The recent outburst by Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, urging Somali-British voters to “use your votes to defend Somalia’s unity” against UK MPs supporting Somaliland,...
A Puntland court has sentenced 15 Iranian fishermen to fines and deportation after they were caught fishing illegally in Puntland’s territorial waters off the Bari coast,...
A Somali student lost a full Erasmus scholarship at the University of Copenhagen after Denmark refused to recognize his Somali passport, reigniting debate over Europe’s exclusionary...
GAROWE — In a move that has stirred fierce debate across Somalia’s federal landscape, Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has signed into law a controversial Anti-Terrorism...
Garowe’s UN Staff Dismissed as Funding Dries Up — ‘We Worked 20 Years, Now Nothing’. GAROWE — The United Nations’ regional office in Puntland is preparing...
ADDIS ABABA — When President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (Irro) stepped off the aircraft in Addis Ababa this week, the moment carried more weight than the polite...
President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (Irro) of the Republic of Somaliland has arrived in Addis Ababa for an official working visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of...
The African Union has appointed Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas, former Somali Prime Minister and ex-President of Puntland, as its new Special Representative and Head of...
The Dragon in the Gulf: China’s Quiet March into African Waters. China’s latest deployment of a People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet to the Gulf of...
The Houthi–Al-Shabaab Nexus: How Yemen’s Rebels Are Exporting Chaos Into Africa. A new and alarming convergence is reshaping the security landscape of the Horn of Africa:...
Sources say Omar was a double agent linked to Al-Shabaab logistics, and the U.S. acted on classified intelligence local commanders never saw. The killing of Caaqil...
Somalia’s Dangerous New Alliance: A Pact That Undermines Regional Stability and Vindicates Somaliland’s Path. MOGADISHU — Somalia’s newly approved five-year defense pact with Pakistan signals more...
Pål Jonson’s visit highlights Sweden’s growing role in Somalia’s defense reform and regional stability efforts. Sweden’s Minister of Defense, Pål Jonson, arrived in Mogadishu on Monday...
The rare agreement signals a new phase of cooperation—part security alliance, part political chess move—against extremists, rival factions, and Mogadishu’s reach. The unexpected accord signed between...
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...
The revelations that Sweden secretly tied 100 million kronor ($10 million) in aid to Somalia in exchange for deportation cooperation should end the charade once and...
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,...
Nearly five months after President Donald Trump halted U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis in exchange for a temporary pause in attacks on shipping, the Iran-backed movement...
Al-Shabaab has become al-Qaida’s most lucrative franchise, generating as much as $200 million a year through a system of forced taxation, extortion, and illicit trade that...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday cast doubt on the need for American military operations in Somalia and Kenya, telling senior commanders that the United States should...