Muqdisho (WDN):- Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Xukuummadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xamse Cabdi Barre iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminayo ayaa safar ku yimid magaaladda Laascaanood, ee xarunta Maamulka SSC-khaatumo. Mudane RW Xamsa waxaa si diiran ugu soo dhaweeyay magaalada Laas Caanood Madaxweynaha Maamulka SSC-Khaatumo Mudane Cabdiqaadir Axmed (Firdhiye), mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan Xukuumadda Federaalka, Maamulka SSC-Khaatumo iyo dadweyne aad u...
Mogadishu (WDN): The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mr. Hamse Abdi Barre, along with a high-level delegation, has arrived in Las Anod, the capital of the SSC-Khaatumo Administration. His visit marks a significant step in fostering national unity and reinforcing the Federal Government of Somalia’s support for the SSC-Khaatumo Administration and Somalia’s...
US President Donald Trump’s top Africa envoy laid the groundwork this week for a minerals deal in DR Congo.But any deal between Washington and Kinshasa is dependent on the US helping to negotiate peace in the African nation’s troubled eastern region, according to two people who were present for some of the meetings. After the...
MOGADISHU (AFP)- Hospitals in parts of Somalia are struggling with rising numbers of wounded after a sharp increase in fighting since the beginning of the year, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. Recent attacks, including a roadside blast narrowly missing the president’s convoy last month, are heightening fears of a resurgence...
By Mohamed A Yasin The much-anticipated National Consultative Conference—once hailed as a political turning point for Somalia—has imploded, not with the decisive clarity that crises demand, but through the quiet unraveling of a deeply flawed process orchestrated from the heart of Villa Somalia. As Somalia edges closer to another political abyss, public demands for accountability...
The African Union Commission (AUC), with support from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), CIMA Research Foundation, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Early Action (AMHEWAS) Programme is holding the 3rd coordination and co-production meeting for AMHEWAS products to enhance interoperability of situation rooms in...
A diplomatic storm is brewing in Somalia following remarks made at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Sivuyile Bam, deputy head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Bam’s stark and controversial assessment of Somalia’s security landscape — claiming that Al Shabaab militants are now stronger than ever and have re-established bases...
By Abdullahi A. Nor There are few names in the Horn of Africa that still echo like war drums in the minds of many. Among them, Qalbi-Dhagax—whose name literally translates to Heart-of-Stone—is not just a nickname; it’s a metaphor, a political compass, and depending on who you ask, either the last standing revolutionary or a...
Recent battlefield gains by an Islamist insurgency in Somalia have prompted some State Department officials to propose closing the U.S. embassy in Mogadishu and withdrawing most American personnel as a security precaution, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations. But other Trump administration officials, centered in the National Security Council, are worried that shutting the...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia has signed a $306.5 million debt relief deal with the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), in what the government in Mogadishu called a critical milestone in its economic reform programme. The Horn of Africa country’s government is trying to revive its economy after it was battered by decades of civil war. It...