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Somalia has failed to meet its self-imposed electoral deadline even as international allies reprimanded President Mohamed Farmaajo for ‘overstepping’ his mandate on polls. (more…)

One good thing can be said about 2021: it wasn’t as tumultuous as 2020, which put in a claim to be the worst year ever. That, however, may be damning with faint praise. Yes, the past twelve months did bring some good news. (more…)

Fighters from Somalia's al Shabaab militant group attacked a town north of the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday, killing at least seven people as they battled government security forces, a resident and police said. (more…)

Many people in the Somali capital Mogadishu watched with apprehension as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Could Somalia, struggling against its own (more…)

MOGADISHU — Somalia has been riven by decades of conflict and extreme weather events but, said Adam Abdelmoula, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, there are signs of progress amidst a host of ongoing challenges. (more…)

Abdulahi used a kitchen knife to stab his younger brother during the quarrel* The two have been feuding over property along Yusuf Haji Road. The area has seen a spike in prices for property and demand, hence the fighting.* He was later on arrested in the same area as he...

The US has real but limited national security interests in stabilizing Somalia. Since 2006, Washington’s principal focus with regard to Somalia has been on reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist insurgent group seeking to overthrow the federal government. (more…)

Lawyer and human rights advocate Nyadol Nyuon no longer shares pictures of her children online, fearing for their safety as a result of the sustained abuse she has experienced on social media. (more…)

About one in four people in Somalia is at risk of severe famine due to the drought that is hitting the country, after three years with minimal rainfall and a fourth in view, at a time when the country has been raging for decades, the UN warned today. (more…)

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 17 – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has urged Kenya and Somalia to ensure democratic and peaceful national elections describing impending polls as a litmus test to constitutionalism. (more…)