Pensioners say meagre monthly payments cannot cover food, rent, education and essential medicines, raising questions about the implementation of Somaliland’s pension system. HARGEISA (WDN) — After spending decades serving Somaliland’s government, many retired civil servants face a troubling question: how can they survive retirement when their pensions are insufficient to cover even their most basic...
Dhusamareb (WDN) — What is being presented as an election for the leadership of Galmudug’s parliament has drawn criticism from opponents who argue that the outcome was largely settled before voting began, with the process resembling a formal confirmation of political arrangements already established behind the scenes. The election for speaker and two deputy speakers...
MOGADISHU (WDN) — Somalia’s government is moving to end the long-standing practice of allowing members of parliament to serve simultaneously as ministers—a move critics say exposes President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s growing disregard for the country’s agreed constitutional framework. The change effectively overturns a provision of the 2012 Provisional Federal Constitution (PFCS), which established Somalia as...
BAIDAO (WDN) — In a dramatic shift in the struggle for control of Southwest State, forces aligned with the former Southwest President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (Laftagareen) have reportedly taken control of four districts of the five Districts of Bay region, with local sources describing withdrawals and handovers that, in most locations, occurred without any fighting....
GAROWE (WDN) — Puntland has issued a sharp warning to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing his administration of pursuing a disputed electoral process that deepens Somalia’s political divisions and threatening the country’s fragile unity. The warning reflects growing frustration among federal member states and opposition figures over what they see as the president’s unwillingness to...
Mogadishu (WDN)– Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is pressing ahead with his unilateral electoral scheme, a calculated power grab designed to secure JSP’s dominance, orchestrate his return to office, and install his loyalists across the federal member states through a sham electoral process overseen by a commission operating under his directives. The political theatre witnessed most recently...
Dr. Abdurahman Baadiyow Somali history is too often told through the experiences of colonialism, independence, state collapse, and the continuing struggle to rebuild the country. Although these events are essential to understanding modern Somalia, they represent only a fraction of our collective past. Behind them lies a much longer history of communities that developed political...
President vows accountability as the liquidation of 130 investment funds exposes ties to Turkey’s ruling elite A crisis involving Turkish investment funds accused of running Ponzi-like schemes has affected half a million people, with authorities ordering the liquidation of some 130 funds worth $17bn earlier this month. Already historic in scale, the financial turmoil has...
Mogadishu (WDN) — An opposition lawmaker has warned that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s handling of Somalia’s disputed electoral process could drive the country towards renewed fragmentation and state collapse, placing responsibility for the consequences squarely on the current administration. Abdilatif Muse Nur, known as Sanyare, made the warning in response to the federal election timetable...
Baidabo (WDN) — Forces aligned with Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen have claimed another territorial gain in Southwest State, announcing the capture of Awdiinle, a settlement reportedly just 25 kilometres from Baidabo. The latest development comes amid reports of a series of advances that are putting growing pressure on the administration led by Adan Mohamed Nur...