Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Somalia still lacks capacity to take over full security role, report warns MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s security forces remain unable to rapidly…
Farmers in southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region are turning to sunlight to cut irrigation costs and increase production, as fuel prices continue…
Somali journalist Mohamed Aweys Moodey has been killed in a stabbing in the German city of Darmstadt, according to preliminary reports. The…
Kenya’s standing in the global peace rankings has fallen sharply, reflecting the combined weight of insecurity, regional conflict and mounting economic pressures.…
Garowe (AX) — U.S. Africa Command has carried out an airstrike against an al-Shabab warehouse believed to hold conventional weapons in northern…
Beijing (AX) — Somalia and China agreed Friday to broaden defense and security cooperation as Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi held talks…
Nairobi (AX) — A reported overnight drone strike on the Doolow residence of former Somali Correctional Corps commander Gen. Mahad Abdirahman Shub…
US Sets One-Year UN Transition Period to End Logistical Support for Somalia Mission WASHINGTON — The United States has agreed to allow…
More than 112,000 people have been displaced within Yemen over the past two weeks as renewed fighting spreads along the country’s western…
US lifts sanctions on Eritrean Defense Forces WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on the Eritrean Defense Forces and other…
Mogadishu (AX) — A dispute over Taiwan’s international status and the meaning of a key 1971 United Nations resolution has intensified, with…
