Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s federal government has scheduled April 2026 state elections, sharpening the debate over the country’s election timetable…
Erdogan replaces justice, interior ministers in surprise Cabinet reshuffle ANKARA, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan carried out a surprise…
All 55 survive after Somali passenger plane overruns runway, crash-lands on Mogadishu shoreline MOGADISHU, Somalia — An airliner carrying 55…
Hargeisa (AX) — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voiced sharp concern over reports that a…
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s elite Danab Special Forces, operating with Jubaland state security units, killed 14…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali passenger plane made an emergency crash-landing on the shoreline beside Mogadishu’s international airport on Tuesday…
ANKARA — Somalia on Tuesday denounced Israel’s decision to recognize the breakaway North Western State of Somalia region, calling it…
Somalia on Tuesday condemned Israel’s decision to recognize North Western State of Somalia as an independent state, calling it a…
All survive Starsky Airline crash at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde Airport after takeoff MOGADISHU, Somalia — A passenger aircraft operated by…
Narrow Escape in Somalia: All Aboard Safe After Fokker 50 Overruns Runway into the Sea MOGADISHU, Somalia — All 55…
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 MOGADISHU, Somalia — The presidents of Puntland State and Jubbaland are expected to arrive in Mogadishu…
