30.3.2023: Laascaanood, Sool The conflict in Laascaanood enters a new chapter as the separatist Somaliland military announced on Sunday their intent to launch offensive attacks against SSC-Khaatumo forces stationed in the city marking a shift in strategy from Hargeisa as they attacked the city on Sunday morning. For months, the Bihi regime in Hargeisa has... Continue Reading →
05.01.2023: Laascaanood, Sool Following nearly two weeks of oppression and a brutal crackdown by the separatist Somaliland Government in Hargeisa which saw dozens of unarmed civilians killed, locals armed themselves last night and pushed Somaliland soldiers out of the city. This morning saw dozens of locals come to the streets to raise the flag of... Continue Reading →
07.09.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud became the first President in history of Somalia to be given the opportunity to serve a second term. There was mixed emotions and reactions to his re-election as President of Somalia. His critics have called him weak on foreign policy and pointed to his track record on corruption... Continue Reading →
22.8.2022: Mogadishu, Somalia Since the administration led by former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the Somali government and its international partners have continuously portrayed an image that the Somali Armed Forces were being trained to finally take over the security of Somalia from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), now the African Transitional Mission in... 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 →
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 →
The Somali Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble has setup a committee to investigate the killing of 7 Somali civilians in Golweyn, Lower Shabelle. According to reports, AMISOM forces were travelling between the cities of Golweyn and Danow in the Shalanbood district when an IED exploded damaging the vehicle and possibly causing non-life threatening injuries to occupants. Following... Continue Reading →
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