16.8.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia In a surprise move to many, President Laftagareen of South West State travelled to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa earlier this month. This came following visits by senior Ethiopian security officials to Baydhabo as part of Addis Ababa's new security policy as a result of the recent Al-Shabab attack in Somali Galbeed.... Continue Reading →
06.08.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia The scale of the Al-Shabab attack on Somali Galbeed (Somali State) has come as a surprise to many security and political analysts alike. It is clear that Al-Shabab has spent a lengthy amount of time preparing including recruiting, arming and training of new fighters as well as devising both military and political... Continue Reading →
28.7.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia It was merely a few days ago when President Abdel Fatteh Al-Sisi told the media that he discussed the issue of GERD and the Nile river with his Somali counterpart, President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud which caused a whirlwind in the Horn of Africa. The Egyptian President Al-Sisi told reporters that he and... Continue Reading →
25.7.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud has taken his seventh visit abroad in which he travelled to Cairo to meet his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The foreign policy movements by the President has demonstrated a major shift from previous foreign policy. Hassan Sheikh entered office with a bulldozer, ready to completely reconfigure... Continue Reading →
25.7.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia It was last week when the newly elected President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud embarked on his sixth trip abroad to visit the East African nation of Tanzania. This comes as Tanzania hosted the East African Community (EAC) 22nd Heads of State summit in Arusha. Somalia has renewed interest in joining the... Continue Reading →
This article was written by President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud in the Economist dated 19/7/2022 I feel I am uniquely qualified to speak on international terrorism because I have survived at least three attempts to assassinate me. They came during my first term as Somalia’s president from September 2012 to February 2017. The first attempt was... Continue Reading →
20.7.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh's trip to Nairobi has been by far the most controversial trip he has taken so far as it caused a frenzy on social media following the signing of an agreement. Indeed, Hassan Sheikh travelled to Kenya at a time where Somali public opinion of the Kenyatta regime has been... Continue Reading →
19.07.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia The spokesman of the Somali Presidency, Abdikarim Ali Kaar refuted statements regarding rumours that Somali National Army soldiers training in Eritrea participated in the Tigray War in neighbouring Ethiopia as well as claims that some of the 5,000 Somali soldiers had died. Spokesman Kaar was briefing the media when he ventured into... Continue Reading →
15.07.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia Following delays and speculations, President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud and his delegation finally arrived in Nairobi this afternoon ahead of expected meetings with his counterpart, Outgoing Kenyan President Uhuruu Kenyatta. Many have raised eyebrows as to why the President decided to travel to Nairobi as the country is in the midst of a... Continue Reading →
13.06.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia As the waters evaporate due to the sizzling heat of the sun, so have the hopes and dreams of hundreds of thousands of traditional nomadic and farmer communities of Somalia. Crop harvest has been destroyed, livestock has died. For these people, their only means to survive in a country with limited job... Continue Reading →
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