In Somalia’s political scene, the revolving door is brutal and not even presidents can be safe.
Every sort of election held in and out of Somalia since the fall of Siad Barre has often produced a new leader, their legitimacy...
Somali campaigners and Oxfam call for Barclays to reverse the decision to close accounts allowing Somalis in the UK to send money home. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Oxfam
Bank agrees to keep money-transfer firm's account open until after verdict, as UK unveils...
Mogadishu, March 7, 2021 — It was with grief and immense sadness that AMISOM learnt of the passing away of its first Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to Somalia and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Nicolas...
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo could legally use the coronavirus pandemic to postpone elections planned for December this year and February 2021.
The country continues to face security challenges and now a new threat from the outbreak.
President Farmajo’s term is...
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15/8/2013
On August 11, 2013, Former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi was invited to attend a meeting held in Nairobi to welcome the vice president of the Jubaland, Abdullah sheikh Ismail (fartaag), who came to Nairobi for consultation meeting with...
Creative zone: Journalist Hodan Nalayeh was an inspiration to fellow Somalis, both in the country and the diaspora, as she helped them to find their purpose through finding her own. (Hamdi Sbaa)
By Ifrah Udgoon
Dear Hodan,
The way you left this...
At the conclusion of a 4-day meeting between federal Somalia President, Mohamed Abdullahi Faramajo, and his regional states’ Presidents, the conferees decided on issues critical to the integrity, sovereignty and history of Somaliland.
Decision No 7 of a 15-point communique the...
A quarter of a century had elapsed when the state collapsed in Somalia 1991. It is an opportune time to reflect on what went wrong. Somalia has come a long way since 1991. The seemingly intractable political problems in...
Dr. Mohamud M Uluso
The Federal government of Somalia shows no interest in holding a timely, credible federal election in 2020. It hijacked the elections in federal member states marred by bloodshed, threats, harassment of the opposition, and vote-buying for...