Farmajo is making several foreign trips, just what he hated the most
The president of Somalia is under spot for frequent foreign visits despite previously criticising his predecessor for the same.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo severally criticised... More 
AMISOM is Leaving Somalia Without National Army
Somalia can boast of 20,000 men as part of its army and pro-government fighters, a new statistic by AMISOM shows.
The statistic is part of... More
Why Somali Women Struggle to Get into Politics and Leadership
Fatuma Ibrahim, 36-year old mother of six, treks nearly a kilometer daily to fetch water for the domestic use.
Along millions of women in Somalia,... More
Somalia is not the best country in Africa to be a journalist
On the weekend, some journalists in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, received an invitation to cover an event at the presidency.
The journalists were kept waiting for... More
Kenya lists three conditions to resume ties with Somalia
Mogadishu and Nairobi have exchanged diplomatic tiff on Saturday after Kenya had recalled its envoy from Somalia and asked his counterpart to return back... More
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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