Just days after Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, overran a Ugandan military base in southern Somalia, its men again raided…
the National Consultative Council of Somalia issued a controversial statement. It discussed preparations for implementing a “one-person, one-vote”
Puntland, one of Somalia’s five federal states, began municipal council elections, the first one-person, one-vote poll in the country, on…
Somalia’s oil-rich Puntland region will on Thursday hold its first democratic local elections since 1967, a significant turnaround for the…
Upon assuming office as President of Somalia last year, Hassan Sheikh declared his desire to achieve peace within the country and with the international community
Analysts say the crisis, which has displaced more than 200,000, is damaging foreign perception of Somaliland, long seen as relatively…
By: Mohamed Abdiqafar Haji Hussein Upon President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s election on May 15, 2022, many Somalis hoped for a…
World Press Freedom Day, commemorated today, 3 May 2023, highlights the vital role played by journalists and news media organizations…
By: Mohamed Abdiqafar Haji Hussein For more than 30 years, Somaliland has been striving to become an independent state separate…
Britain’s Foreign Office is censoring “vital information” on who shot protesters in Somaliland, after funding a police unit some blame…
Burundi Foreign Minister Albert Shingiro on Monday met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu to discuss security cooperation,…
The first group of Somali nationals who fled the conflict in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum have arrived in Ethiopia, Somali…