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...
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...
The U.S. Embassy in Somalia said Wednesday it has suspended several routine operations after a budget standoff in Washington triggered a federal government shutdown. In a...
Operation Twin Shield exposes sham marriages, forged visas, and alleged terror links in Minneapolis and St. Paul — shaking America’s largest Somali community. Federal immigration authorities...
Seven jihadists slain, one captured — but survivors melt into the mountains as Puntland vows revenge. Puntland’s counter-terror blitz wiped out the ISIS unit that assassinated...
Kenyan police bust trafficking ring funneling citizens to Russia under fake job contracts, as fears grow of Africa becoming a hunting ground for Moscow’s war machine....
From Mogadishu’s labs to Banjul’s skeletal remains, African forensics see AI as the next battlefield weapon against crime — but global support will decide how fast...
The African Union warns Somalia’s fragile progress risks collapse without nearly $200 million in funding for its final peace mission, exposing deep divisions among donors over...
Donald Trump claims Somali President Hassan Sheikh rejected Ilhan Omar’s “return” to Somalia, sparking a furious response from Omar and reigniting debate over Somali refugees, diaspora...