By Bashir M. Sheikh Ali For most of human history, people lived in small communities where survival depended largely on family, kinship and custom. They settled disputes, protected one another and organized social and economic life through personal relationships and shared obligations. As societies grew in size and diversity, however, some responsibilities became too large...
Bosaso (WDN) – Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni on Saturday convened a high-level security meeting in Bosaso with senior military commanders leading operations in the Calmiskaad Mountains, as Puntland intensifies what it describes as the final phase of its campaign against militant groups entrenched in the Bari region. The meeting brought together the Commander of...
By Abdikarim Buh There is perhaps no greater tragedy than watching a young person’s dreams sold back to them as a commodity. Across the Horn of Africa today, an entire industry has emerged that profits not from creating opportunity but from manufacturing hope, packaging illusion, and marketing desperation to those least able to distinguish promise...
Dolow (WDN) – Al-Shabaab militants launched a coordinated overnight assault on a Jubaland military base on the outskirts of Doolow, briefly overrunning the position before withdrawing at dawn, in what analysts say is another indication that the group’s resurgence is being fueled by Somalia’s deepening political divisions. According to preliminary reports from Gedo region, the...
Hargeisa (WDN) – Somaliland has strongly condemned Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre’s visit to Las Anod on Sunday, describing the trip as a deliberate political provocation and calling on the international community to pressure the Federal Government of Somalia to halt what it termed “escalatory actions.” Prime Minister Hamza arrived in Las Anod onAugust...
Bosaso (WDN) – Puntland and the United States have agreed to significantly expand their security cooperation following high-level talks in Bosaso, culminating in a new agreement that will allow the United States to enlarge its military presence at Bosaso as part of broader counterterrorism and maritime security efforts in the Horn of Africa. Puntland President...
Mogadishu (WDN) – Ethiopia has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting peace and security in Somalia, even as serious questions emerge over whether Addis Ababa possesses the economic and military capacity to sustain a prolonged deployment after the United States ends logistical support for the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) at the...
By Isha Qarsoon When President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his ministers, or his supporters are confronted with the government’s failure to provide basic public services, they return to one answer: it made Mogadishu safer. They point to the contrast with the capital in 2000 or 2010. Mogadishu is calmer, more functional, and more stable than it...
Mogadishu (WDN) –Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Salah Ahmed Jama, has sparked widespread surprise and disbelief after declaring what many have described as performative politics, that the country has moved beyond its dependence on foreign assistance—a statement that many Somalis say bears little resemblance to the country’s current political and economic realities. His remarks have generated...
Mogadishu (WDN) – The commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, in an interview with journalist Omar Faruk, has delivered one of the clearest expressions yet of American frustration over Somalia’s counterterrorism campaign, lamenting that Somali and international forces have repeatedly been forced to recapture territory they had already liberated years ago....