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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fuel prices in Somalia’s capital surged nearly 77% overnight on Sunday, intensifying pressure on households and businesses already strained by rising living costs and supply disruptions across the region. The price of gasoline jumped from about $0.65 to $1.15 per liter late Friday, according to traders and drivers. By rush hour, cars queued at multiple Mogadishu stations as motorists scrambled to fill up, while taxi and three-wheeler (Bajaj) operators warned they may have to raise fares to stay afloat.…

Saturday March 7, 2026 Arusha — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Arusha on Saturday to attend the 25th Annual Summit of the East African Community, a high-level gathering focused on advancing economic integration, security cooperation and political coordination across the region. The visit signals Somalia’s deepening engagement with the regional bloc as it seeks to consolidate post-conflict gains and broaden economic and diplomatic ties. The summit brings together heads of state and senior officials from EAC…

East Africa’s new drought surge pushes millions toward hunger as water prices soar and livestock die Friday March 6, 2026 MOGADISHU — A failed rainy season has deepened drought across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, thrusting nearly 26 million people into extreme hunger, accelerating livestock deaths and sending water prices soaring, Oxfam warned in a report released this week. The crisis arrives less than three years after the Horn of Africa’s longest and most severe drought on record, when five consecutive rainy seasons…

Somalia’s Cabinet clears raft of international pacts, adopts performance policy to tighten governance Moves include IAEA safeguards ratification, U.N. drug and maritime conventions, and visa-free diplomatic travel with Pakistan MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Council of Ministers on Thursday approved a package of international agreements and domestic policy measures aimed at strengthening diplomatic ties, aligning regulations with global standards and improving the performance of federal institutions. At its weekly meeting in…

Somalia’s Olympic Committee accuses sports minister of interference, escalating power struggle in Mogadishu MOGADISHU — Somalia’s National Olympic Committee on Wednesday accused the country’s sports minister of attempting to disrupt its work and interfere in the administration of national sports, deepening a public rift between two institutions at the heart of Somali athletics. In a statement, the Olympic body alleged the minister orchestrated “fake contacts” to undermine its operations and tried to take control of its…

Three U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses over Kuwait early Monday amid intense regional fighting with Iran, U.S. Central Command said. All six crew members ejected, were recovered and are in stable condition, according to Centcom. The incident unfolded during “active combat” that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles and drones, Centcom said in a statement. Kuwait has acknowledged the shootdown as an apparent friendly-fire mistake and launched an…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia has begun enforcing a new rule that requires passengers to present a national identity card for all domestic flights, a move officials say will tighten security and modernize how the country oversees internal air travel. The Somali Immigration and Citizenship Authority said the measure took effect March 1 following a two-month postponement intended to give citizens more time to register for the national ID. The policy was originally slated for Jan. 1, 2026. Mustafa Sheikh Ahmed Dhuxulow, the…

ST. CLOUD, Minnesota — When Abdi Daisane first resettled in the United States in 2009, he called family overseas to describe a freedom that felt radical after years in a Kenyan refugee camp: no one demanded to see his papers. In Minnesota, he didn’t live at a checkpoint. Seventeen years later, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surged into Minnesota in recent months, that assurance unraveled. Daisane, who owns Blooming Kids Child Center in St. Cloud and is running for an open state House seat, found himself…

Sunday, March 1, 2026 LONDON — At 18, Suleiman Dida has already cleared one of aviation’s most daunting thresholds: a first solo flight. In doing so, he has also earned recognition as the United Kingdom’s youngest Somali pilot — a landmark that speaks to both personal drive and a community stepping into professions where it has long been underrepresented. Born Dec. 2, 2007, in northwest London to parents from Mogadishu, Dida grew up in a household that straddled two worlds: the cadence of London life and the ambitions of a…

Flight path: At 18, Suleiman Dida charts a course as the U.K.’s youngest Somali pilot Sunday, March 1, 2026 London (AX) — At just 18, Suleiman Dida has reached a milestone that many aspiring aviators spend years pursuing: a solo flight and recognition as the United Kingdom’s youngest Somali pilot. For a community still underrepresented in cockpits, his ascent is a marker of possibility — and of how early discipline and accessible training routes can change who gets to fly. Dida was born Dec. 2, 2007, in northwest London to…