JIGJIGA,(WDN) — Veteran nationalist and former political prisoner Abdikarim Muse Qalbi-Dhagax has been elected as the new chairman of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), following internal election held in Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State. The election of Abdikarim Qalbi-Dhagax has garnered strong backing from the faction of the Ogaden National Liberation...
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) — Martin Komol sighs as he inspects his cracked, mud-walled house that is one rain away from fully collapsing. Nothing seems to last for him and 300,000 other refugees in this remote Kakuma camp in Kenya — now, not even food rations. Funding for the U.N. World Food Program has dropped after...
GAROWE, June 30, 2025 — Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has issued a stern warning to the Federal Government of Somalia, accusing of covertly recruiting troops within Puntland in what he described as a politically motivated operation to destabilize the region. Speaking during a ceremony in Garowe marking Somalia’s Independence and Unity Day, President Deni,...
WardheerNews Bahda WardheerNews waxay ummadda Soomaaliyeed la qeybsanaysaa dabaad degga Usbuuca Xoriyadda 26-ka Juun- 1-da Julay, 1960, oo ku beegan maalintii xoriyadda gobolada Waqooyi ( British Somaliland), isla markaana Calan Soomaaliyeed laga taago ciid Soomaaliyeed oo xor ah, xoriyaddii gobollada koonfureed iyo midowgii Waqooyi iyo Koonfur. Haddaba waxaanu dhamaan ummadda Soomaaliyeed ugu hambalyaynaynaa Usbuuca xoriyadda...
W/Q Dr. Abukar Yusuf Warsame Ummadda Soomaalida ee dunida daafaheeda ku kala nool waxey si guud iyo siyaabo kala duwanba ugu dabbaaldegayeen xornimadii ay qaateen bishii Juun 26/1960 (gobollada Waqooyi), 27/1977 (Jabuuti), iyo xornimadii iyo midnimadii Koofurta ee Luulyo 1/1960. Shaki kuma jiro in burburkii dawladdii dhexe ee 1991 iyo dhacdaooyinkii u dambeeyey ee gobollada...
By Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh The stark disparity between the nearly two billion Muslims around the world and the six million Jews in Israel often leads to a haunting question: why have the Muslims, despite their numbers failed to shift the balance of power in the Middle East? The answer lies not in population figures,...
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) — Somalia’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell slightly to 4.1 percent in 2024, down from 4.2 percent in 2023, the national statistics bureau has said. GDP per capita in current prices rose to 737 U.S. dollars in 2024, from 694 dollars in 2023, the Somali National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) said in its...
Bosaso (WDN)- In a decisive push to rid Puntland of extremism, the region’s defense forces on Monday launched a renewed clearance operation targeting the remaining remnants of the ISIS-affiliated militant group in the Cal-Miskaad mountains. The operation, part of the fourth and reportedly final phase of “Operation Hillaac,” is being conducted across multiple fronts, with...
Garowe, (WDN)— A new corruption scandal has rocked the Puntland administration following explosive allegations made by the Minister of Fisheries, Cabdirisaaq Abdullahi Xagaa, during a parliamentary session on Tuesday. The minister accused the former Director General of the Ministry, Engineer Sharmaarke Beeldaaje, of embezzling large sums of public funds collected from private fishing companies seeking...
Laascaanood (WDN)— Former Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives, Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed has officially announced his candidacy for the presidency of SSC-Khatumo, marking a significant political shift in the region. Khalif, who stepped down from his post in Somaliland in protest over the government’s handling of local grievances, declared his intention to contest the...