By Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Member of Federal Parliament and the Leader of Wadajir Party Somalia stands at a critical juncture in its battle against Al-Shabaab as the militant group escalates its offensive against the Somali National Army (SNA) and local community forces. Despite earlier successes in pushing back the insurgents, recent months have witnessed a...
By Abdulfatah Hussein The article Ethiopia’s Cash Cow: The Kenni Cabal Draining the Somali Region exposed how an entrenched OPDO elite, known as the Kenni Cabal, has siphoned resources from the Somali region for the last six years. But before them, the TPLF-led EPRDF ruled the region in much the same way, draining its wealth...
By Isha Qarsoon [1] The electoral framework is fundamental to balancing central authority and regional autonomy in a federal system. It establishes the power structures necessary to sustain this balance, ensuring that governance is distributed between the central government and the Member States. Since adopting federalism, Somalia have not had a national electoral system to...
By Muhumed Haji Kaahin, a senior Prosperity Party memberof the Somalia Region The Somali region, one of Ethiopia’s most resource-rich yet historically marginalized territories, has long been subjected to political manipulation and economic exploitation. Successive governments, from the days of the TPLF-controlled EPRDF to the current Prosperity Party, have treated the region as a...
By WardheerNews The Somali government, under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has escalated its war on free speech with a deliberate and aggressive campaign to silence all dissenting voices. On March 1, 2025, the crackdown claimed its first casualty when Ali Adan Mumin, a well-known political commentator and journalist, was arrested on baseless charges of “threatening...
By Abdinur Mohamud, Ph.D., & Melek Eyigun, Ph.D Three decades after the Somali civil war, the Somali Studies International Association (SSIA) returned to Mogadishu and held its 15th triennial congress under the stewardship of the Somali National University (SNU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Higher Education of the Federal Government of...
By Mohamed A Yasin Introduction President Said Deni Launches Second Phase of Counterterrorism Campaign President Said Deni of Puntland delivered a speech on January 29, 2025, at an event in Bosaso, marking the launch of the second phase of the anti-terrorism campaign. He provided an update on the ongoing transnational war between Puntland forces and...
By Befikadu Bogale, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA). Background If the Ankara Declaration between Ethiopia and Somalia signed on 11 December 2024 has brought vibes of hope and surprise or displeasure, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s (HSM) visit to Addis Ababa on 11 January 2025 has furthered the tide in either directions. The official visit and the...
By Abdullahi Ahmed Nor President Hassan’s style of governance has often been described as unilateral, characterized by a steadfast determination to “not stop for or listen to anyone.” This approach, which some liken to monarchical rule, allows him to wield considerable control over the federal parliament and the executive branch. Critics assert that this centralizing...
Prof. Hassan Keynan At a time of unprecedented, multifaceted threats to the very existence of the nation, we are witnessing Villa Somalia itching to pick a fight with Puntland, the oldest, most peaceful, and most successful member state in the fledgling federal dispensation. The tendency to reduce Puntland’s concerns to the personal ambitions, idiosyncrasies and...