Major opposition parties in Somalia are against the decision by the electoral body to postpone the 2020 elections, citing possibilities of inter-clan violence.
The parties have interpreted the June 27 announcement by the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) as a...
The Oil and Gas Investment Industry - International Oil Companies (IOCs) must withhold any investment involving Somalia until the country’s elections take place, and new government is formed.
By Marian Harbi
International Oil and Gas Companies and any other investment entities...
Somalia spoils , Issue 1349
SOMALIA’s shark-infested waters have grown even more dangerous recently, with a new set of predators from the City of London and the UK Conservative party circling our war-ravaged country’s offshore oil reserves.
A United Nations panel...
Recently, the president of the federal government of Somalia signed an electoral law expected to move the country from a clan-based political system to a multiparty system. This move sparked hope of ending the clan-based power-sharing model of the...
The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to re-authorize the deployment of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia for three months, till March 31, 2022.
Resolution 2614, which won the unanimous approval of the 15 members...
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By Patrick Tracey
I stumbled on the hyena treatment after seeing the new Tom Hanks vehicle Captain Phillips. I happen to have a...
I am writing this note in a terrible and broken-heart myself, my soul and that of the entire Somalis badly devastated by the loss and the killing of the innocent Somalis in Kismayo, Somalia.
We mourn the death of many...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ruled out conflict with Somalia on Tuesday regarding a Red Sea Access deal with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland.
Ahmed told the federal parliament that Addis Ababa has no intention of causing harm to Somalia...
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...
When aid agencies push false narratives to make a case for funding, it’s not just accuracy that’s the casualty. It’s the people that suffer, in very real terms.
Recently, Save the Children reported that 90% of families in Somaliland and...