Somalia’s Collapsing Hospitals Expose the Human Cost of Aid Cuts and Endless War. MOGADISHU — When Yusuf Bulle carried his severely malnourished 3-year-old son from a...
Clan, Competition, and the Future of Somali Power in the West. The spectacular rise of the Indian diaspora in the United States is often treated as...
U.S. special operations forces joined Puntland’s elite counterterrorism units in a major assault on an Islamic State stronghold in Somalia’s Balade Valley, according to Somali security...
Minnesota Leaders Reject Trump’s Claim on Somali TPS as Community Seeks Clarity. Minnesota officials, immigration attorneys, and Somali American leaders moved quickly over the weekend to...
Analysis: U.S.-Backed Warning Says Al-Shabaab’s Advance Now Threatens Mogadishu as Somalia’s Federal Order Fractures. A new assessment from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies warns that...
Somalia’s military court on Sunday handed down a sweeping set of verdicts—including several death sentences—against men accused of carrying out a series of brutal killings in...
The Lasanod administration’s decision to give mining companies operating in Sanaag a 30-day deadline to obtain official licenses marks a significant escalation. What has long been...
Gatekeepers or Traffickers? Smuggling Scandal Shakes Puntland Authority. The arrest of a senior Immigration and Nationality Authority officer in Garowe has become a defining moment in...
From Hargeisa Classrooms to Libya’s Jails—The New Route of Boy Trafficking. HARGEISA, SOMALILAND — A crisis of unimaginable cruelty is unfolding in the heart of Somaliland’s...
Somalia’s largest opposition alliance, the Somali Salvation Forum, has accused government security forces of carrying out forced evictions, unlawful arrests and the killing of a civilian...
Somalia’s Geopolitical Blockade: War on Ethiopia, DP World, and the Global Supply Chain. The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) is engaged in an act of regional...
Somaliland Bans Airline Transit Through Mogadishu as Aviation Dispute Deepens. Somaliland has barred airlines from routing passengers through Mogadishu, escalating a long-running confrontation with Somalia over...
ECTN, e-Visa, and the Real Story: Somalia’s Chaos Serves Beijing, Not the Region. A widening geopolitical competition between global powers is increasingly shaping political turbulence in...
Somaliland Faces a New Front in its Political Standoff: The Turbulent Battlefield of Social Media. As tensions escalate between Somaliland and Somalia—whether through diplomatic confrontation, economic...
Senate Allies Mobilize After ECTN Order Threatens Horn Trade Stability. A new dispute over maritime regulation in the Horn of Africa has intensified regional tensions and...
After Losing the Airspace War, FGS Launches a Cyber Siege on Somaliland’s Ports. Somalia’s federal government has introduced a new nationwide electronic cargo-tracking system, prompting debate...
The Collapse of a Mirage: Donor Fatigue Exposes Somalia’s Fake Economy. The illusion of Mogadishu’s “economic progress” has finally cracked. Somalia’s finance minister has admitted what...
Somalia’s federal government has been forced into full digital retreat after its much-hyped E-TAS travel system was hit by a massive security breach that exposed thousands...
GAROWE — A senior Puntland government delegation traveled Monday to the recently liberated town of Dhaadaar, meeting with frontline commanders and local officials to assess security...
Somalia’s E-Visa Breach Exposes 35,000 Travelers, Deepening Rift Over Airspace and Authority. A humiliating data breach has torn apart Mogadishu’s latest illusion of “digital modernization,” as...