed...
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...
By Liban Obsiye
“Between the devil and the deep blue sea” by Colin Freeman is a book about luck, tragedy, and the enduring spirit of mankind to dig deep into their moral fibre for the good of others in times...
Mogadishu (AFP) - A rift inside Somalia's troubled government intensified on Wednesday as the president and prime minister traded accusations of abuse of power, plunging the country deeper into a political crisis.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed...
Mogadishu - Somalia's international partners worry that the current constitutional crisis is "creating political tensions" and urged its leaders to prioritize the upcoming national elections.
"International partners are concerned that the controversy surrounding the disappearance of Ms. Ikran Tahlil Farah...
FILE - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed speaks in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 27, 2021.
By Mohamed Olad Hassan
A fresh political rift between Somalia's president and prime minister appears to be opening a power struggle between the two top leaders of the country,...
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo issued a directive on Monday morning that declared Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble's dismissal of Somalia's spy chief "illegal" and "unconstitutional."
"The decision of the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, His Excellency...
The election of a new national leadership in Somalia will offer an opportunity to develop a new common framework for cooperation.
By Cleophas Thomas
Somalia’s leaders have agreed to hold delayed parliamentary and presidential elections by October 10 this year. The...
By Ismail D. Osman
As both federal and resistance forces continue to escalate a brutal and devastating civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, this week the United States imposed sanctions on Filipos Woldeyohannes, the chief of staff of the Eritrea Defense...
By Mohamed Omar Hashi
Electoral processes are at the core of every democratic society. These processes provide an effective mechanism for the peaceful transfer of power and the source of legitimacy for the elected representatives. Without fair and regular elections,...