France signs $306m debt relief deal with Somalia
Somalia and France have signed a deal to cancel debts amounting to $306m that... More 
CIA officer killed in Somalia – reports
A CIA officer was killed in Somalia last weekend after the vehicle he was... More
Somali presidential candidates threaten to hold own elections
Somali opposition presidential candidates have threatened to hold parallel elections if the federal government... More
Somaliland committed to solving impasse with Somalia, says foreign minister
25 November 2020, (East African Business Week): Somaliland government says it remains committed in... More
Somali state TV accused of refusing to air presidential candidates’ meeting
The state-owned Somali National TV (SNTV) has been accused of refusing to cover the... More
Ethiopia denies withdrawing thousands of troops from Somalia
Ethiopia has denied that it has withdrawn thousands of troops from Somalia in order... More
Senate Deputy Speaker says president Farmajo ‘cannot be trusted’ with election
First Deputy Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament, Abshir Mohamed Bukhari, has said... More
France signs $306m debt relief deal with Somalia
Somalia and France have signed a deal to cancel debts amounting to $306m that Mogadishu owed to Paris, Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh has... More
CIA officer killed in Somalia – reports
A CIA officer was killed in Somalia last weekend after the vehicle he was travelling in with US-trained Somali special forces was reportedly targeted... More
Somali presidential candidates threaten to hold own elections
Somali opposition presidential candidates have threatened to hold parallel elections if the federal government does not disband recently appointed electoral bodies and if it... More
Somaliland committed to solving impasse with Somalia, says foreign minister
25 November 2020, (East African Business Week): Somaliland government says it remains committed in finding a lasting solution in the stalled talks with Somalia.
Foreign... More
Somali state TV accused of refusing to air presidential candidates’ meeting
The state-owned Somali National TV (SNTV) has been accused of refusing to cover the conference of the presidential candidates which has been ongoing in... More
Somalia’s newly-formed poll body is dominated by pro-government figures
SomaliAffairs Editorial on the newly-appointed Indirect Electoral Implementation committees of FEIC, FMSEMCs and IDRC Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble’s appointment of the Indirect Electoral Implementation committees of... More .'/wp-
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Who will win Somalia’s upcoming presidential election?
Somalia will hold a presidential election on 8 February 2021, when President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's term in office ends.
Top contenders include the president, former... More
Somalia’s Dusamareb Conference: Make or break moment for President Farmajo
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's invitation to regional state leaders for talks in Mogadishu failed because he did not fulfil the promises he made at... More
Is Somali gov’t hiding something on delay of case with Kenya at ICJ?
On 19 May, the Federal Government of Somalia announced that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had postponed public hearings on the maritime border... More
Somali media under siege from both government and militants
Journalists in Somalia, one of the world's worst places to be a media worker, face relentless harassment and intimidation from local state and non-state... More
Why Somali gov’t is unmoved by the Jubbaland leader’s reconciliation efforts
The Somali Federal Government remains silent on the reconciliation between Jubbaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, aka Ahmed Madobe, and his main rivals in the... More
Somalis’ built up frustrations at risk of erupting
The recent protests in the capital Mogadishu were, perhaps, the first expression of years of built up frustration by the public.
The Somali people, especially... More
COVID-19 impact on mental health in Somalia
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a disturbing negative impact on physical and mental health across the world, and Somalia is not excluded from the... More
Politics without Principle
There was a post by one young man on Facebook that I found interesting. He said his page was like a billboard that More 
Dangerous logic used by Al-Shabaab to justify killing civilians
I watched two videos, each at least an hour long, released by Al-Shabaab and documenting the group’s attacks More
Challenges galore as new UN envoy arrives in Somalia
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr James Swan, is this week expected to arrive in Somalia. Weighty...
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Somalia: One-person one vote election and 4.5 clan system are incompatible
The bicameral parliament committee tasked with the completion of election regulations has proposed the allocation of seven Upper House seats for Banadir Region, even... More
Re-visiting the Federal system of Somalia The Case of Hir-Shabelle
Introduction
There are quite a lot of historical incidents that justify and can be of reference to the internal driving forces of a federal system... More