01.12.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia Following heated debates regarding the controversial Sexual Offences Bill (SOB) led by Deputy Speaker Sacdiya Yaasin, Speaker of the House of the People, Sheikh Adan Madobe has unequivocally stated that no bills that are in any shape or form opposed to Islamic law will be brought before the Federal Parliament. The Speaker... Continue Reading →
29.11.2022: Warsheikh, Middle Shabelle Violence has erupted in the Warsheikh District of Middle Shabelle following increased clan tensions in the region according to locals. This comes despite a visit by the President of Somalia to the region last week in which he negotiated an agreement between the warring clans and pledged the "end of illegal... Continue Reading →
29.11.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia For decades, Somalia has been facing political and security challenges including a lack of government, terrorism and clan violence which has consistently steered foreign investment away from the country for decades. If we go back to the early 1990s, the country’s contracts with major oil companies were put on hold due to... Continue Reading →
28.11.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia Al-Shabab has conducted another heinous and cowardly attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu as the Somali Police Spokesman, Saadiq Doodishe announces that the attack has been curtailed after a day of fighting at Villa Rays Hotel - a popular with lawmakers and other senior government officials. In its most daring attack yet, Al-Shabab... Continue Reading →
23.11.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia Somalia’s Auditor General (AG) released a damning Financial Statement report in which he accuses the former government of removing millions of dollars from the Central Bank in 2021 amongst other findings. In the statement, Auditor General Mohamed M. Ali outlined that there were borrowings made by the Ministry of Finance that totalled... Continue Reading →
23.11.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia An African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) communique released this afternoon for the first time publicly sheds light on the Somali Federal Government's request to the AUPSC to extend ATMIS Phase I withdrawal plans. Following a summit held by the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on November 11th, the... Continue Reading →
22.11.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia In another reshuffle of the upper echelons of the Somali state, President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud disbands yet another series independent commissions that were formed during the previous administration. In recent months, we have seen the President disband or reshuffle a number of commission that were meant to be independent of the government... Continue Reading →
18.11.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia Regional Ministries of Posts and Communications of the Federal Member States suspend cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Posts Communications & Technology according to a joint statement released by Federal states on Wednesday in a move that creates even more rifts between the central government and regional states at a time where... Continue Reading →
17.11.2022: New York, USA The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to vote on whether to extend Somalia's arms embargo- which has been enforce since 1992 during the height of the Somali Civil War- in the coming hour. The UNSC adopted Resolution 2661 on Tuesday which rolled over the initial Resolution 2607 for two days.... Continue Reading →
16.11.2022: Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somalia) On Tuesday, Somaliland's regional government urged opposition parties "to follow the law, the constitution and the electoral process and desist from any action that could incite political unrest or violence". The administration insisted that it would adhere to the new election timeline set by the National Electoral Commission - a timeline... Continue Reading →
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