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Mogadishu, Somalia — Somalia’s interior minister defended the federal government’s position ahead of a planned opposition conference in the southern port city of Kismayo, saying authorities respect the right to assembly while accusing critics of undermining democratic progress.   Interior Minister Ali Yusuf Ali Hosh said in a statement that the government does not oppose meetings by political opponents, but described...

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi held talks on Wednesday in Mogadishu with his Djiboutian counterpart, Hassan Omar Mohamed, focusing on strengthening bilateral cooperation in security and defence, officials said.   The Djiboutian defence minister arrived in the Somali capital to attend the 35th Ordinary Session of the Council of Defence and Security Ministers of the Eastern Africa...

Muqdisho — Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Soomaaliya, Axmed Macallin Fiqi, ayaa Arbacadii magaalada Muqdisho kula kulmay Wasiirka Difaaca Jabuuti, Xasan Cumar Maxamed, iyagoo ka wada hadlay xoojinta iskaashiga laba geesoodka ah ee dhinacyada amniga iyo difaaca.   Wasiirka difaaca Jabuuti ayaa yimid caasimadda Soomaaliya si uu uga qeyb galo kalfadhiga 35-aad ee caadiga ah ee Golaha Wasiirrada Difaaca iyo Amniga ee Ciidanka Heeganka...

KISMAAYO - Murashax Madaxweyne Maxamed Xuseen Rooble iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo ayaa lagu soo dhaweeyay magaaladda Kismaayo, oo ka furmayo shir muhiim ah oo arrimaha doorashooyinka Soomaaliya looga hadlayo.   Rooble ayaa kamid ah Musharixiin kale oo Maanta gaarey magaaladda Kismaayo, si ay uga qeybgalaan Madasha mucaaradka iyo madaxda maamullada Jubbaland iyo Puntland.  

KISMAAYO - Xilli Kismaayo uu ka furmayo Shirka hogaamiyaasha Mucaaradka iyo Madaxda maamulka Jubaland iyo Puntland, waxaa soo baxaya eedeymo loo jeedinayo Villa Somalia.   “Madaxweynoow Shacabkii waa barakaceen, musiibo u timidna majirto ee awoodaada ayey ku barakaceen," ayuu yiri Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha Jubaland Maxamed Ibraahim Oogle oo shir jaraa'id ku qabtay maanta Kismaayo.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madoobe), met on Wednesday with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Somalia, Ahmed bin Mohammed Almowallad, in a productive discussion aimed at deepening the historic ties between the two nations.   The meeting focused on enhancing cooperation in supporting Somalia’s state institutions,...

MUQDISHO — Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka ee Baarlamaanka Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Sheekh Aadan Maxamed Nuur (Madoobe), ayaa maanta xafiiskiisa kulan miro-dhal ah kula qaatay Safiirka Boqortooyada Sucuudi Carabiya u fadhiya Soomaaliya, Danjire Axmed Bin Maxamed Almowallad.   Kulanka ayaa diiradda lagu saaray xoojinta xiriirka taariikhiga ah iyo iskaashiga walaaltinimo ee u dhexeeya Soomaaliya iyo Boqortooyada Sucuudi Carabiya, gaar ahaan dhinacyada taageerada...

KISMAYO, Somalia — Key Somali political figures arrived in Kismayo on Wednesday for high-level consultations on the country’s upcoming 2026 elections, officials said.   President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire arrived separately in the city and were warmly received by Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam. The visit underscores Kismayo’s role as a hub for...

KISMAAYO - Kismaayo ayaa si diirran u soo dhaweysay hoggaamiyeyaal siyaasadeed oo miisaan leh, kuwaasoo ay kamid yihiin Madaxweynaha Puntland Siciid Cabdullaahi Deni iyo Ra’iisul Wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya Xasan Cali Khayre.   Labada mas’uul ayaa waxaa garoonka diyaaradaha ee Kismaayo ku soo dhaweeyay Madaxweynaha Dowladda Jubaland, Axmed Maxamed Islaam (Axmed Madoobe), iyo xubno ka tirsan golihiisa, iyadoo soo dhaweynta ay...

MOGADISHU — Djibouti’s Defence Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed arrived in the Somali capital on Tuesday to attend a key regional security meeting, Somali officials said.   The minister was formally received at Aden Adde International Airport by Somalia’s State Minister of Defence, lawmaker Omar Ali Abdi, highlighting close ties between the two Horn of Africa neighbours. Mohamed is in Mogadishu to take...