Somalia news, politics, security, diplomacy, and public affairs from Axadle, with breaking updates and analysis from Mogadishu and across the country.
Tuesday August 4, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Towfiiq Party has rejected the results of Galmudug’s first one-person, one-vote local council elections,…
Tuesday August 4, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somali authorities have opened preparations for the 1448 AH/2027 Hajj season, calling on citizens to…
Tuesday August 4, 2026 People sit in a fishing boat sailing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off Yemen’s southern Taiz province [AFP]…
Monday August 3, 2026 Bosaso (AX) — A roadside bomb killed at least eight Puntland State security personnel and wounded several others…
Monday August 3, 2026 Dhusamareb (AX) — Towfiiq political party leader Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan has warned that his party will…
By Sadaq MohamedMonday August 3, 2026 Somalia’s entry into regional trade markets will mean little unless the country can produce more, meet…
Somalia’s ruling Justice and Solidarity Party has secured a decisive win in local council elections in the central state of Galmudug, a…
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…
