Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s political landscape may be entering a new phase of negotiations after Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre...
August 10, 2026
NEWS
Families Wait in Agony as Pakistan Pushes for Release of Crew Held by Somali Pirates
Islamabad (WD) — Pakistan is intensifying diplomatic efforts to secure the release of several of its citizens being held by...
Puntland Draws a Red Line: No Room for Parallel Armies
Bosaso (WDN) — Puntland has intensified its military pressure on forces aligned with Somalia’s Federal Government, making clear that it...
Two Djibouti Sailors Wounded in Red Sea Clash with Suspected Smuggling Boat
Djibouti City (WDN) — Two Djiboutian naval personnel have been wounded in an armed confrontation with a boat suspected of...
U.S. Embassy Issues Alert After Military Aircraft Reports Technical Problem Over Djibouti
Djibouti city (WDN) — The U.S. Embassy in Djibouti has issued a brief public alert urging people in the country...
Grenade Explosion In Hargeisa Injures Four in Rare Security Incident
Hargeisa (WDN) — A rare and deeply unsettling security incident has shaken Hargeisa after a hand grenade exploded in the...
Kenyan Court Hands Somali Suspect 115-Year Sentence in Al-Shabaab-Linked Case
Nairobi (WDN) — A Kenyan court has sentenced Ibrahim Hussein Hassan to a staggering combined 115 years in prison after...
Yemeni National Stabbed to Death Inside Mogadishu Mosque During Friday Prayers
Mogadishu (WDN) — A Yemeni national, Fikri Hassan Al-Musbahi, was reportedly stabbed to death inside a mosque in Mogadishu while...
ARTICLES
Somalia’s Lost Opportunities: The Cost of Putting Narrow Interests Before the Common Good
By Abdisalam Ali Farah (Biligsey) History occasionally presents nations with defining moments—rare opportunities capable of changing the trajectory of generations....
An Election in Form Not In Substance
By Halima Ismail Ibrahim Since the collapse of Somalia’s military regime in 1991, the country’s political landscape has been defined...
A President on the Road: What Deni’s Midnight Journey Says About Puntland—and Somalia’s Security Failure
By Abdiqani Haji Abdi There are moments in Somali politics when a seemingly ordinary event reveals something far more profound...
Who Owns the Credit? Minister Presents World Bank–Funded Hargeisa Project as a Federal Government Initiative
By Ahmed A. Yusuf Somalia’s Federal Minister of Public Works, Reconstruction and Housing, Ayuub Ismail Yusuf, has announced the signing...
Commentary on Abdi Faarax Siciid (Juxa)’s ‘Reer Puntland & 100 Sano Kadib (1927–2026)’
By Abdirashid Yaasin Musse Introduction: Abdi Faarax Siciid (Juxa)’s article offers a century-long reflection on Puntland’s political, economic, and social...
Kleptocracy and Nepotism: The Family Business of Somalia
By Mukhtar H. Qoransay There is a country in the Horn of Africa where the president’s term expired in May,...
Three Federal States, One Political Strategy, and Somalia’s Most Dangerous Gamble
By Mohamed A Yasin Somalia stands at one of the most consequential crossroads in its modern history. The national debate...
Somalia: A Republic, Not a Throne
By Abdullahi A. Nor Somalia’s constitutional crisis has evolved into something far greater than a dispute over election dates or...
WARAR
Al-Shabaab oo Fursado ka heshay Qalalaasaha Siyaasaddeed ee Soomaaliya
Mogadishu (WDN) – Iyadoo hoggaanka siyaasadda Soomaaliya uu weli ku mashquulsan yahay ismariwaaga daba dheeraaday ee dastuurka iyo doorashooyinka, Al-Shabaab...
“Wax Gargaar Dibaddeed Ah Uma Baahnin”- Ra’iisul Wasaare Ku-xigeenka Soomaaliya
Muqdisho (WDN) – Ra’iisul Wasaare Ku-xigeenka Soomaaliya, Saalax Axmed Jaamac, ayaa hadal jeedin ka fog xaqiiqda ka jirta dalka sheegay...
AUSSOM oo Bilowday Qorshaha Wareejinta Hawgalka Amniga Soomaaliya, 20 Sano Sano Kadib
Addis Ababa (WDN) – Hawlgalka Taageerada iyo Xasilinta Midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya (AUSSOM) ayaa si rasmi ah u bilaabay diyaarinta...
Cunno xumo ka dhalatay ayax burburiyay dalag u beernaa beeraleyda Mudug
ERGO) – In ka badan 80 beeraley ah ayaa xaalado adag oo dhanka nolosha ah ku wajahaya deegaanka Xero-dhagaxley ee...
Warsaxafadeed: Badbaado Waqooyi
Warsaxafadeed Markay qayloo naga soo gaadhey ciidaan u dhalanay, waa markii dulmigii dunida, calankii huwaanaa, ee lixda gees lahaa diyaaraado...
Colaad nolol xumo galisay kumanaan qoys oo ku barakacay Shabeellaha hoose
(ERGO)– Kaltuumo Faarah Cusmaan, iyada iyo carruurteeda oo shan ah waxay duruufo is-biirsaday ku wajahayaan deegaanka Buufow-bacaad oo ay tageen 15...
Waqooyi Bari- Warsaxaafadeed: Baaq nabadeed
Annagoo ah Golaha Dhaqanka Issimada, Guddiga Wadaxaajoodka iyo Nabadda, iyo Golaha Guurtida ee Waqooyi Bari, waxaannu si qoto dheer uga...
Beeraley ku nool Galgaduud oo wajahaya nolol xumo markii gubay beero ay ku tiirsanaayeen
(ERGO) – Cali Xasan Maalin mid ka mid ah xaasaskiisa iyo gabar uu dhalay oo sanad jir ah ayaa u...
MAQALLO
Madaxda Xukunka Haysa iyo Baahida Aragti Fog
W/Q Cabdishakuur Shuceyb Mursal Dal kasta wuxuu u baahan yahay hoggaan aan ku koobnayn danaha maanta jira, balse ka fekera...
Wareysiyada Wadajirka ah ee Siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed: Faa’iido mise Khatar?
By Dr. Abukar Yusuf Warsame Hordhac Wareysiyada Wadajirka ah Warbaahinta Soomaaliyeed waxay soo martay isbeddel weyn siiba labaatankii sano ee...
Maxay siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed uga heshiin Wwaayeen khilaafaadkooda?
W/Q Nuur Xasan Guure (Nuuradiin) Mar kasta oo khilaaf siyaasaddeed ka dhaco Soomaaliya, waxaa la sugaa diyaaradda dhexdhexaadinta shisheeye oo...
Marka Khilaaf Siyaasaddeed Isu Beddelo Su’aal Qaran
W/Q: Nuur Xasan Guure (Nuuradiin) Soomaaliya maanta kuma jirto muran doorasho keliya, khilaafkuna ma aha mid lagu xallin karo hadal...
Doorasho Sharciyadeeda, Tartankeeda iyo Farsamadeedu aan is waafaqsanayn natiijadeeda la ogyahay
W/Q: Xaliimo Ismaaciil Ibraahim (Xaliimo Yarey) Doorashooyin baal marsan sharciga iyo dastuurka dalka, oo uu Madaxweyne Xasan hadda ka wado...
Maku shaahaynaa kabixidda Imaaraadka opec & saamaynteeda Soomaalida?
W/Q: Mukhtar Qoransay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibedda ee Imaaraadka Carabta ayaa Talaadadii si rasmi ah u shaacisay in dalkoodu ka baxay...
Editorials
HAJJ: EID AL ADHA
By WardheerNews Editorial “In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage...
Somalia’s Troubles at the EAC: A Non-Status Member
WardheerNews Editorial Somalia’s accession to the East African Community in 2023, is a significant step that brings economic growth and...
A war between Good and Evil: Confronting Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Discriminatory Political Agenda
WardheerNews editorial The recent racist barrage of insults by President Trump targeting Somalis and their lone member of the US...
Mogadishu: A Collective Somali City or A Clan Enclave?
WardheerNews Editorial The recent stream of clan bravados that Mogadishu belongs to one clan and asking others to leave and...
WardheerNews Endorses Omar Fatah and Zohran Mamdani
WardheerNews proudly endorses Minnesota State Senator Omar Fatah and New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidates for...
A Journey to Nowhere: Why so Many New Districts and Zonal Administrations in the Somali Region?
WardheerNews editorial The expansion and designation of new districts, zones, and cities into the structure of the Somali Regional State...
FEATURED
Puntland Draws a Red Line: No Room for Parallel Armies
Bosaso (WDN) — Puntland has intensified its military pressure on forces aligned with Somalia’s Federal Government, making clear that it...
The Kampala Summit Raises the Question: Who Secured Mogadishu?
By Isha Qarsoon When President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his ministers, or his supporters are confronted with the government’s failure to...
Kenya Is Right to Protect Its Financial System from Illicit Wealth—Whoever Brings It
By Abdiqani Haji Abdi Kenya has spent decades building its reputation as East Africa’s financial, commercial, and investment hub. That...
Editing the Kampala Communiqué Will Not Solve Somalia’s Political Crisis
By Hassan Yusuf A short video circulating widely on social media has reignited an important national conversation. In the clip,...
In Loving Memory of Axmed Cali Cigaal: A Timeless Voice of Somali Music and Theatre
By Anwar Maxamed Diiriye The Somali people, the global Somali diaspora, and lovers of Somali arts have lost one of...
Somalia Mourns the Loss of Cultural Icon Ahmed Ali Igal, Who Dies in the United States
Minneapolis (WDN)— Somalia’s cultural community and Somalis at home and around the world has been plunged into mourning following the...
After Twenty Years: Renewing Somalia’s Political Settlement
By Mohamed Abdirizak, the former minister of foreign affairs of Somalia Why the next phase of state-building requires a renewed...
Gaalkacyo Deserves Development, Not Recurring Conflict
By Mohammed A Mohammud (Baldho) Introduction Few Somali cities symbolise both the promise and the tragedy of Somalia as profoundly...
Wareysiyada Wadajirka ah ee Siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed: Faa’iido mise Khatar?
By Dr. Abukar Yusuf Warsame Hordhac Wareysiyada Wadajirka ah Warbaahinta Soomaaliyeed waxay soo martay isbeddel weyn siiba labaatankii sano ee...