Xaafuun (WDN) — Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has visited Xaafuun, highlighting the district’s potential to become an important center for fisheries, tourism, water infrastructure and regional economic development. During his visit, Deni toured the historic port of Xaafuun and the remains of the district’s former salt-processing factory, reflecting an industrial and maritime heritage that...
Dr. Abdurahman Baadiyow I am a mother, over eighty years old, living in Mogadishu. The house they demolished was not merely a building; it was the home where I was born, where I grew up, where I lived, and where I carried the memories of my entire life. Every wall held a memory. Every corner...
Baidoa (WDN) — The Federal Government is reportedly preparing to deploy additional troops to Baydhaba as fighting and political tensions intensify between forces backing South West State President Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Aden Madobe) and fighters loyal to former South West President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen. People familiar with the situation say the planned deployment...
Galkacyo (WDN) — Grief and shock have spread across Galkacyo following the killing of respected community elder and businessman Ahmed Yusuf Haameey, who was reportedly shot dead while making his way to a mosque for the Maghrib prayer. The elder was on his way to perform his evening prayers when armed men reportedly opened fire...
Nairobi (WDN) — Confusion and anxiety spread across Nairobi as Kenyan security and immigration authorities intensified a crackdown on foreign nationals believed to be living in the country without valid immigration status, following a recent directive from President William Ruto calling for the removal of undocumented foreigners. The enforcement operation was particularly visible on the...
Mogadishu(WDN) — The United States is reassessing its engagement with Somalia as Washington signals that Somali leaders must take primary responsibility for resolving the country’s deepening political crisis, amid nearly a year of failed negotiations over elections, constitutional changes and the next political transition. Justin Davis, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Mogadishu, is completing his...
Nairobi (WDN) — A potentially significant breakthrough has emerged from renewed efforts to resolve the political and security crisis in Somalia’s Southwest State, raising fresh hopes that a peaceful settlement could finally bring an end to the bloodshed and suffering in Baidoa. WardheerNews has learned that senior Somali lawmakers from Southwest State, led by former...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s Federal Government and representatives of the political opposition are expected to sign a new political agreement in the coming days aimed at establishing a Democratic Transition Task Force (DTT), a body expected to play a role in shaping the country’s democratic transition and electoral process. In a post on X Mohamed...
By Dayib Sh. Ahmed In the aftermath of a devastating war that has claimed countless lives, destroyed homes, scattered families, and shattered dreams, the people of Somalia have risen once more not in despair, but in determination; not in resignation, but with a spirit of resistance against humiliation and continued suffering. For decades, Somalia has...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s Federal Parliament has once again come under scrutiny after lawmakers voted down an opposition motion seeking to place the Doolow attack on the parliamentary agenda—a decision critics say exposes a legislature that has become more responsive to Villa Somalia than to the Somali public. The vote came during a tense parliamentary...