Beledweyne, Somalia (WDN) — HirShabelle’s disputed election process has been thrown into fresh turmoil after armed men reportedly seized a voter-registration center in Beledweyne, turning a political dispute over the credibility of the vote into a direct security challenge. The incident comes as the National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission moves ahead with plans to...
Garacad, Somalia (WDN) — Puntland has launched a ground operation against suspected pirates in Garacad, killing one and capturing two others from a group accused of taking ransom for the Turkish-linked MV Lutuf, according to Puntland security officials cited by Puntland Post. Four other suspects reportedly escaped. The operation comes days after Puntland President Said...
Dhuusamareeb, Somalia (WDN) — The Towfiiq Political Association, led by Sheikh Shakir Ali Hassan, has rejected the timetable announced for repeat elections to Galmudug’s local councils and House of Representatives, arguing that the schedule does not comply with Somalia’s National Elections Law. Towfiiq was the political organization that brought the earlier Galmudug election dispute before...
JANNALE, Somalia (WDN) — A civilian was reportedly killed and four others wounded after artillery shells struck the village of Dag-wariiri, near Jannaale in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, early Wednesday, according to local sources. The sources said the dead was a boy, while those wounded included a woman and three boys. The reported shelling also...
Nairobi, (Reuters) – Kenya’s aviation workers have called off a strike that disrupted flights at its main international and other airports, Transport Minister Davis Chirchir and aviation workers union head, Moss Ndiema, said on Tuesday. The strike, mostly by air traffic controllers on Sunday and Monday, disrupted several flights into and out of the main...
Berlin (WDN) — Klaus-Michael Kühne, one of Germany’s wealthiest businessmen, has died at the age of 89, leaving behind an estimated $49 billion fortune and a remarkable legacy designed to extend far beyond his lifetime. Kühne, who had no children, built his vast wealth across logistics, maritime shipping, aviation, chemicals and real estate, with the...
(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...
Dr Zakariya Weyrax Warsame Is the Old Somali Sheikh with the Illuminating Faynuus Hidden Under His Garment—Claiming the Power of the Awliya, Invoking Sheikh Jaylani, and Deceiving Us for Money and Influence—Back, Only This Time Speaking Arabic and Selling Houses in Jannah? There are questions a people eventually has to ask itself—questions that are uncomfortable,...
Garoowe (WDN) — Shaqaalaha rayidka ah ee Puntland ayaa wajahaya marxald aadaga taas oo ku aadan su’aal ah: maxay dowladda u bixin la’dahay mushaharaadkooda muddo todoba bilood ka maqan shaqaalaha , iyadoo kharashaad kale oo dowladeed ay weli socdaan? Shaqaalaha dowladda ayaa lagu soo waramayaa in aynan helin wax mushahar ah ilaa toddobo bilood, iyadoo dhibaatada...
Mogadishu (WDN) — The skies over central Somalia have reportedly become a new front in the country’s intensifying war against Al-Shabaab, with Turkish F-16 fighter jets said to have carried out airstrikes near Basra, a strategically important area located between the Middle and Lower Shabelle regions, roughly 35 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu. The reported strikes...