Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh arrives in Somalia for State visit
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh arrived in Somalia on Saturday for an official visit in which he will hold talks with... More 
As AMISOM leaves Somalia next year, will Kenyan forces vacate Jubbaland?
On October 16, 2011, two battalions of the Kenyan army, numbering 2,400 troops, crossed the border into southern Somalia.
While the ostensible catalyst for the... More
Somali teen constructs a fighter jet
ADADO—A young man from Adado City in central Somalia has constructed a small fighter jet and displayed it in the city on Sunday. The... More
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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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... More
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