Int’l partners worry that Somalia is no closer to polls one year after electoral agreement
The international community is alarmed that Somalia's current constitutional crisis that has paralyzed that national executive will hinder efforts at organizing federal elections. "As Somalis...
Somalia’s president berates Djibouti for detaining his security adviser
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Friday accused neighboring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a criticism which appeared linked...
Somalia: President Farmajo Strips PM’s of his powers following weeks of political Crisis
President Farmajo has issued a decree on Thursday suspending the powers of Prime Minister Roble. Farmajo accused Roble of making unilateral decisions that do not comply...
Somalia’s Ongoing Political Crisis Exposes Fundamental Problem for U.S. Policy
By Michelle Gavin As the foreign policy community continues to reflect on United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and grapple with the failure of decades-long efforts...
Elections with Farmajo in the Corridors of Power will Plunge Somalia into Unmanageable Disaster
After two decades of repressive dictatorial regime ousted with bloody popular uprising in 1991, the Somali people has been longing for a visionary and...
Somalia’s Politicians Play with Fire – Again
After bubbling for weeks, tensions between Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmajo” have burst into the open, nearly...
Disinformation in Somalia’s Mediascape
We’ve all heard the quote that is often attributed to Mark Twain “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is...
UN: Probe in Ethiopia’s Tigray didn’t reach Axum massacre
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses her statement, during the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters...
Somalia’s President and Intel Chief Should Face Trial for Murder- Prof M. Rubin
The political crisis in Mogadishu sparked by the kidnapping and murder of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) cyber-expert Ikran Tahlil Farah continues. To recap the last...
Somalia vote to go ahead ‘as planned’, PM tells UN
Somalia's long-delayed elections will proceed "as planned", Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble told visiting UN diplomats on Sunday, even as a damaging feud between...
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