Mogadishu — The Federal Government of Somalia has announced that Somali National Army (SNA) forces carried out a major, carefully coordinated military operation overnight targeting one of Al-Shabaab’s most significant operational bases in the Bay region. In an official statement, the government said that elite Danab Special Forces, working in close coordination with international partners,...
The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, has confirmed that Turkey will launch its first-ever overseas deep-water drilling in Somali waters this February. Turkey is currently assembling its new generation ultra-deep water drill ship, Cagri Bey, the new modern fleet that is being assembled at the port of Tasucu before sailing to the...
Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has confirmed the killing of two Al-Shabaab senior leaders who have been on their radar in the Jilib district in the middle of the Juba region in a targeted operation conducted on December 10th, 2025. In a press statement, NISA identified the two leaders as Abullahi Osman Mohammed,...
The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (IOC) has condemned what they termed as a systematic plan to alter the demographic and geographic identity of Northern Gaza and accused the Israeli forces of implementing a policy of forced displacement and starvation. In a press statement after an emergency committee meeting held in Jeddah,...
President Abdikadir Ahamed Aw-Ali of the recently recognized state of Northeastern of the Federal Republic of Somalia has opposed the secession of Somaliland and rejected the colonial treaties, which he said were treaties between clans and not Somaliland and were nullified by the 1960 act. Speaking in a televised public address following the December 26th...
It’s a new year, 2026, but for Somalia it marks a major milestone as the Federal Republic of Somalia officially takes charge of the rotating presidency at the helm of the United Nations Security Council. Somalia last held the presidency position in 1971-1972, and Ambassador Adulrahim Abby was at the helm, addressing issues around decolonization...
The National Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission of Somalia (NIEBC) has unveiled their first-ever poll results in Banadir in nearly 60 years. The poll results are being seen as a big step in realizing their democratic space and shifting to a one-person-one-vote system and ditching the 4.5 clan system that has been used in Somalia for...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has warned that if the three major secret deals Israel is pushing with Somaliland are implemented, it may end up opening Pandora’s box in the world. President Mohamud said the Horn of Africa and the world are facing a looming geopolitical disaster. “This is not just about Somalia; it’s about...
he president of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey have officially announced that Somalia offshore oil drilling in the coastal waters will commence in 2026. A move that is set to redefine the geopolitical and economic landscape in the Horn of Africa as Somalia is set to...
Thousands of residents took to the streets of Adado to demonstrate and denounce what the local leaders are calling blatant Israeli interference in Somalia’s internal affairs. The protests have spread across other cities in Somalia as the residents continue to castigate Israel’s formal recognition of Somaliland as a sovereign state. In Adado, the administrative town...