Mogadishu (SJS)– The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is deeply concerned by the recent arrests of two journalists in Mogadishu and Qardho, Puntland, respectively, solely for carrying out their professional duties after reporting on security-related issues and a police officer’s complaint. These arrests come amid a growing pattern of attempts to silence independent reporting on matters...
Baidoa (WDN) – New reports emerging from the outskirts of Baidoa suggest a potentially significant shift in the security dynamics surrounding the interim capital of South West State, as soldiers from the Somali National Army are reportedly abandoning their positions and joining forces loyal to former South West President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed “Laftagareen.” Local sources...
By Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdi Hashi, PhD, CPA Somalia: The way forward: Fourteen years later– Phase II The first paper, Somalia: The Way Forward — Fourteen Years Later, established the moral, constitutional, and political case for a two-year technocratic transition. It argued that Somalia cannot continue recycling indirect 4.5 politics, nor can it credibly rush into...
Mogadishu (WDN) – What had long been the subject of political speculation has now emerged into the open: a continuing line of communication between Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and his predecessor, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. At a time when Somalia is grappling with deep political divisions, constitutional disputes, security challenges, and mounting uncertainty ahead of future elections,...
Mogadishu (WDN) – A new security operation launched by the Banadir Regional Police Command to recover illegal weapons from neighborhoods across Mogadishu is exposing a deeper and more troubling challenge facing Somalia’s capital: a widening crisis of public trust between citizens and state security institutions. Police officials announced that a large-scale operation is underway to...
By Djama Mahamoud Ali Introduction More than three decades after the collapse of the Somali state that plunged the nation into a devastating civil war, the spectre of 1991 has returned to haunt the country. The recent events in Baidoa, combined with the actions of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the troubling rhetoric of his...
Dhusamareb (WDN) – Somalia’s deepening political crisis took another dramatic turn after a senior Galmudug minister made explosive claims that President Ahmed Abdi Kariye “Qoor-Qoor” and top regional officials are effectively trapped inside the Galmudug presidential compound while federal forces loyal to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud control much of Dhusamareb. In an interview remarks the...
Addis Ababa (AS) – Ambassador Nebiat Getachew, spokesperson for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has accused Egypt of intensifying actions that “resemble an encirclement” and pursuing a strategy of “provocation” against Ethiopia, a trend observed ever since Ethiopia raised its ambition for sea access. Speaking to local media during a weekly press briefing on 21 May,...
KIGALI, Rwanda- Felicien Kabuga, accused of financing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) announced Saturday. In a statement, the mechanism said the medical officer of the United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) was immediately notified, while Dutch authorities...
By Abdirahman A. Issa Note: The article is based on extensive research, including field visits and in-depth interviews with dozens of youth leaders who were instrumental in the revolution between May and June 2024. It offers firsthand accounts of the revolution from activists. It also explains how the clan was mobilized through digital platforms, transforming spontaneous...