Protests against the federal government of Somalia took place today in Garbahaarrey and Doolow districts of Gedo region, as residents expressed anger over a recent attack on the home of General Mahad Abdirahman, known as General Shub.
Protesters chanted slogans condemning the government led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, demanding...
Senator Farhan Ali Hussein has called on the Somali Upper House of Parliament to summon the ministers of Defense and Internal Security to question them on what he described as the growing threat of drone strikes in Somalia.
Senator Farhan said he was concerned about incidents involving drone strikes, which...
Former Somali presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo have spoken out strongly against the airstrike that took place last night in Doolow district of Gedo region, which targeted the compound where General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, the former commander of the Somali National Army, was staying.
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed...
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU), Mahmoud Ali Yusuf, received this morning at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa the Minister of Trade and Industry of Somalia, Jamaal Mohamed Hassan, who paid a courtesy call on the headquarters.
The Chairperson of the African Union congratulated Somalia on...
The Trade Ministers of the Horn of Africa Initiative (HoAI) countries have signed a Joint Ministerial Declaration, establishing the Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC).
The agreement was concluded at the first meeting of the Horn of Africa Initiative Trade Ministers, chaired by Somalia, and focused on strengthening trade and economic...
The Director General of the Somali Ministry of Information, Abdullahi Xayir Duale, said that the Somali government has closed 82,000 social media pages in 2026, which he said were being used by terrorist groups to spread their ideas.
Speaking at a discussion on the link between combating armed groups and...
Sagal Abdi-Wali, a Somali-born woman, could be running for the London seat of Holborn and St Pancras in a by-election, a seat previously held by former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Sagal came to Britain as a child in the early 1990s after her family fled Somalia's civil war and...
The Somali Ministry of Defense said that government forces defeated militias in Baidoa this morning, which it described as loyal to the former president of South West, Abdiasis Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, and Al-Shabaab fighters who, according to the ministry, had merged.
A statement from the Ministry of Defense said that...
The spokesman for the former president of the South West region, Ugaas Hassan Abdi Mohamed, spoke about the fighting that took place this morning in Baidoa, saying that forces he described as those from the South West region are conducting operations inside the city of Baidoa.
Ugaas Hassan called on...
The Federal Government of Somalia is planning to reform the way internal security institutions are managed, with an emphasis on accountability, institutional coordination and how to build a financially sustainable security system.
This issue was one of the main points discussed at the National Conference on Internal Security held in...