JOWHAR (WDN) – What was officially billed as a by-election in Jowhar today turned into a political charade, as two Federal Parliamentary seats were handed, uncontested, to relatives of deceased MPs—cementing a troubling trend of hereditary succession masquerading as democracy. In the election, Mohamed Diriye, brother of the late Minister and MP Khadijo Mohamed Diriye,...
Addis Abeba (AS) – More than 30 heavy truck drivers have been kidnapped in Ethiopia’s Amhara region over the past two weeks, according to the Tana Heavy Vehicle Drivers Association, which attributed the rise in abductions to growing insecurity and a lack of accountability for armed groups amid the ongoing militarized conflict between federal forces...
Bossaso (WDN) Puntland’s Defense Forces have declared the successful completion of the third phase of Operation Calmiskaad, following the full recapture of Miiraale, the last known ISIS command center in the region. In a statement released this morning, the Information Office for Operation Calmiskaad confirmed that Puntland troops, backed by air support, overran the Miiraale...
The Guardian The new president of Somaliland says his state, which broke away from Somalia in 1991, is on the brink of securing international recognition – a development that would inflame tensions in the already tumultuous Horn of Africa. In an interview in the presidential palace in the capital, Hargeisa, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi tells the Guardian it...
WASHINGTON– Cuts by the Trump administration in US foreign aid have triggered violence and rising instability in refugee camps across Africa, a report said Wednesday, citing internal State Department cables. According to the cables, which were leaked to the US-based investigative news site ProPublica, US diplomats in Malawi reported in a late April cable that...
Mogadishu (WDN)- In the heart of Afgooye, a town renowned for its vibrant farming community, where the morning sun usually ushers in a day of promise and routine, tragedy instead broke the silence and shattered the peace. A man (Hassan Ali) simply known as Ganeey was savagely murdered in broad daylight—his throat brutally slit with...
Bosaso (WND)- A migrant boat carrying more than twenty Somalis has been found in the Mediterranean Sea with only two survivors, according to sources in Spain and Algeria. The vessel, which had reportedly been adrift for several days, was discovered with most of its passengers dead from dehydration and exposure. Authorities have not yet confirmed...
Led by President Abdirahman Mohamed, Somaliland opened a Mission office in Nairobi on Thursday, May 29, despite Kenya initially disapproving of the opening of a Liaison Office. Reacting to the events that unfolded on Thursday, attended by leaders from both Somaliland and Kenya, the Ministry has now reaffirmed its initial stand and confirmed that it disapproves of...
(ERGO) – The Puntland authorities say that more than 500 students in Bari region have been forced out of education by the closure of 36 schools due to a combination of drought and conflict. The education ministry reported that these schools closed between last December and this March, affecting students from pastoralist families who have...
The Kenya Times- The breakaway Horn of Africa region of Somaliland has held an inauguration event of the region’s liaison office in Nairobi, days after Kenya’s Foreign Ministry issued a formal diplomatic note halting the planned inauguration of the new office. The event was previously scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, and was expected to coincide...