U.S. special operations forces joined Puntland’s elite counterterrorism units in a major assault on an Islamic State stronghold in Somalia’s Balade Valley, according to Somali security...
Somalia’s largest opposition alliance, the Somali Salvation Forum, has accused government security forces of carrying out forced evictions, unlawful arrests and the killing of a civilian...
Somalia’s federal government has been forced into full digital retreat after its much-hyped E-TAS travel system was hit by a massive security breach that exposed thousands...
Somalia’s Political Map Shifts as Top Leaders Unite Behind Former PM for 2026 Race. A group of prominent Somali political figures announced on Monday the formation...
The National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) in Mogadishu has heralded the registration of nearly one million voters in the Benadir region as a significant democratic stride,...
The grim realities unfolding off the coast of Lampedusa, where desperate men, women, and children flee failed states only to perish in the Mediterranean, are a...
Puntland’s elite Dervish forces have captured a Turkish national and ISIS operative, identified as Feyzul Hashim Suleyman, during an intelligence-led raid in Togga Balade, a remote...
Suspected al-Shabaab militants attacked Mogadishu’s Godka Jilacow prison on Saturday, unleashing a suicide bombing and gunfire assault on one of the most fortified facilities in Somalia’s...
Leaders from Somalia’s federal member states of Jubaland and Puntland joined forces with prominent opposition figures in Nairobi on Thursday to launch a new political platform,...
Mogadishu awoke Thursday to the sight of armored personnel carriers blocking key intersections and troops patrolling roads leading to the residences of prominent opposition leaders. The...
Mogadishu’s simmering political tensions erupted into open violence Tuesday when government forces and opposition guards exchanged fire outside the Warta Nabadda district police station, leaving casualties...
Somalia’s top auditor has cast doubt on the integrity of some of the federal government’s most important financial streams, warning that lapses in record-keeping and oversight...
Somalia has condemned Israel in the halls of the United Nations. Its ambassador in New York, Abubakar Osman Baale, branded the recent Israeli strike in Doha...
The United Kingdom has delivered a new fleet of vehicles and advanced counter-explosives equipment to the Somali National Army (SNA), in a move officials say will...
Jealousy in Villa Somalia: Hassan Sheikh’s War Against Somaliland’s Democracy. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has become a prisoner of his own jealousy. Two years into...
A slight rise in Somalia’s Global Peace Index score masks deep insecurity, terror threats, and a fragile state still locked near the world’s bottom. Somalia has...
Mogadishu’s Cocaine President: The Silent War on Somali Youth. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh is accused of masterminding a shadowy narcotics operation to manipulate elections and tighten...
