January 23
Somalia: Somaliland President Urges Global Reassessment At Davos, Pitches Investment Over Aid
Horn Diplomat
Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro has called on world leaders and investors to reassess Somaliland as a country on the global stage, citing over three… Read more »
East Africa: Federal Parliament of Somalia Ratifies the IGAD Treaty
Shabelle
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) welcomes the ratification of the new IGAD Treaty by the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of the Federal Republic… Read more »
January 22
Ethiopia: How Saudi-UAE Rivalry Reshapes Horn of Africa, Opens Window for Tigray's Consolidation [analysis]
Addis Standard
In early 2026, Saudi Arabia issued an unusually forthright public accusation against the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—a fellow Gulf Arab state and former coalition partner in… Read more »
Africa: The Somaliland Paradox - Why the World Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Africa's Most Successful State
Addis Standard
For more than three decades, Somaliland has occupied a peculiar and increasingly indefensible position in international politics. It fulfills every empirical and legal criterion of… Read more »
Somalia: Israeli President Meets Somaliland Leader Cirro At Davos Amid Push for Recognition
Shabelle
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he met with Somaliland leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Cirro) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the two discussed matters related… Read more »
January 21
Somalia: Somalia Ratifies IGAD Treaty, Pushing Regional Bloc to Operational Threshold
Capital FM
Somalia has ratified the revised Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Treaty, a landmark decision that brings the regional bloc to the required two-thirds threshold… Read more »
Somalia: Trump Lashes Out At Somalia, Somali Americans Over Minnesota Fraud Claims
Shabelle
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a fresh verbal attack on Somalia and Somali Americans, alleging massive fraud in the US state of Minnesota and singling out a… Read more »
Somalia: Heavy Fighting Erupts in Southern Somalia Village, Leaving More Than 10 Dead
Shabelle
Heavy fighting broke out in the Yaaq Bariweyne area of Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, pitting Somali government forces and South West State Dervish troops against an armed group… Read more »
Ethiopia: Map Catches Up to Reality - Why Israel Chose Somaliland's Sovereignty Over Somalia's Dependency
Addis Standard
Diplomacy prides itself on nuance, yet there are moments when nuance collapses under the weight of geography. Israel's recognition of Somaliland was not a symbolic flourish; it was… Read more »
January 20
Somalia: Telcom Giant Hormuud Accuses Kenyan Forces of Destroying Telecom Infrastructure in Southern Somalia
Shabelle
Somalia's largest telecommunications company, Hormuud Telecom, has accused Kenyan government forces of deliberately destroying its telecommunications equipment and facilities in… Read more »
Somalia: Somaliland Launches Integrated Digital Hospital System With Taiwan Support
Horn Diplomat
Somaliland on Sunday launched an integrated Health Information System (HIS) at Hargeisa Group Hospital, marking a major step in the country's push to modernise its healthcare… Read more »
Africa: The Somaliland Crisis Demands That the AU Break Free From Its Rigid Adherence to Postcolonial Sovereignty
Daily Maverick
The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a 'frozen right' granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation,… Read more »
Somalia: Somali Danab Forces Step Up Operations Against Al-Shabaab Around Kismayo
Shabelle
Somali elite Danab forces have intensified operations against Al-Shabaab in multiple areas surrounding Kismayo, the interim capital of the Jubbaland regional administration. Read more »
Somalia: EUTM-Somalia Trains Somali National Forces in Strategic Communication Skills
Shabelle
The European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-Somalia) has conducted a series of seminars and trainings aimed at strengthening strategic communication skills among the… Read more »
East Africa: Egypt's Somalia Push Raises Alarm in Israel Over Horn of Africa Balance
Shabelle
Israeli political and security circles are increasingly alarmed by what they see as Egypt's accelerating military and diplomatic footprint in Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa,… Read more »
January 19
Somalia: Somalia, Qatar Sign Defence Cooperation Agreement
Shabelle
Somalia and Qatar have signed a defence cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening military ties and security collaboration between the two countries, officials said. Read more »
Africa: Israel's Somaliland Gamble Is Repeating the Bloody History That Created Al-Shabaab [analysis]
African Arguments
The Boxing Day recognition will not bring stability but will ignite a conflict that empowers extremists and spills into Ethiopia's troubled east. Read more »
Somalia: Jubaland Intelligence Agency Wraps Up Counter-Al-Shabaab Training for Elite Unit
Shabelle
The director general of Jubaland's Intelligence and Security Agency (JISA), Mohamed Ahmed Sabriye, also known as Bassam, on Sunday officially concluded a military training… Read more »
Egypt: Kagame, Egypt, Somalia Presidents Congratulate Museveni On Re-Election
Nile Post
Rwandan President, Paul Kagame has sent a congratulatory message to his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni , upon re-election for a seventh term. Read more »
Somalia: 'Alarming' Increase in Use of Death Penalty Last Year, Despite Global Trend Towards Abolition
UN News
Despite a downward trend in the use of the death penalty globally, 2025 saw an 'alarming' increase in the number of executions in a small number of retentionist countries, the UN… Read more »
January 18
Somalia: Somali Army Says It Repelled Al-Shabaab Attack in Central Region
Shabelle
Somalia's army said it repelled a heavy attack by al-Shabaab on a military base in the Middle Shabelle region of southern Somalia, inflicting significant losses on the militants. Read more »
Somalia: Somali President Meets Puntland Elders in Las Anod, Stresses Unity and Peace
Shabelle
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday met with traditional elders from Puntland in the northern town of Las Anod, underscoring the role of customary leaders in… Read more »
Somalia: Local Militia Launch Offensive Against Al-Shabaab in Central Somalia
Shabelle
Local militia fighters known as Macawiisley have launched a large-scale operation against Al-Shabaab militants in areas surrounding Nuur Dugle in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region,… Read more »
January 17
Somalia: Somaliland Graduates 6,000 Soldiers in Sool, Strengthening Regional Stability
Horn Diplomat
The Republic of Somaliland on Saturday concluded a large-scale military training program in the Sool Region, graduating more than 6,000 fully trained soldiers into the Somaliland… Read more »
Ethiopia: National Interests Vs Political Pretense - Deconstructing Regional Opposition to Somaliland's Recognition
Addis Standard
In late 2025, Israel officially announced its recognition of Somaliland, a self-declared independent region in northern Somalia that has asserted its sovereignty since 1991 but… Read more »
