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    Somali Islamic Affairs Minister meets Türkiye’s Religious Affairs head in Makkah to boost bilateral cooperation

    Monday June 9, 2025Makkah (HOL) – Somali Minister of Endorsements and Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali, held a key meeting on Sunday...

    Somali Defense Minister: Major joint offensive underway to retake Al‑Shabaab‑held areas

    Sunday June 8, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) –  Somali Minister of Defense Ahmed Macalin Fiqi says an intensified, nationwide military campaign is in motion to...

    Somali opposition coalition condemns government’s role in Human Rights Commission selection

    Saturday June 7, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali Salvation Forum, a coalition of opposition political actors, has strongly condemned the ongoing process to...

    Somali Community in Minnesota reacts with disappointment to new Trump-era travel ban

    Friday June 6, 2025Twin Cities, MN (HOL) – Members of the Somali community in Minnesota have expressed frustration and concern over the latest...

    Omar Artan: The Somali referee who made his mark at African Champions League

    By Nuri AdenFriday June 6, 2025Artan became the first Somali football referee to officiate a continental final and has won admiration for his...

    Somali police arrest suspected Al-Shabaab bombmakers after Mogadishu house explosion

    Thursday June 5, 2025A residential compound in the Barwaaqo neighbourhood of Mogadishu’s Dayniile district, where Somali police arrested several suspected Al-Shabaab members following...

    Somali military court jails Al-Shabaab bombmaker for life

    Tuesday June 3, 2025In this handout photo provided by Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), four men accused of aiding Al-Shabaab’s vehicle-borne...

    Man charged in Wayzata graduation shooting that injured Somali parent, teen

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Hamza Abdirashid Said, 20, of Coon Rapids, is seen in a booking photo released by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office....

    Somali woman Marjama Osman killed in South London stabbing, police launch murder probe

    Tuesday June 3, 202526-year-old Marjama Osman, a Somali-British woman from Croydon, was fatally stabbed in South London on May 31, 2025. Police have...

    Tailored learning helps displaced Somali girl thrive in math

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — In a modest classroom on the edge of Baidoa, 13-year-old Ifrah Mohamed stands confidently before the chalkboard,...

    Somali added to official Hajj sermon translations for first time

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of...

    Somali President holds phone talks with Qatari and Turkish leaders on development cooperation

    Tuesday June 3, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a phone conversation with Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani...

    Somali prime minister, Djibouti president hold security talks in Djibouti

    Monday June 2, 2025Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre (left) meets with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh (right) at the Presidential Palace in...

    Somali government and AFRICOM conduct airstrikes targeting ISIS in Puntland

    Monday June 2, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government, in coordination with the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), has carried out two separate airstrikes...

    CPJ dismayed by two-year sentence of Somali journalist; says conviction based on post he “did not write”

    Sunday June 1, 2025Ahmed Awga Ahmed Awga, founder of Ethiopia’s Jigjiga Television Network (Screenshot by CPJ: YouTube/JTN TV)Addis Abeba – The Committee to...

    Somali Opposition Forum accuses President Mohamud of undermining unity and state-building process

    Sunday June 1, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali Salvation Forum, a coalition of key opposition groups led by former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed,...