Mogadishu (WDN) — The former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, in what has become his first foreign trip since announcing a controversial one-year extension linked to Somalia’s newly adopted constitutional framework—a move that has sparked intense political debate and fierce criticism across the country. While Villa Somalia has yet to officially disclose...
Mogadishu(WDN) — Somalia’s political standoff over the country’s next elections intensified dramatically on Saturday night as former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud delivered one of his strongest and most uncompromising statements yet, dismissing alternative electoral proposals and insisting that only a one-person, one-vote election will determine Somalia’s future leadership. Speaking at a farewell ceremony for former...
Dhusamareb (WDN) — High-stakes political negotiations entered their second day in the Galmudug capital of Dhusamareb, where Galmudug President Ahmed Abdi Kariye (Qoorqoor) and National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) Director Mahad Mohamed Salad remain locked in a tense standoff over the future leadership of the federal member state. Despite hours of closed-door discussions, sources...
Tel Aviv (WDN) In a stunning and highly controversial development that has sparked outrage across the Muslim world and beyond, Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro’s visit to Jerusalem and the opening of a diplomatic office in the city, revered by Muslims as Islam’s third-holiest site, have triggered widespread condemnation and intense debate. Many view...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Fresh violence in the town of Jalalaqsi in Somalia’s Hiiraan region between rival clans left multiple people dead and wounded, while entire neighborhoods were reduced to ashes in a conflict that has already displaced large numbers of civilians. The fighting, which erupted west of Jalalaqsi, has exposed the devastating human cost of...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s opposition coalition has reportedly presented the international community with a new electoral framework that could dramatically reshape the country’s political landscape and potentially provide a way out of the deepening constitutional and electoral crisis. The opposition’s electoral proposal, initially reported by WardheerNews, has now been formally unveiled and officially confirmed. According...
Kismayo (WDN)— The Jubaland administration has strengthened its military posture in Lower Jubba, deploying additional troops to frontline positions as part of an intensified campaign aimed at dismantling Al-Shabaab’s remaining strongholds in southern Somalia. The latest deployment underscores Jubaland’s determination to expand security operations across the region and reflects the administration’s growing confidence in its...
Mogadishu (WDN) – For months, former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his allies dismissed Somalia’s opposition as a collection of critics without solutions. The administration’s platitude refrain was simple: the opposition opposed the government’s one-person, one-vote election agenda but had failed to present a viable alternative. That simplistic argument is now rapidly unraveling. Political sources...
Mogadishu (WDN)- Somalia’s political landscape witnessed another extraordinary moment as former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed launched one of his most blistering public attacks yet against former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, exposing the depth of mistrust and bitterness that has come to define the country’s increasingly polarized political environment. Speaking before supporters and political allies, Sharif...
Hargeisa/TEL AVIV(WDN) – In a development that is sending shockwaves through Somali political circles, Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro and his delegation formally participated in the inaugural Somaliland-Israel Business Forum in Tel Aviv, a landmark event that many observers view as another step in the rapidly expanding relationship between Somaliland and Israel. According to...