Somaliland’s Stability Threatened as Former FM Essa Kayd Warns of External Sabotage. Somaliland is entering one of the most precarious moments in its modern history. Deadly...
Trump Plans Crackdown on Somali Communities in Minnesota: What We Know. MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration is preparing a sweeping immigration enforcement operation targeting Somali communities...
Reports of ICE Operation Spark Panic in Minnesota’s Somali Community. MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s Somali community is bracing for a sweeping immigration enforcement operation after President Donald...
Clan Tensions and Cabinet Chaos: Inside President Irro’s Most Dangerous Political Test. HARGEISA — Not even a year into his presidency, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro finds...
An Urgent Appeal to Washington: Chairman Warabe Calls on U.S. to Distinguish Somaliland from Somalia. HARGEISA, Somaliland — In a forceful public address directed at U.S....
Al-Shabaab’s Money Trail Hits the U.S.—And Somaliland Holds the Key. The alleged diversion of billions of dollars from U.S. welfare programs into a shadowy pipeline potentially...
Trump Administration Expands Air War in Somalia Against ISIS-Somalia and Al-Shabab. The United States has sharply escalated its military campaign in Somalia, carrying out more than...
President Donald Trump’s order to reexamine green cards issued to immigrants from Somalia and 18 other countries marks a sweeping escalation in his administration’s immigration policies—one...
Somalia’s Collapsing Hospitals Expose the Human Cost of Aid Cuts and Endless War. MOGADISHU — When Yusuf Bulle carried his severely malnourished 3-year-old son from a...
Clan, Competition, and the Future of Somali Power in the West. The spectacular rise of the Indian diaspora in the United States is often treated as...
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...
Minnesota Leaders Reject Trump’s Claim on Somali TPS as Community Seeks Clarity. Minnesota officials, immigration attorneys, and Somali American leaders moved quickly over the weekend to...
Analysis: U.S.-Backed Warning Says Al-Shabaab’s Advance Now Threatens Mogadishu as Somalia’s Federal Order Fractures. A new assessment from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies warns that...
Somalia’s military court on Sunday handed down a sweeping set of verdicts—including several death sentences—against men accused of carrying out a series of brutal killings in...
The Lasanod administration’s decision to give mining companies operating in Sanaag a 30-day deadline to obtain official licenses marks a significant escalation. What has long been...
Gatekeepers or Traffickers? Smuggling Scandal Shakes Puntland Authority. The arrest of a senior Immigration and Nationality Authority officer in Garowe has become a defining moment in...
From Hargeisa Classrooms to Libya’s Jails—The New Route of Boy Trafficking. HARGEISA, SOMALILAND — A crisis of unimaginable cruelty is unfolding in the heart of Somaliland’s...
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 Geopolitical Blockade: War on Ethiopia, DP World, and the Global Supply Chain. The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) is engaged in an act of regional...
Somaliland Bans Airline Transit Through Mogadishu as Aviation Dispute Deepens. Somaliland has barred airlines from routing passengers through Mogadishu, escalating a long-running confrontation with Somalia over...