June 24, 2025
Somalia: Op-Ed - Somalia's Electoral Deadlock: a Borrowed Playbook From Abiy Ahmed or a Path Paved for Al-Shabaab?
Somalia is once again grappling with a complex political impasse as fierce debates unfold over the framework of the upcoming elections. The standoff between the Federal Government… Read more »
June 23, 2025
Somalia: President Calls for Direct Elections and Unity During National Vision 2026 Launch
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday launched Somalia's National Vision 2060, calling for direct presidential elections and urging Somalis to unite around peace, development,… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia, Kenya 2025-26 Budgets Highlight Major Security Spending Gap
Kenya and Somalia's newly released 2025/26 national budgets underscore stark differences in security spending, revealing the economic gap between the two Horn of Africa neighbours… Read more »
Somalia: Somali Forces, Supported By Local Militias, Kill Over 20 Al-Shabaab Fighters in Clashes in Hiiraan
Somali National Army forces, backed by local Macawiisley militias, killed more than 20 Al-Shabaab militants in heavy fighting in the Mabaax and Gayacad areas of Hiiraan region,… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Dawn After Debt Relief - Building Resilience Via Capital Market Development and Private Sector-Led Growth
Somalia has reached a historic milestone. On December 13, 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank confirmed Somalia had hit the Heavily Indebted Poor… Read more »
Somalia: Debi and Madobe Hold Key Talks in On Somalia's Political Crisis and Election Dispute
Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam "Madobe" arrived in the Puntland capital, Garowe, on Saturday and held a private meeting with Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni to… Read more »
Somalia: Somali Forces Repel Al-Shabaab Attack Near Baidoa in Heavy Clashes
Somali government forces and regional troops from South West State repelled a major attack by Al-Shabaab militants near the city of Baidoa on Sunday, following hours of intense… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Prime Minister Rules Out Return to Indirect Elections, Calls for National Unity
Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Sunday evening emphasized that the country cannot revert to indirect elections and affirmed the government's commitment to handing… Read more »
June 22, 2025
Somalia: Airstrike Destroys Al-Shabaab Vehicles and Weapons Cache in Central Somalia - Government
Yabaal, Somalia - Somali government forces, in coordination with international partners, carried out an airstrike in the central district of Aadan-Yabaal in Middle Shabelle,… Read more »
Somalia: How Did the Somali National Army Capture Sabiid and Caanoole From Al-Shabaab?
Somali government forces have seized control of the strategic villages of Sabiid and Caanoole in the Lower Shabelle region following a fierce battle with Al-Shabaab militants,… Read more »
Somalia: Young Man Killed in Central Somalia Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault
Cowleed, Somalia - A young man originally from the South West regions of Somalia was killed near the village of Miira-Cowleed in the central Galgaduud region, local residents and… Read more »
October 28, 2020
Somalia: UN Condemns Killing of 2 Polio Workers in Somalia
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) confirmed Tuesday that two frontline workers were killed in a militant attack in Mogadishu. Read more »
October 06, 2017
Mozambique: Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack in Mozambique Leaves Two Police Officers Dead
A group of about 30 men attacked three police stations in the coastal district of Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique, in an armed raid on Thursday. Read more »
May 25, 2017
Somalia: Turkey to Help Somalia Rebuild Infrastructure, SNA
Turkey has been helping to heal the wounds of the people of Somalia for years, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on humanitarian aid, infrastructure projects, schools,… Read more »
