Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Saturday July 25, 2026 Hargeisa (AX) — Prisoners held by North Western State of Somalia and the Northeastern administration will…
Somalia readies security handover plan as AU mission funding comes under strain MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s federal government is moving…
Saturday July 25, 2026 Hargeisa (AX) — Dialogue offers the clearest path to ending the protracted political dispute between North…
Saturday July 25, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia Non-State Actors (SONSA) has put forward an interim electoral framework aimed at…
Saturday July 25, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s long-running electoral standoff will remain unresolved unless all political stakeholders agree on…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 24 July 2026 – A journalist detained for three days by Puntland State intelligence officers has been freed…
Friday July 24, 2026 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AX) — African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has sharply denounced attacks…
By Maggie Michael and Parisa HafeziFriday July 24, 2026 A Houthi supporter watches a pro-Iran demonstration as the U.S.-Israel conflict…
Friday July 24, 2026 A motorcyclist passes boys riding bicycles in central Tehran on July 22, 2026 [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]…
Friday July 24, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Cabinet moved to bolster oversight of the country’s courts on Thursday, approving…
Friday July 24, 2026 Columbus, Ohio (AX) — A Somali American man extradited from Somalia has made his first court…
