Four siblings burned to death in a shingled house in the October neighborhood of Ahmed Dhagax district in Hargeisa city after their angry father set it on fire.
The children, three boys and one girl, all under the age of 10, died in the house after their father locked them...
Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh has officially announced that he will run again in the country’s presidential election scheduled for April 2026, which will be his sixth term in office, after the Djiboutian parliament recently lifted age and term limits in the constitution.
The 77-year-old president said he had accepted...
The Swedish government recently deployed a small contingent of troops to Somalia to support the Somali National Army in its fight against terrorist groups.
The Swedish military presence is based on an official invitation from the Somali government, and is in partnership with the US Africa Command (US AFRICOM).
The operation,...
The Governor of Lower Shabelle region in the South West administration of Somalia, Ibrahim Adan Ali (Najax), has strongly condemned the horrific incident that took place yesterday in an area under the Wanlaweyn district of the region.
The Governor of Najax has threatened that he will not find shelter anywhere...
Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has warned that the regional states should be given the power to manage the federal parliamentary elections. He said that the move would put the country in a worse situation than the previous elections.
Omar Abdirashid said that the presidents of the...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is under pressure to take action against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after she allegedly failed to repay a 2005 federal loan to pay for her education.
The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) says that the Democratic congresswoman has been delinquent on her loans for years and...
The Ministry of Family and Human Rights Development of Somalia today strongly condemned the tragic incident in which a Somali mother gave birth in front of the Banadir Maternity and Child Hospital, where her newborn baby died after the mother was denied immediate medical care.
An official press release from...
A report by BBC Verify has revealed that the leadership of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is engaged in a campaign to contain the damage done to their reputation after evidence emerged of massacres by their forces in the northern Sudanese town of El-Fasher, the BBC reported.
Days after...
Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Macalin Fiqi has announced that more than 800 fighters, including 50 leaders, have been killed in the last year in the fight against Al-Shabaab and ISIS.
The minister said that the government is now launching a new campaign to eliminate Al-Shabaab, focusing on areas it has...
Puntland has implemented a self-imposed visa system, charging travelers $60. This is very close to the $64 fee charged for the electronic visa issued by the federal government of Somalia.
Officials at the Puntland immigration agency said Puntland operates its own visa system (VISO) that is independent of the federal...