NEW YORK (AP) — When he announced his run for mayor back in October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. On Tuesday evening, the 33-year-old marked his stunning political ascension when he declared victory in the Democratic primary from a Queens rooftop bar after former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded. While the race’s ultimate...
June 26, 2025
The Great Divide and The Race to The Next World Order
By Adan Ismail In the noisy modern age where clarity drowns in a flood of competing voices, a battle is unfolding. It is not the tired clash of civilizations, races, religions, or tribes, but a deeper conflict over the very blueprint of humanity itself. In every corner of the globe, this war is being waged between two opposing forces: the...
Madaxweyne Xasan oo la kulmay Mucaaradka Madasha Samatobixinta, Halka Puntland iyo Jubaland laga filayo Mowqif Midaysan
Muqdisho (WDN)- Waxaa magaalada Muqdisho ku kulmay Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh iyo Madasha Samato-bixinta Soomaaliya, oo ay ku bahoobeen siyasiyiinta mucaaradka. Madasha Samato-bixinta, ayaa horey u qaadacday shirkii Gogasha Wada tashiga Qaran ee dhawaan Muqdisho ka dhacay, kaasi oo ay ku sheegeen in aanu ka tarjumayn masiirka dalka. War ka soo baxay Villa Soomaaliya ayaa lagu sheegay in “Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka...
President Hassan Sheikh Engages Opposition as Puntland and Jubaland Forge United Front
MOGADISHU (WDN) – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a rare and high-stakes meeting with the Somali Salvation Forum—an alliance of prominent opposition leaders—at the Presidential Villa Somalia in Mogadishu, amid escalating tensions over the future of Somalia’s electoral process and constitutional reform. The Somali Salvation Forum, which includes former presidents, prime ministers, parliamentary speaker, members of parliament, and other senior...
Bosaso Mayor Issues Ultimatum to Businesses Over Support for Anti-ISIS Campaign
BOSASO (WDN) – The Mayor of Bosaso, Abdifitah Mohamed Osman (Shanle), has issued a stern warning to local businesses, demanding financial support for Puntland’s ongoing military offensive against ISIS militants entrenched in the Al-Madow mountains under Operation Calmiskaad. Speaking at a press conference recently, Mayor Shanle called on all commercial entities in Bosaso to shoulder their responsibility by contributing to...
MP Abdirashid Jibril Accused of Undermining Puntland in Secret Deal with Mogadishu
Badhan (WDN) – A storm of controversy is gathering around MP Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril, the former Speaker of the Puntland Parliament, who is now facing accusations of conspiring with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to destabilize Puntland from within. In recent weeks, Jibril has launched a political campaign in Badhan, Sanaag region, advocating for the region’s incorporation into the...
General Omar Osman Diriye Warfaa (Omar Anjeeh): Military Man and a Somali Traditionalist
By Abdul Ahmed III Counterfactuals serve as mental exercises—and perhaps as nostalgia for unrealized, better trajectories—yet they are forgivable when they help us keep faith with those once hailed as brothers-in-arms. I knew several of them as a child, and among my memories is General Omar Osman Diriye Warfaa, commonly known as Omar Anjeeh. I still wonder how Somalia’s history...
Somalia’s journey of hunger
Sara Cuevas Gallardo, World Food Programme The cramped streets of Mogadishu buzz with cars, donkey-drawn carts and three-wheeled vehicles known as tuk-tuks – all competing to navigate the slippery, muddy channels carved out by unexpectedly heavy rains. Somalia’s unpredictable weather has struck again. The rainy season, marked by a massive and deadly downpour hitting the capital in May, has destroyed...
Power blackout hits parts of Ethiopia, including capital
ADDIS ABABA, (Xinhua) — A power blackout has struck parts of Ethiopia, including the national capital of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian Electric Utility said on Monday. According to a press statement from the state utility firm, a technical fault in the main power grid has caused a power outage in parts of the East African country. “Following the measures taken...
Iran Strikes Back: U.S. Base in Qatar Hit as Tehran Launches Counteroffensive Against Israel
Washington DC (WDN) – Tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically following Iran’s launch of retaliatory strikes against both Israel and the United States, in response to a joint military operation earlier this week that targeted key Iranian military installations. In a bold and unprecedented move, Iranian forces fired a series of ballistic missiles and drones at a U.S....