Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Thursday August 13, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia can make meaningful progress only by replacing personality-driven and factional politics with a dependable…
Sudan: RSF says it has seized town near Ethiopian border KHARTOUM – The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Thursday that they…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mohamud Abdullahi Ahmed Abuukaate, resigned from his position Thursday, Aug. 13, according…
CENTCOM commander urges renewed U.S.-Israeli action against Iran, Israeli TV reports WASHINGTON — Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command,…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia is seeking fresh private-sector backing for its housing and infrastructure needs, as Minister of Public Works, Reconstruction and…
Thursday August 13, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Seven Al-Shabaab fighters were killed and several senior members of the militant group wounded in…
Houthis threaten Israeli military, intelligence sites in Somalia ADEN, Yemen — Yemen’s Houthi movement has threatened to target any Israeli military or…
Thursday August 13, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia has denounced Colombia’s recognition of Israel’s claim to sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights,…
By Nuri AdenThursday August 13, 2026 More than 500 students have graduated from Somalia’s Institute of Security and Strategic Studies in its…
TEHRAN – Pakistan on Wednesday said it was intensifying efforts with regional partners to restart direct negotiations between the US and Iran,…
By Abdirahman Hussein and Edwin OkothWednesday August 12, 2026 A Somali health worker measures an internally displaced child for signs of malnutrition…
