Civil servants in the Puntland government are facing a severe shortage of salaries, having not received any salary for four months in 2025.
Some of the employees who spoke to Media told them that they only received their February salary this year, which was paid in March. This means that...
The Stars and Stripes newspaper reported that growing concerns about attacks by terrorist groups, especially ISIS, in West Africa and the complicated situation in Somalia have prompted the Pentagon to review its Africa strategy.
The commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Michael Langley, said that terrorist groups operating in...
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has officially announced a National Dialogue Conference to be held in Mogadishu on June 15, 2025.
A press release from the presidency said that the conference will bring together federal government leaders, state leaders, former politicians, political parties, and various sectors of civil...
The Somali Federal Government’s Cabinet, which met in an emergency meeting today, approved a proposal from the Ministry of Internal Security to appoint Mahad Mohamed Salad as the new Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency.
The new NISA Director will take over from the agency’s former Director, Abdullahi...
The Puntland Defense Forces Command has detailed the operation by Puntland forces yesterday to capture the ISIS headquarters in the Miiraale area, following a combined ground and air operation inside the Miiraale stream and well.
The military officials said that at least 15 members of the group were killed in...
The Turkish Presidency announced that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and discussed the most important issues in the fight against terrorist groups in Somalia.
According to a statement from the Turkish Presidency published on X, the two Presidents, during their...
The commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Gen. Michael Langley, has urged African countries, including Somalia, to take on the role of providing their own security, as the United States reduces its previous funding to stabilize the region.
“Somethings we used to do, we may not do anymore,” Langley said...
Reports from the Bakaara Main Market in Howlwadaag District indicate that one person has died and 12 others have been injured after a building they were building collapsed.
Witnesses told the media that a group of 20 to 30 workers were working on the building, which was being built with...
Former British Defence Secretary and now a member of the House of Commons, Gavin Williamson, has said he has comprehensive information showing that the US is recognising Somaliland.
Williamson, in an interview with The Guardian, said the US is making a major shift in its policy towards Somalia, moving away...
At least 20 Somali migrants, mostly young men, have died in the Mediterranean Sea, hoping to reach the Spanish island of Palma.
The migrants, who set off from Algeria, are reported to have died of hunger and thirst after the small boat they were travelling in capsized.
Reports also indicate that...