(ERGO) – Hundreds of families displaced by clan conflict in Dawaco area in Somaliland’s Sanag region are facing hard living conditions after losing their livelihoods and property in the violence. The conflict, which began on 25 July following a dispute over grazing land, has killed seven people and displaced 600 families. The chairman of Dawaco, Abdi...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s prolonged political deadlock may be approaching a critical turning point after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reportedly accepted three significant proposals during the latest rounds of talks between the Federal Government and opposition groups, negotiations facilitated by international partners. The apparent concessions could signal the first meaningful movement toward a political settlement—but...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s civil aviation sector is being presented as an area in need of greater international support, but a more fundamental question must be addressed first: can Somalia’s aviation infrastructure be trusted to serve the public impartially, or can it be used by the Federal Government as a political instrument against regions and...
Garowe (WDN) — Puntland’s civil servants are facing an increasingly painful question: why has the government failed to pay their salaries for months while public funds continue to be spent on other priorities? Government employees are reportedly owed up to seven months of salaries, making this one of the most serious and prolonged salary crises...
Cawsane, Sanag Region (WDN) — Two young sisters were killed and their father injured in a tragic road accident today along the newly constructed road linking Eldaahir and Erigavo, in the Cawsane area of Sanaag. The victims, Bushro Mohamed Dheeg and Aamino Mohamed Dheeg, were sisters who died in the crash involving a Probox vehicle....
Dr. Abdurahman Baadiyow There is a profound question that should touch both our hearts and our minds: How is it possible for a society so deeply attached to its religion to remain, for more than thirty years, trapped in collapse, conflict, division, poverty, misgovernance, and statelessness? Somalia presents a tragic example of the enormous gap...
Baidoa (WDN) — The Federal Government of Somalia has deployed additional security forces from Mogadishu to Baidoa, deepening an already volatile confrontation over the political future of South West State and raising fears that the federal authorities are preparing for a prolonged military standoff with forces loyal to former South West President Abdiasis Hassan Mohamed...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Heavy fighting has erupted in Basra, near Balcad in Middle Shabelle, after Somali government forces launched an assault on an Al-Shabaab position in a strategically important area linking central and southern Somalia. The fighting reportedly involved repeated exchanges of heavy weapons, while government forces are said to have deployed drones against Al-Shabaab...
When the apartheid regime of Israel brought its villainous flag and the most oppressive sign of the world today was brought to our shores, we woke up. We woke up to the alarming dark diplomatic cloud on the horizon. Hearing the agony of innocent Palestinian children’s cries; heeding the wailing mothers’ weeping call and feeling...
Addis Ababa (WDN)– Somalia’s money-transfer companies (Hawala), a vital financial lifeline for Somalis around the world, connecting the diaspora to families, communities, and businesses, have faced significant financial restrictions from the Ethiopian government, threatening an important channel for remittances and cross-border financial support. Ethiopia’s National Bank has issued a striking warning against 17 money-transfer companies...