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    Extra 1 million people could be engulfed in Somalia hunger crisis, WFP says

    Wednesday March 5, 2025Internally displaced Somalis queue to receive iftar food rations during Ramadan in the outskirt of Mogadishu, Somalia, March 20, 2024...

    Somalia’s opposition leaders back military offensive against Al-Shabaab and urge national security reform

    Wednesday March 5, 2025 Former Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, and opposition leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame (L...

    Somalia backs Palestine at Arab League summit as leaders reject Gaza displacement

    Wednesday March 5, 2025Leaders from across the Arab world pose for a group photo at the Extraordinary Arab Summit for Palestine in Cairo,...

    Somali Army Chief: Al-Shabaab in ‘final struggles,’ urges last push

    Wednesday March 5, 2025FILE - Somali National Army Chief General Odawaa Yusuf Rage is seen during a military briefing in Mogadishu.Mogadishu (HOL) —...

    Farmaajo calls for national unity in fight against Al-Shabaab and ISIS groups

    Wednesday March 5, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has reiterated that the fight against Al-Shabaab and ISIS is a...

    Puntland police arrest three over alleged ISIS support in Garowe

    Wednesday March 5, 2025A view of a Puntland security facility, painted in the regional state's flag colours, as police vehicles are stationed outsideMogadishu...

    How Ethiopia’s landlocked fate could reshape power in the Horn of Africa

    Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed share a moment of camaraderie during a public event. Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia...

    Somali journalist Ali Mumin released after two nights in custody

    Wednesday March 5, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Social media commentator and political blogger Ali Adan Mumin has been released after spending two nights in...

    U.S. Embassy warns of imminent Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia, urges caution

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The U.S. Embassy in Somalia issued a security alert on Tuesday evening, warning of “potential imminent attacks”...

    Somali PM arrives in Cairo for Arab League summit to counter Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday night to attend an emergency...

    Shabaab’s deadliest offensive in months pushes toward Mogadishu

    Tuesday March 4, 2025A masked Shabaab militant poses with a rifle and the group's flag in front of a landmark in Biyo Cadde,...

    Puntland minister blames Somalia’s government for failing to counter Al-Shabaab, IS

    Tuesday March 4, 2025FILE - Puntland’s Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs, Mohamed AbdiwahaabGarowe (HOL) — Puntland's Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs,...

    Somali Federalist Party accuses officials of corruption, demands accountability for missing funds

    Tuesday March 4, 2025 An aerial view of Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia’s Somali region Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali Federalist Party has accused regional...

    Somalia’s Daawo River dries up early, worsening water crisis in Gedo

    Tuesday March 4, 2025The Daawo River in Somalia’s Gedo region has dried up earlier than expected, intensifying water shortages and endangering the livelihoods...

    ONLF accuses Ethiopia of abandoning peace accord as both sides trade blame

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Abdirahman Mahdi, the leader of the ONLF faction in Nairobi, told the BBC that they will no longer "cooperate with...

    Somalia’s parliament reviews bill to regulate pharmaceuticals and curb counterfeit drugs

    Tuesday March 4, 2025A display of unregulated and potentially counterfeit medicines at an open market in Somalia. Weak enforcement of pharmaceutical regulations has...