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Somali Future Council Cites Constitutional Deadlines as Parliament and Presidency Near Mandate Expiry. April 14. May 15. Two dates that could define Somalia’s next chapter. Somalia’s...
A village. A water run. Gunfire. Now a family is refusing burial until answers come. A 24-year-old woman was shot dead in a rural village outside...
Militant Group Accuses Victims of Spying as Executions in Middle Juba and Lower Shabelle Mark One of Largest Single-Day Killings. Ten men shot dead in public...
Protests over alleged land seizures turn violent in Mogadishu — gunfire leaves at least 10 wounded as tensions rise during Ramadan. At least 10 people were...
A foreign ISIS fighter captured at midnight — and a U.S. airstrike hours later. The battle for Al-Miskaad is intensifying. Puntland security forces say they captured...
Ankara says “stability.” Somaliland sees risk. The Horn of Africa is entering a new strategic chapter — and the stakes are rising fast. When Turkish warships...
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro has said that calls for Somali unity are misplaced unless they first include other Somali-inhabited territories in the Horn of...
Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni and Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday, marking a rare joint return to the capital after a...
A passenger aircraft operated by Starsky Airline crashed on Tuesday at Aden Adde International Airport shortly after takeoff, but all passengers and crew survived, Somali aviation...
Mapping the Perpetual Threat: Foreign Intervention and the Siege of Somaliland’s Sovereignty. By Mo Saeed Introduction: This report examines two distinct but thematically linked allegations concerning...
Washington is losing patience. Somalia’s instability is no longer seen as a distant problem — U.S. lawmakers say it’s a direct threat. A senior U.S. senator...
The President of Jubaland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, held a meeting with U.S. Special Operations officers serving under the United States Africa Command mission in Jubaland, praising...
When microphones are smashed and the speaker’s chair is seized, the crisis is no longer procedural—it’s existential. Somalia’s already fragile political order was thrown into open...
Turkey’s Admission and Somaliland’s Long Road to Recognition: What Davutoğlu’s Words Reveal? For years, Somalilanders have argued that their lack of international recognition is not the...
Flights Turned Back, Trust Grounded: Why the Puntland–Jubaland Incident Matters for Somalia’s 2026 Elections. A Small Incident With Big Political Consequences. At first glance, the decision...
Horn of Africa’s Lawless Seas: Piracy, Smuggling and the New Scramble for Strategic Ports. In the waters stretching from the Red Sea to the western Indian...
From the UN Chair to Chaos at Home: How Somalia Humiliated Itself on the World Stage. Somalia chaired the UN Security Council — and collapsed politically...
Uganda’s planned withdrawal could redraw Somalia’s security map—just as funding dries up and threats persist. Uganda has announced plans to withdraw its troops from Somalia after...
How Rhetoric, Power, and Policing Collided: How Trump’s War With Ilhan Omar Echoed in Minnesota’s Bloodshed. When political vendettas meet armed federal power, local tragedy becomes...
Arab Parliament Aligns With Somalia Against Somaliland in Post-Recognition Diplomatic Escalation. The Arab Parliament’s declaration in Cairo rejecting Somaliland and pledging political action in support of...
Trump Uses Davos to Spotlight Somalia, Immigration, and the Collapse of Mogadishu’s Image on the Global Stage. In Davos, where the world’s elite typically trade in...
The $1 Million Signal: Why Washington Is Raising the Stakes in Kismayo. The United States’ decision to offer a $1 million reward for information on the...
Turkey’s Defense Pivot: Turkey in Advanced Talks to Join Saudi–Pakistan Mutual Defense Pact Amid Horn of Africa Tensions. Turkey’s reported move to join the Saudi–Pakistan Strategic...
United States to Permanently End Aid to Somalia After Government Destroys U.S.-Donated Food. The collapse of Somalia’s aid relationship with the United States is no longer...
Puntland Arrests Dozens of Foreign Islamic State Fighters in Major Counterterrorism Offensive. Puntland’s latest counterterrorism operation has delivered one of the clearest intelligence victories against Islamic...
Somaliland Warns Turkey and Somalia Over Alleged Troop and Weapons Deployment to Las Anod. The Republic of Somaliland has issued one of its strongest warnings yet,...
Somaliland Warns of ‘Unforgettable Response’ After Somalia President Lands in Lasanod as Israel Raises Regional Alert. Somaliland has issued a firm and calculated response after Somalia’s...
The Curse of Lasanod: Why Lasanod Has Become the Most Dangerous Stage for Somali Presidents. The dust may have settled in Lasanod following the arrival of Somalia’s...
Washington Tightens Grip on Mogadishu: Veteran Diplomat Takes Charge at Critical Moment. Washington has quietly but deliberately reshuffled its top diplomatic leadership in Mogadishu, appointing veteran...
President Irro Declares New Era for Somaliland After Recognition in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed. President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) has taken Somaliland’s case directly to the...
U.S. Halts Immigration Visas for Somalia and Over 70 Countries Under New Trump “Public Charge” Policy. The Trump administration has sharply escalated its immigration crackdown, ordering...
The Trump administration has delivered one of its clearest immigration signals yet: Somalia’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will officially end on March 17, 2026, closing a...
Why Somalia’s UAE Decree Reveals Strategic Failure and Accelerates Somaliland’s Rise. The Federal Government of Somalia’s decision to unilaterally void defense and security agreements with the...
Mogadishu Walks Away, Hargeisa Steps Forward: How Somalia’s UAE Rift Speeds Somaliland Recognition. Somalia’s decision to formally annul its security and defense agreements with the United...
Somalia Revives 1988 Rhetoric: Somaliland Condemns Somalia’s Bombing Threats, Citing 1988 Genocide and Violations of International Law. Somaliland has issued a sharp diplomatic warning after senior...
Hargeisa Draws the Line: Somaliland Rejects Ankara’s Patronage Politics. Somaliland’s response to recent remarks by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan marks more than a diplomatic spat....
China’s Top Diplomat Postpones Somalia Visit, Citing Security Concerns, Continues Africa Tour in Tanzania. China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, has postponed what would have been a...
Somalia–US Relations Hit Low Point as Washington Pauses Aid Over WFP Warehouse Dispute. Relations between Somalia and the United States have sunk to one of their...
Abiy Hosts China’s Wang Yi as Beijing Deepens Horn of Africa Diplomacy, Eyes Somalia Visit. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday hosted China’s Foreign Minister...
AID CUT OFF: Washington Freezes All Support to Mogadishu After Alleged Looting of Food for the Hungry. The United States has suspended all assistance to Somalia’s...
A critical examination exposes not only the weakness of the arguments against Somaliland but also how major powers like Turkey are leveraging a weakened Somalia to...
The Turkish Protectorate: How Mogadishu’s Claim to Sovereignty Became a Legal and Geopolitical Fiction. The diplomatic standoff gripping the Horn of Africa is routinely framed as...
Somali pirates hijacked a Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Puntland on New Year’s Day, underscoring renewed concerns that maritime crime is creeping back into...
MOGADISHU MELTDOWN: CABINET SPLITS AS SOMALILAND-ORIGIN OFFICIALS DEFY VILLA SOMALIA. Mogadishu is spiraling into open political chaos after Israel’s recognition of Somaliland triggered a rare and...
The Republic of Somaliland has flatly denied claims that it agreed to host Israeli military bases or accept refugees from Gaza in exchange for diplomatic recognition...
U.S. President Donald Trump has sharply escalated his attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota’s Somali community, using an ongoing fraud investigation to launch some of...
Allegations Mount Against Somalia’s Foreign Minister and UN Envoy as US Congress Probes Massive Minnesota Fraud. Serious and escalating allegations are now circling the very top...
Mogadishu Blinks — Somali President Moves Toward Somaliland Recognition. The political ground in Mogadishu is quietly shifting. Senior intelligence officials speaking to WARYATV on condition of anonymity...
MOGADISHU / DOHA — Intelligence indications that Turkey and Qatar are exploring a mediation channel between the Somali Federal Government (SFG) and the Al-Shabaab militant group...
Mogadishu Trapped, Cairo Panics: The Horn Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase. In just twenty-four hours, the geopolitical scaffolding that anchored Somalia’s relations with the Gulf for...
Imaginary Maps, Real Failure: Why Mogadishu’s ‘Sovereignty’ Talk Rings Hollow. Somalia’s National Consultative Council (NCC) has issued a fierce condemnation of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland. The...
UN Security Council Splits as Israel Defends Somaliland Recognition, US Slams Double Standards. The United Nations Security Council descended into open confrontation after Israel’s decision to...
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has issued a direct threat following Israel’s historic recognition of Somaliland, warning it would treat “any Israeli presence in Somaliland as a...
If you ever wondered why Somalia remains arguably the worst-governed country on Earth after 30 years of turmoil, look no further than the leaders who have...
Somalia’s Dangerous New Alliance: A Pact That Undermines Regional Stability and Vindicates Somaliland’s Path. MOGADISHU — Somalia’s newly approved five-year defense pact with Pakistan signals more...
Somalia’s Self-Inflicted Wounds: The Role of Clanism, Corruption, and Conflict in State Collapse. When three former Somali presidents—Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and Mohamed Abdullahi...
Jealousy in Villa Somalia: Hassan Sheikh’s War Against Somaliland’s Democracy. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has become a prisoner of his own jealousy. Two years into...
Why Somaliland Now Matters More Than Ever in the Red Sea Strategic Equation. Turkey’s expanding footprint in Somalia is often framed as humanitarian partnership or infrastructure...
Ankara’s multi‑billion‑dollar investment in Mogadishu provokes questions over transparency, influence and arms embargo compliance. Turkey’s deepening involvement in Somalia—spanning a $1.15 billion aid package, a sprawling new...
Whistleblower reveals President and Speaker approved secret deal granting Turkey control over 90% of Somalia’s oil and gas — triggering calls of betrayal and neo-colonialism. “90%...
Somalia has condemned Israel in the halls of the United Nations. Its ambassador in New York, Abubakar Osman Baale, branded the recent Israeli strike in Doha...
Mogadishu Paralysis: How Somaliland’s Icebreaker Strategy Is Stripping Somalia of Its Diplomatic Leverage. As the Icebreaker Strategy accelerates toward its decisive phase in Hargeisa, the political...
UN Alarm: Al-Shabab’s Power Undiminished as Somalia and Kenya Face Escalating Threat. Al-Shabab remains the single most serious threat to peace and stability in Somalia and...
Somalia’s main opposition coalition has sharply rejected the Banadir Regional Council elections scheduled for Thursday in Mogadishu, calling the process neither free nor fair and warning...
December 25 is no longer an election date. It is a trigger. The Republic of Somalia is standing at a historic precipice. What was once a...
No exceptions. No uniforms off duty. Mogadishu enforces the rules ahead of elections. Somali police have arrested 11 soldiers in Mogadishu for carrying weapons illegally while...
Career diplomats sidelined as loyalty reshapes U.S. foreign policy—Somalia now caught in the fallout. The U.S. Ambassador to Somalia is among nearly 30 career diplomats recalled...
No declarations. No end dates. Just American troops fighting wars that faded from public view. While Washington debates future showdowns with China, Iran, and Russia, thousands...
A deadline has been set. Ignore it, the opposition warns, and Somalia risks sliding into a constitutional and security crisis. Somalia’s fragile political equilibrium is facing...
When a state blurs the line between terrorists and authority, it rarely stops at words. Somalia’s pressure campaign against Somaliland shows what comes next. In the...
Behind Closed Doors in Addis Ababa: What Abiy Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Really Discussed. At first glance, the officials framed Sunday’s talks as a routine strengthening...
Not fully American. No longer fully Somali. The diaspora story is more complicated than slogans. To be Somali in America is to live in a permanent...
War has stalled. Victory hasn’t arrived. And quietly, an unthinkable question is being asked: what if Somalia talks to Al-Shabaab? For years, rumors of negotiations between...
One of Somalia’s most reliable partners has not paid on time—and the delay is rippling through an already fragile budget. The Somali government has confirmed a...
Publicly, the talks were about trade and cooperation. In the background, a sensitive issue loomed: deportations from Sweden to Somalia. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on...
He was preparing to leave Somalia with his pregnant wife. Weeks later, he was shot dead in the street. A young rickshaw driver who had recently...
What Mogadishu says publicly and what regional security dynamics reveal privately are now moving in opposite directions, and the gap between the two is no longer...
The Warmth of Hell and The Cold of the Dream. Mahad Mohamud, a 36-year-old former Uber driver and asylum seeker, known to his 500,000 global followers...
Somalia has denied reports of secret contacts with Israel after WARYATV investigations exposed arms trafficking routes, Houthi–Al-Shabaab links, and covert security communications. Intelligence evidence tells a...
A Vermont school district faced racist threats after flying the Somali flag in solidarity with students. The backlash reveals how U.S. political rhetoric reverberates through immigrant...