Hargeisa (WDN) — Defense officials from Somaliland and the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) are engaged in active discussions aimed at strengthening cooperation on maritime security, defense, and regional stability. Bashir Good, Somaliland’s representative in the United States, told Fox News that the talks are progressing positively and are focused particularly on expanding cooperation between Somaliland...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Two veteran journalists who spent years working for Somalia’s state media and defending government policies have now become outspoken critics of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s displacement policies after reportedly finding themselves and their families among those affected by demolitions in Mogadishu. Mustaf War Caddeeye and Ismaaciil Orange, who reportedly worked for the...
By Abdisaid M. Ali By 2028, Puntland will be thirty years old. Its first three decades were largely about constructing and preserving political order. Its fourth must be about what that order can produce. The founding generation established a functioning political community during one of the most difficult periods in Somalia’s modern history. The task...
Garowe (WDN) — Puntland has issued one of its clearest statements yet on the conditions under which it would rejoin a fully agreed Somali federal system, insisting that the country cannot achieve lasting political stability without a constitution endorsed directly by the Somali people. Puntland Minister of Youth and Sports Caydiid Dirir said Puntland would...
By Abdullahi A. Nor President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on Somalia to move beyond personality-driven politics and establish stronger institutions capable of clearly defining who makes national decisions, how those decisions are reached, and which institutions are accountable for implementing them. It is a message that sounds difficult to dispute. Yet coming from a...
Salzburg, Austria (WDN) — Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan has etched his name into European football history after taking charge of the 2026 UEFA Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa at Stadion Salzburg on Wednesday night. The landmark appointment made Artan the first non-European referee to officiate the UEFA Super Cup, placing a...
Minneapolis (WDN)- U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, securing the party’s nomination and clearing a major hurdle on her path toward seeking a fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. lhan is one of President Trump’s most outspoken critics, consistently pushing back against his attacks on...
Garowe (WDN) — The Puntland Council of Politicians and Intellectuals, composed of 26 members, has called for an immediate and peaceful resolution to tensions in Kodmo, in Rako-Raaxo District of Karkaar Region, warning that renewed armed confrontation could have serious consequences for Puntland’s security and stability. In a statement, the council urged the Puntland administration...
By Abdikarim H. Abdi Buh A dangerous new chapter may be opening in the Horn of Africa. Renewed tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are raising fears of another major conflict in northern Ethiopia—one that could extend far beyond Tigray and potentially reshape the security architecture of neighboring Somalia....
Mogadishu (WDN) — In a potentially significant shift in Somalia’s security landscape, Ethiopia has reportedly asked the African Union to accelerate the withdrawal and redeployment of some of its troops serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), prompting the AU to reconsider its previously agreed force-redeployment timetable. The reported request...