Somalia leader Mohamed Abdullahi is welcomed by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the start of his state visit as Kenya Defence Forces chief Samson Mwathethe looks on, March 23, 2017. Image: PSCU
Somalia restored diplomatic relations with Kenya on Thursday after...
The prime minister’s contradictory task will come against the hard realities of Farmaajo’s machination
In the world of disinformation, four “Ds” are important. You first “dismiss” reality and everything that does not suit your chosen narrative. Think of how Farmaajo...
PRESS RELEASE
Mogadishu, 3rd May 2021: The Prime Minister of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Hussein Roble, congratulates all Somali Journalists and Media, Individually and as groups in Media Organizations on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
“I took this opportunity to...
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has officially invited the Presidents of the Federal Member States (FMS) and the Governor of the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA) to attend the National Consultative Assembly to finalize the 17 Sep agreement between the Federal...
The European Union Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga has on Monday said that ‘Demilitarization of Mogadishu is now the priority’.
In a tweet, the Ambassador stated that “Those that want to play a positive role towards elections should support PM...
A street scene in Mogadishu, Somalia as pictured April 26, 2021. A journalist in the city was detained and a news outlet there was raided. (Reuters/Feisal Omar)
April 29, 2021 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed alarm at recent...
In Somalia’s complex context, a very small Christian community continues to live notwithstanding the various difficulties and challenges.
Agenzia Fides – Mogadishu, Somalia
For thirty years Somalia has been a divided country, without stable institutions, crossed by fundamentalist turmoil. In this...
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...
The grand designs of the major political and military actors lack an important ingredient: the views and the hopes of ordinary Somalis. Getty Images
By Abdi Ismail Samatar
By the mid-1990s, it was clear to the world that Somalia had become Africa’s...
Somali military supporting Hawiye opposition leaders are seen in the streets of Yaqshid district in Mogadishu, Somalia. April 25, 2021. REUTERS/ Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Supporters of Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his...