Somalia
Somali Electoral Commission Schedules Hirshabelle Elections for August 20, 2026
Sunday July 26, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Hirshabelle State will hold its local council and House of Representatives elections on Aug. 20,…
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Somali
West-Africa
Somali parents press Ramsey County sheriff over enforcement against their children
by Mohamed IbrahimSaturday July 25, 2026 Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher addresses reporters outside the Ramsey County patrol station in Arden Hills…
Somalia
Somali civil society proposes interim electoral model to break political deadlock
Saturday July 25, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia Non-State Actors (SONSA) has put forward an interim electoral framework aimed at breaking the…
Somalia
Somali Cabinet Approves Four Judicial Service Commission Members
Friday July 24, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Cabinet moved to bolster oversight of the country’s courts on Thursday, approving four members…
Somalia
Somali American extradited from Somalia appears in Ohio court on murder charges
Friday July 24, 2026 Columbus, Ohio (AX) — A Somali American man extradited from Somalia has made his first court appearance in…
Central-Africa
Seven Somali Nationals Found Hidden Under Rice Bags in Zambia
Friday July 24, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Seven Somali nationals were discovered hidden beneath bags of rice in a vehicle allegedly transporting…
Somalia
Somali Ulema Council urges North Western State of Somalia, Northeastern State to expedite prisoner talks
Friday July 24, 2026 Las Anod (AX) — Somalia’s leading council of Islamic scholars has urged North Western State of Somalia and…
Somalia
Somali Electoral Commission Delays Galmudug Elections to July 30
Thursday July 23, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission has delayed local council and parliamentary elections in…
Somalia
Somali Army Kills 18 al-Shabab Militants in Hiiraan Region
Thursday July 23, 2026 Beledweyne (AX) — An airstrike in Somalia’s Hiiraan region killed 18 al-Shabab militants and seriously wounded another 21,…
Somalia
Somali Poet and Songwriter Aden Tarabi Jama Dies in North Western State of Somalia
Thursday July 23, 2026 Hargeisa (AX) — Aden Tarabi Jama, a celebrated Somali poet and songwriter whose work helped define generations of…
West-Africa
Somali asylum seeker stabbed pensioner to death on Remembrance Sunday
Thursday July 23, 2026 Police were alerted after reports that a man carrying a ‘large knife’ ran through a market in south-east…
