The likelihood of Somalia holding one-person-one-vote polls now appears less certain as five regional states presidents have endorsed an indirect election as long as it is held on time.
Meeting in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug federal state, the leaders...
The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) has today extended solidarity to striking workers of Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport after their employer, FAVORI LLC Airport Management and Ground Handling Company, has flagrantly violated their basic labour rights and...
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...
The United States urges President Farmaajo and Somalia’s national leadership to act now to resolve the political impasse that threatens Somalia’s future and find agreement with Federal Member State leaders to allow the conduct of parliamentary and presidential elections...
By Dr. Mohamud Uluso
Somali patriots, including moderate Islamists are haunted by how candidate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo” fooled them when they enthusiastically took to the streets of Mogadishu to celebrate his election in February 2017, and to the media chanting...
Dr Ubah stands in front of the emergency pediatric room in Mogadishu's Banadir Hospital in January 2021. Photo: IOM/Spotlight
For Dr Ubah Farah Ahmed, returning to Somalia was not an easy decision to make, but she knew it was the right...
Kenya has announced that it will proceed to reopen its embassy in Mogadishu as soon as possible.
The country’s ministry of foreign affairs also said that the government of Kenya further invites the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia...
By Abdiqani Salaf kaptanka.
Trees are cut regularly for various reasons and are eradicated. In addition, the reason why the Bedouins burn the big trees only to take advantage of them is to make coal to sell it in our...
The killing of a senior Somali spy, who according to Western officials had knowledge of a secretive regional security accord and the formation of a new elite military unit, has cast a shadow over the war-torn nation’s long-delayed elections.
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Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021.GIULIA PARAVICINI/Reuters
New revelations about atrocities by Somali soldiers in Ethiopia’s Tigray war are casting a spotlight...