Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Somalia: Baidoa Crisis Puts AUSSOM’s Political Neutrality Under Pressure AXADLE, Somalia — A political showdown in Somalia’s South West State is increasingly…
Baidoa (AX) — Former Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has dismissed federal government accusations that forces aligned with him have…
Somalia: Laftagareen rejects claims of Al-Shabaab partnership after Baidoa fighting BAIDOA, Somalia — Former South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen…
Mogadishu (AX) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook the Gulf of Aden early Friday, striking waters between Somalia and Yemen, according to…
A Somali pirate skiff. Photo: Indian Navy An armed group has seized a tanker off Yemen and is reportedly steering it toward…
Hargeisa (AX) — Tensions between North Western State of Somalia’s government and the opposition KAAH Party escalated Thursday after the party accused…
Garowe (AX) — Puntland State authorities have blamed Türkiye for a series of deadly strikes off Somalia’s Nugaal coast after pirates seized…
Mogadishu (AX) — Banadir regional police have rejected social media reports alleging that a person was killed inside Waaberi Police Station and…
A deadly wave of wildfires in northeastern Algeria has drawn condolences from Somalia after claiming at least 12 lives and injuring dozens,…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) has identified 12 districts in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle where voters…
Forty Somali journalists, media professionals and social media influencers have completed a four-day specialist course in Mogadishu designed to help Somalia counter…
