Saturday, September 20, 2025
The opposition members who recently left the Salvation Army, which reached an agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia yesterday, are set to meet with members of the International Community in Mogadishu in the coming hours today. Preliminary reports indicate that these members will share with the International Community Representatives...
An election was held today in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug, for a seat in the House of Representatives, HOP#248. The election for this seat was won by Saadaq Omar Hassan, known as Saadaq Joon, after the resignation of the incumbent MP, businessman Mohamed Abdi Hassan Afweyne, yesterday. The businessman who...
Reports from the Bari region of Puntland state that ISIS fighters hiding in the Calmiskaad mountains have taken refuge with their wives and children in caves in a place called Maraagane in the middle of the Baallade River. The spokesman for the Hillaac operation, Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Faadhigo, told local...
Israel has carried out a heavy airstrike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Israeli and Yemeni officials confirmed, in a fresh escalation of the conflict in the region as the war in Gaza continues. The strikes came after the Houthi group earlier said it had fired missiles at Israel to pressure...
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia has today officially announced the results of the National Secondary School Certificate Examination for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Ministry announced that the number of students who sat for the 2024-2025 academic year was 38,471, with...
The Somali Federal Police Force today displayed containers full of psychotropic substances seized by government security forces at the Mogadishu main port. The drugs seized by the forces at the Mogadishu main port are a drug that has been increasing in use among Somali youth in recent times. Somali Police Force...
Kani Torun, a diplomat and former Turkish ambassador to Somalia, said there is no legal basis for recognizing Somaliland, which was part of Somalia before it declared independence in 1991. Torun argued that the only differences between Somaliland and Somalia are clan and federalism, but that this can be completely...
The Cairo Center for Peace, Conflict and Training (CCCPA) has announced the completion of the first training course for Egyptian military units joining the new African Union Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The training, jointly organized by CCCPA and the Egyptian Ministry of Defense, was attended by the Government of Japan,...
The Northeastern Somali Regional Parliament has elected Dr. Aden Abdullahi Aw-Hasan as its Speaker, after winning 53 votes, while the rival candidate Abdiqafar Mohamud Mohamed (Dheeliye) received 29 votes. The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, congratulated the new Speaker, saying that this election is an...
The Auditor General of Somalia, Ahmed Isse Guutaale, has presented a comprehensive report on financial audits conducted on some government agencies and projects linked to international organizations. Ahmed Isse Guutaale revealed that the country’s courts have refused to be audited and have not deposited the money they collect into the...