By Mohamed Ibrahim
As an outside observer on the tumultuous events surrounding the Somali elections, I cannot help but remember a time I was served my favourite meal and without thinking about where I have eaten more than I could...
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the lower house of the Somali parliament voting to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term by...
Somali legislators of the lower house of parliament raise their hands to vote to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's term for another two years, in Mogadishu, April 12, 2021.
A new dawn embarked for Somalis today after thirty years of...
The African Union (AU), the European Union (EU); Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the United Nations (UN) are highly concerned by the situation in Somalia. In this regard, a virtual meeting was held on...
The call came as I was leaving a mosque in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya. It was my brother, Mohamed, and he had a grim message: al-Shabaab militants had bombed the Central Hotel in Mogadishu, killing at...
Washington: President Joe Biden has signed an order extending for at least another year US economic sanctions imposed on Somalia that were previously approved by presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the White House announced in a press release.
“The...
by Talya Parker
Somalia has found itself in a situation that is very familiar – an election impasse. Despite hopes of a smooth transition of power and a new election model being implemented, multiple challenges faced the election, which was scheduled...
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...
At least three civilians were killed and five wounded when a barrage of mortars targeted the UN and African Union peacekeeping mission forces (AMISOM) headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, a police official said.
Abdi Yusuf, a police...
America should be supporting democracy and not any one leader, especially if that leader displays an interest in dictatorship.
by Michael Rubin
It has now been six weeks since Somalia had a legitimate government. While the breakaway region of Somaliland has, with just a few million dollars,...