WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of Trump administration criticism, as part of a criminal investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter. The search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents, said the people, who were not authorized to publicly discuss...
A deadly shooting at a market workshop highlights the urgent need to end impunity, strengthen criminal justice and prevent retaliatory killings from claiming more innocent lives. GAROWE (WDN) — Two people have been killed and four others wounded after an armed man opened fire on people at a metalworking workshop in Inji Market in Garowe,...
(ERGO) – Hundreds of displaced families have been evicted from houses they had been occupying rent-free in El Jalle, on the outskirts of Beledweyne in central Somalia’s Hiran region, by homeowners making their own preparations ahead of forecast heavy El Niño rains and fears of flooding. The homeowners concerned have been living in the cheaper,...
By Abdirahman A. Issa I recently listened to a debate between Ahmed Issa Awad, a former foreign minister, and Mustafe Guufe, chairman of Puntland First, on the path forward for relations between Puntland and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). The intergenerational exchange exposed the rupture that will shape the future of the Somali state....
MOGADISHU (WDN) — The arrival of prominent Somaliland politician Liibaan Al-Cadaala in Mogadishu after abandoning his support for Somaliland’s independence has opened a new chapter in the contest over Somali unity. His defection may prove more than an isolated political move: it could signal a broader struggle in which disillusioned figures leave Hargeisa for Mogadishu,...
RIYADH (WDN) — The war in Yemen is reaching deeper into Saudi Arabia, with attacks on Riyadh’s international airport killing three Saudi citizens, including a national airline pilot, damaging a passenger aircraft and raising fresh fears that the conflict is spreading beyond the battlefield into civilian infrastructure. Saudia, Saudi Arabia’s national carrier, confirmed the death...
BAIDOA (WDN) — The reported capture of Qansaxdheere by forces loyal to former South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen marks another escalation in the region’s political and military crisis. But as rival forces compete for territory, the latest developments underscore a fundamental reality: South West State’s struggle for political legitimacy cannot be resolved...
GARISSA, Kenya (WDN) — A deadly roadside bomb that killed a Kenyan police commander and one of his bodyguards has renewed concerns over Al-Shabaab’s ability to threaten security forces across the Somalia-Kenya border, underscoring the group’s capacity to sustain attacks beyond Somalia. The explosion struck a vehicle travelling along the road linking Saretho and Dadaab...
BELED – HAAWO (WDN) — In a potentially significant shift in Somalia’s federal power struggle, former security chief Cabdirashiid Xasan Cabdinuur, widely known as Janan, has handed over the forces under his command in Beled Xaawo to the Jubaland administration, ending a prolonged standoff without reported fighting. The peaceful transfer marks an important step in...
LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Burnham’s Labour Party won an election for a parliamentary seat vacated by former leader Keir Starmer on Friday, fending off a strong challenge from the left-wing Green Party in a boost for the British prime minister. Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of the local council, won the seat in the...