Somaliland is a functioning state. Treat it that way.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Dec. 26 that Israel would recognize the Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign nation, a few months short of the 35th...
Opposition Accuses Somali President of Violating Constitution as Political Crisis Deepens
Mogadishu - Somalia’s opposition-aligned Somali Future Council has announced it will hold a high-level meeting on April 10 to discuss measures aimed at preserving...
A Country on the Edge: How Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is pushing Somalia towards civil war
By Khadar Afrah
On the evening of 6 May 2026, in the Warlaliska neighbourhood of Deyniile district in Mogadishu, federal government forces opened fire on...
Maersk Imposes Peak Season Surcharge on Turkey–Somalia Cargo Shipments
MOGADISHU — Maersk, one of the world's largest container shipping lines, has announced a new peak season surcharge on cargo shipments from Turkey to...
A welcome verdict for Aisha Ilyas’ family – and a hard prod to push the National Sexual Offences Bill in Somalia
A Joint Statement by CORD and SIHA NETWORK
This week has been momentous for the justice system of Puntland state with a plausible ruling in the case of Aisha Ilyas where...
Mogadishu mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman dies in Qatar – report
Mogadishu mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman has died in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, according to Farhan Jimale, a senior journalist at BBC News.
He...
EUCAP holds Maritime Criminal Justice Chain exercise
MACRILEX (Maritime Criminal Justice Chain) exercise, organized by EUCAP, EU NAVFOR and UNODC, kicked off today in Mogadishu. 21 participants (3 of them women)...
Qatar-Saudi Arabia: a diplomatic battle being fought in East Africa
As Rwandan leader Paul Kagame landed in Qatar on 28 October to attend an event dedicated to new technologies, his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta,...
Turkey in Africa: what a small but growing interest portends
The strategic presence of France, the US and the UK in Africa over more than a century is well documented. So is the growing presence...
UK’s National Zakat Foundation to work with U.N. on zakat mechanism for Somalia and Somaliland
UK-based National Zakat Foundation (NZF) will work with the United Nations to develop a sovereign zakat mechanism in Somalia and Somaliland, according to Azim...
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