Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Mogadishu (AX) — Former Somali intelligence chief Fahad Haji Yasin Dahir has condemned reported cuts to financial assistance for retired soldiers, troops…
Ebola patients are filling treatment wards in eastern Congo, with all 29 beds at a center in North Kivu occupied this week…
Hassan Sheikh: Somalia Seeks Continued U.N. Support Under a New Partnership NEW YORK — Somalia wants the United Nations to remain engaged…
Garowe (AX) — Puntland State maritime forces have freed the US-sanctioned oil tanker Sibu 1 after armed men hijacked it in the…
More than 40.3 million people in six countries across the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region are facing high levels of acute…
Somalia’s President Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud…
Photo courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty pressed for the swift release of Egyptian sailors detained off…
Somalia tells the General Assembly it is not asking the UN to leave, but to work differently United Nations (AX) — Somalia…
Beledweyne (AX) — A large protest in Beledweyne on Thursday brought together residents, politicians and traditional elders opposed to the planned Hirshabelle…
Ethiopian army says 272 TPLF fighters killed in failed offensive ADDIS ABABA –– Ethiopia’s military said Thursday that 272 fighters from the…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s political divisions have reached the United Nations Security Council, with opposition leaders and the presidents of two federal…
