In clear terms, the Somali people expect with no excuse or delay-free and fair election in 2020/2021. But, because of the federal government’s abject failure and disinterest to organize and hold free and fair elections as scheduled by the...
Navy patrols and armed guards on ships have helped quash once rampant Somali piracy, but without political solutions onshore attacks will likely return, the World Bank warned Thursday. While the number of pirate attacks from Somalia are at a...
By Michael Rubin
Hargeisa- Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, AFRICOM commander, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. airstrikes alone would not defeat al-Shabaab, the Al Qaeda-affiliated militant group with deep roots in Somalia. Instead, he said, local forces need to “step...
From the boy who wants peace to the activist who lost her legs in a landmine blast, their stories challenge stereotypes.Global Reports
A Somali boy jumps between old fishing boats near Mogadishu’s harbour. Photograph: Handout/Reuters
By Ndesanjo Macha for Global Voices,...
An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) – Ugandan soldiers guard the frontline of the Yaaqshiid District. Photo: AMISOM / Alamy
By Mohamed Gabobe
After taking a motorbike ride from Mogadishu’s bustling Taleh junction to a dirt road on the outskirts...
Eighteen Al-Shabab militants were executed on Sunday in Galkayo town of Mudug, the Puntland State of Somalia, after being sentenced to death earlier by the court.
The Chairperson of Puntland state court, Mohamud Abdi Mohamed, said that the court proceedings...
Territories like Puntland have even a lively cultural scene. Here members of the Puntland Women Writers Association pictured at the International Hargeisa Book Fair last year. (Photo/FB).
By Mikolaj Radlicki
Somalia has been divided into three regions each with a...
The people of Somalia where ever you are whether inside Somalia or in the diaspora or in neighboring countries. Stop the hatred towards Somalia and fix up your country and clean the mess that you guys have created and...
New York, March 23, 2016 -- A military court in Mogadishu on Sunday upheld sentences imposed on six people convicted in connection with the December 2015 murder of Somali broadcast journalist Hindia Haji Mohamed.
The defendants had appealed the original ruling,...
Daring to be optimistic for the Somali race! a richness without borders through a vast program of natural resources extraction with good economic governance that includes full transparency!
Jointly co-authored by Mohd Faisal Hawar and Mohamoud Faisal Hawar, both Oil...