By Lubna MasarwaJerusalem Bureau Chief, Middle East Eye Last week marked three years since 7 October 2023. Over the years of covering Israel’s occupation of Palestine, I have developed an aversion to anniversaries. Almost every day in Palestine marks one of some sort: Nakba Day, Prisoners’ Day, the First Intifada, the Second Intifada. The list is...
Heritage Institute report says more than 2.1 million people were forcibly evicted between 2017 and September 2026, raising serious questions about the fate of public land, the proceeds from its sale and the government’s failure to resettle displaced families. MOGADISHU (WDN) — The forced eviction of IDPs and the illegal seizure of public land without...
The soldiers were detained while reportedly on leave in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, raising fresh questions about Mogadishu’s silence and the deteriorating relationship between the two neighbours. JIGJIGA (WDN) — Ethiopia has transferred approximately 220 Somali National Army soldiers to Addis Ababa after detaining them while they were reportedly on leave in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State,...
WASHINGTON (WDN) — Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has accused President Donald Trump of using federal law-enforcement agencies to intimidate political opponents after federal investigators searched her Washington, D.C., residence under a court-authorised warrant. Omar said she was safe but condemned the operation as the latest escalation in what she described as a decade-long campaign of...
The unexplained detention of Ayaan Abdi Nunow raises urgent questions about due process, political intimidation and whether citizens’ fundamental rights are being sacrificed amid Somalia’s escalating political tensions. MOGADISHU (WDN) — Ayaan Abdi Nunow, the wife of a security officer reportedly associated with former South West State president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, was detained at...
MOGADISHU (WDN) — Somalia’s political crisis is entering another dangerous phase, with reports of government forces deployed near the residence of former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed raising fears of a fresh confrontation between the Federal Government and opposition leaders. The reported military movements come amid a bitter constitutional dispute over President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s mandate,...
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....