Somalia’s Maritime Dilemma: Sovereignty vs Turkey and Pakistan Influence

Somalia faces a critical choice — build true maritime sovereignty through multilateral cooperation or risk dependence via new defence pacts with Turkey and Pakistan. The path Mogadishu takes now will decide who really commands its seas.New Delhi:...

Two sailors got their start in Lebanon

Lt. Cmdr. Michael Murphy from Lebanon serves on the Navy warship USS Billings. SUBMITTEDTwo Lebanon High Class of 2010 are serving in the Navy at Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida. Lt. Cmdr. Michael Murphy serves as an operations...

Somalia Participates in 76th UNHCR Executive Committee Session in Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland – A delegation led by Somalia’s State Minister for Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation, Mr. Saadaad Mohamed Nur, is participating in the 76th session of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner...

Al-Shabaab Fighters Break Out of Underground Prison in Somalia

As a 100% reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments, advertisers, and corporate backers. This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most, beholden only to the truth. In that spirit,...

SOMALIA: ‘Genuine Democratic Change Will Require More Than Top-Level Agreements’

Interviews 04 October 2025 CIVICUS discusses Somalia’s possible move towards direct elections with Mahad Wasuge, Executive Director of Somali Public Agenda, a civil society organisation that works on public policy and administration research. In...

Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Meets Somali Community in Minnesota to Discuss National Progress

MINNEAPOLIS, United States, Oct 6 – Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Saalax Ahmed Jama, met with Somali religious leaders and business figures in Minnesota on Sunday to discuss the country’s recent progress and government plans to strengthen...

Somali Forces Kill Seven Al-Shabab Militants After Six-Hour Siege At Mogadishu Prison

Somali security forces on Sunday said they had killed seven al-Shabab militants who stormed a high-security prison in Mogadishu. The government confirmed that all the attackers were killed following a six-hour siege. The al-Qaeda–linked al-Shabab...

Somalia Clarifies Position on African Children’s Rights Charter Amid Islamic Law Concerns

Somalia’s recent ratification of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child marks a pivotal development in the country’s commitment to child rights protection. Ratified by the Somali House of the People in October 2025, this move...

Villa Somalia Issues Statement Regarding President’s Trip to Kismayo

KISMAAYO, Somalia – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Kismaayo on Sunday, the administrative capital of the Jubaland regional state, for a series of high-level consultations on the country’s ongoing state-building process. Upon...

Young Leaders Convene At Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Headquarters For The Youth Creative Conference 2025 On Silencing The Guns

(MENAFN- APO Group) The ECOWAS Commission on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd October 2025, hosted the Youth Creative Conference 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. The Conference organised in partnership with the African Union and Nigeria's Federal Ministry of...

Al-Shabab fighters killed in Mogadishu prison assault

All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali government has said. The al-Shabab group attacked Godka...

Somalia president Mohamud extends an olive branch to Jubaland leader

After months of political bickering and armed confrontation, Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has taken a surprising step towards reconciliation with Jubaland’s President Ahmed Madobe. And his declaration, made before Parliament this...

Somalia bans unauthorized armed vehicles in Mogadishu amid rising political tension

MOGADISHU, Oct 4, 2025 – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has issued a directive banning the operation of unauthorized armed vehicles within Mogadishu, instructing security forces to ensure that only official government convoys are...

Somali President Pitches Investment Opportunities at US-Somalia Business Forum

MOGADISHU, Oct 5 – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday addressed the Somalia-US Trade and Investment Forum held in Mogadishu, urging international partners to explore opportunities in Somalia’s growing market. In his keynote speech,...

Al-Shabab fighters killed in Mogadishu prison assault, Somalia confirms

All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali government has said. The al-Shabab group attacked Godka...

The proximity of progress

Sometimes progress doesn’t fail for lack of ideas; rather, it falters for lack of proximity. We talk about innovation as though it lives in code, capital, and conference declarations. But the truest measure of progress is how close our solutions...

Somali Government Reopens Over 50 Roads In Mogadishu After Years Of Security Clo

Somali government has announced the reopening of more than 50 roads in the capital, Mogadishu, which had been closed for years due to security concerns. According to a statement from the Federal Government on Saturday, the decision follows a...

Somalia’s Fisheries Minister, World Bank Somalia Chief Discuss Strengthening Cooperation

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Ahmed Hassan Aden, held a key meeting with the World Bank’s Country Manager for Somalia, Hideki Matsunaga, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation between the Ministry and the...

Russia-Africa: Current Challenges

The face of Africa and its global perception are changing dramatically. Until recently, thanks to the efforts of the West and its proxies, the continent was portrayed as an object, not a subject, of international politics, in need of external...

News The Guardian ‘The fear was immense’: al-Shabaab exploits fragmented politics to reclaim land in Somalia

One night in early July, Maryan Abdikadir Geedi decided it was finally time to abandon her small shop in the town of Moqokori in the Hiiraan region of Somalia. Though she had heard of the rapid recent gains made by al-Shabaab, the Islamist...