Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Monday August 3, 2026 Somalia’s ruling Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP) dominated Galmudug’s first one-person, one-vote local council elections, capturing more than…
Monday August 3, 2026 Somalia has begun the process of selecting a new parliamentary speaker, with Acting House of the People Speaker…
Somali Deputy Prime Minister Gives Up Kenyan Passport Amid Border Security Dispute MOGADISHU, Aug. 3 — Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Jibril Abdirashid…
Monday August 3, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Jibril Abdirashid Haji has voluntarily surrendered a Kenyan passport issued to…
AFRICOM Warns Al-Shabaab Sends Revenue to Wider Al-Qaeda Network NAIROBI, Aug. 3 — Al-Shabaab remains among Al-Qaeda’s most active and financially powerful…
Monday August 3, 2026 Hargeisa (AX) — North Western State of Somalia has sharply criticized Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre’s visit…
Monday August 3, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Puntland State and the United States have reached a security agreement that will enable Washington…
Monday August 3, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Defense Minister Ahmed Moallin Fiqi held talks Sunday with Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu in…
Sunday August 2, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s State Minister for Interior, Federalism and Reconciliation, Saadaq Aliyow, has resigned to enter the…
By: Mohamed Mukhtar IbrahimSunday August 2, 2026 With foreign assistance contracting, fiscal pressures intensifying and humanitarian demands rising, Somalia can ill afford…
Sunday August 2, 2026 Las Anod (AX) — Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre arrived in Las Anod on Sunday as Northeastern marked…
