At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between two rival clans in the Laashimo Valley area of Eerigaabo district in Sanaag region, local sources said.
The fighting, which began yesterday over a dispute over grazing land, has caused significant loss of life and property, with the conflict lasting...
The Minister of Internal Security of Somalia, General Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail “Fartaag”, met in Ouagadougou with the President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, as the Somali government strives to expand international security cooperation.
The meeting took place during Minister Fartaag’s official visit to Burkina Faso, where the President of...
Somali pirates have demanded direct talks with Pakistani government officials, sources close to the pirates said, as the plight of the hostages has further alarmed their families.
The pirates also released new photos showing 17 crew members of the Honor 25, including 10 Pakistani nationals, who have been held since...
The Somali opposition said they still do not have full confidence in the consultation platform set up by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Former MP Abdirahman Dheere, speaking on behalf of the opposition, said they are still considering how to respond to the invitation sent by the president.
“Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sent an...
Puntland has arrested four men accused of links to Somali pirates who are holding commercial vessels hijacked off its coast.
Reliable sources say that one of the men arrested was the translator for one of the pirates who was holding a commercial vessel.
The men were recently arrested in the Garacad...
The Iranian government has strongly warned against the new plan announced by US President Donald Trump, called the “Freedom Project”, which seeks to remove blocked ships from the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
A senior Iranian parliament member, Ebrahim Azizi, said that any US intervention in the Strait would be a...
A new crisis has arisen off the coast of Yemen after it was difficult to return an oil tanker named “MT Eureka”, which was hijacked off the coast of Shabwah province, with 12 Egyptian and Indian sailors on board. There are also suspicions that Yemenis are involved in this...
The Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission (INEBC) today officially released the full schedule for the country’s regional elections in 2026, with the first elections set to begin in the South West State this May.
According to the commission’s schedule, the South West State will be the first state to...
The United Nations Transitional Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) has formally welcomed the invitation extended by the Federal Government of Somalia to the political parties to hold a conference to discuss the political situation in the country and to discuss the critical issues that the Government and the Opposition are...
The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has invited the Somali Future Council to attend a meeting in Mogadishu on May 10, 2026.
A press release from the presidency said that the invitation came after consultations the president had with various sectors of society in recent...