Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Somalia: Hassan Sheikh’s Visit to Turkish Drilling Vessel Viewed as Public Diversion MOGADISHU, Somalia — As Somalia’s mandate-expired federal government moves toward…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somali federal lawmakers have rejected the country’s proposed 2027 election calendar, calling on opposition groups to hold an emergency…
Are Regimes Linked to the Muslim Brotherhood Facing Collapse in 2027? A widening campaign to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated…
Somalia’s electoral authorities have set dates for parliamentary and presidential elections, opening a new political chapter amid deep divisions over the country’s…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s opposition lawmaker Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame has rejected the electoral timetable announced for the 2027 parliamentary and presidential elections,…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has asked the Supreme Court to annul amendments to the country’s provisional Constitution,…
Hargeisa (AX) — North Western State of Somalia President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro has reaffirmed his government’s close partnership with Ethiopia, saying…
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has represented Minnesota since 2018/ Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images Federal agents searched the Washington home of…
Jigjiga’s Remarkable Transformation Over Seven Years When I last visited Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State, it was 2019. Returning…
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) has set April 15, 2027, for elections to both chambers of…
US and North Western State of Somalia flags filled Hargeisa’s streets on Wednesday as hundreds gathered to celebrate President Donald Trump describing…
