Somalia’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: The Role of Clanism, Corruption, and Conflict in State Collapse. When three former Somali presidents—Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and Mohamed Abdullahi...
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...
Why Somaliland Now Matters More Than Ever in the Red Sea Strategic Equation. Turkey’s expanding footprint in Somalia is often framed as humanitarian partnership or infrastructure...
Ankara’s multi‑billion‑dollar investment in Mogadishu provokes questions over transparency, influence and arms embargo compliance. Turkey’s deepening involvement in Somalia—spanning a $1.15 billion aid package, a sprawling new...
Whistleblower reveals President and Speaker approved secret deal granting Turkey control over 90% of Somalia’s oil and gas — triggering calls of betrayal and neo-colonialism. “90%...
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...
Mogadishu Paralysis: How Somaliland’s Icebreaker Strategy Is Stripping Somalia of Its Diplomatic Leverage. As the Icebreaker Strategy accelerates toward its decisive phase in Hargeisa, the political...
UN Alarm: Al-Shabab’s Power Undiminished as Somalia and Kenya Face Escalating Threat. Al-Shabab remains the single most serious threat to peace and stability in Somalia and...
Somalia’s main opposition coalition has sharply rejected the Banadir Regional Council elections scheduled for Thursday in Mogadishu, calling the process neither free nor fair and warning...
December 25 is no longer an election date. It is a trigger. The Republic of Somalia is standing at a historic precipice. What was once a...
No exceptions. No uniforms off duty. Mogadishu enforces the rules ahead of elections. Somali police have arrested 11 soldiers in Mogadishu for carrying weapons illegally while...
Career diplomats sidelined as loyalty reshapes U.S. foreign policy—Somalia now caught in the fallout. The U.S. Ambassador to Somalia is among nearly 30 career diplomats recalled...
No declarations. No end dates. Just American troops fighting wars that faded from public view. While Washington debates future showdowns with China, Iran, and Russia, thousands...
A deadline has been set. Ignore it, the opposition warns, and Somalia risks sliding into a constitutional and security crisis. Somalia’s fragile political equilibrium is facing...
When a state blurs the line between terrorists and authority, it rarely stops at words. Somalia’s pressure campaign against Somaliland shows what comes next. In the...
Behind Closed Doors in Addis Ababa: What Abiy Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Really Discussed. At first glance, the officials framed Sunday’s talks as a routine strengthening...
Not fully American. No longer fully Somali. The diaspora story is more complicated than slogans. To be Somali in America is to live in a permanent...
War has stalled. Victory hasn’t arrived. And quietly, an unthinkable question is being asked: what if Somalia talks to Al-Shabaab? For years, rumors of negotiations between...
One of Somalia’s most reliable partners has not paid on time—and the delay is rippling through an already fragile budget. The Somali government has confirmed a...
Publicly, the talks were about trade and cooperation. In the background, a sensitive issue loomed: deportations from Sweden to Somalia. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on...