MOGADISHU (WDN) — As Somalia grapples with mounting political instability and worsening insecurity under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s leadership, in an interview with Sky News, President Hassan addressed growing geopolitical competition in the Horn of Africa, tensions with Abu Dhabi, Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and the escalating confrontation between Ethiopia and Eritrea. While President Hassan...
GAROWE (WDN) — Somalia is edging towards a dangerous political rupture, with Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni warning that the country needs urgent national dialogue to prevent further fragmentation and calling on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to step down. In an interview with Puntland Television, Deni dismissed the Federal Government’s planned national consultation conference in...
By Anwar Maxamed Diiriye An Essay in Honor of His Legacy and in Commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing. “The best of people are those who are most beneficial to people.” — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, reported by al-Tabarani in Al-Muʿjam al-Awsat. Five years after the passing of Maxamed Daahir Afrax, I return to...
ADDIS ABABA (WDN) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has claimed that Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State, has overtaken Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, in its current state of development. His remarks highlight Jigjiga’s growing profile while sharpening the contrast he draws between Ethiopia’s regional development and Eritrea’s economic difficulties. In a reported interview,...
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...
Addis Ababa (WDN) — The paradox reshaping the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia has no coastline, yet Ethiopian forces have spent more than a decade operating inside Somalia, while Somalia—with one of Africa’s longest coastlines—still depends heavily on foreign forces for its security. Now Ethiopia is openly demanding access to the sea. The juxtaposition exposes more...
President Rejects Any Comparison Between Israel and Türkiye — Yet Leaves the Door Open to Future Relations with Israel MOGADISHU (WDN) — President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s latest interview with Al Jazeera has exposed a striking tension in Somalia’s foreign-policy messaging: while he presents Türkiye as fundamentally different from Israel and rejects any suggestion that the...
Prime Minister Says No Negotiations Are Underway Two Days After Declaring Government Ready for Dialogue With Militants Who Abandon the Group MOGADISHU (WDN) — Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has denied that the Federal Government is negotiating with Al-Shabaab, only two days after publicly declaring that his government was prepared to engage members of...
By Lucy Fleming, BBC Africa and Teklemariam Bekit, BBC Tigrinya Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia’s capital, some in the area of the military headquarters in the west and another in the south of the city, residents and diplomatic sources say. The blasts came hours after drone flights were banned over Addis Ababa and a...
MUMBAI, India (AP) — An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when his copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane has been hailed as a hero, with his actions to thwart the disaster drawing praise from world leaders and those who knew him. Capt. Smit...