Mogadishu court sentences Matt Brydan to five years in jail
MOGADISHU - Matt Brydan, the head of Sahan Research has been found guilty by the Benadir Regional Court of leaking the Somali national...
UN welcomes Puntland’s local election, 1st free vote in 23 years
MOGADISHU - Representatives from the United Nations today visited Qardho in a show of solidarity with the people of Puntland as citizens participated in...
IGAD Statement On The Current Political Development In Sudan
DJIBOUTI - The IGAD Executive Secretary is alarmed by the current political developments in Sudan and is following the situation very closely.
The Executive Secretary...
Somalia death toll in fighting between army and former allied group rises to 120
MOGADISHU (SMN) - Fighting in Somalia’s Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a militia, has killed...
Puntland goes to the polling stations for first democratic election
GAROWE - Puntland has held its first democratic local elections on Monday, the first of its kind since its inception in 1998.
The election took...
Amisom, Somalia media lobby launch election awareness campaign
MOGADISHU - The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has launched a sensitisation campaign on the need for fair coverage of elections, raising the...
Jubaland troops foil a bomb attack in Kismayo
KISMAYO - Jubaland forces carried out an operation in the past few hours inside the coastal city of Kismayo, the capital of the...
Tension remains high in central Somalia
GURIEL - At least 30 people were killed and over 100 injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally...
Uganda’s president says deadly blast likely a terrorist act
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An explosion at an eatery in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday.
Museveni said...
Ahlu Sunna officials wounded in battle nabbed from hospital
GURIEL, Somalia - Reports from the town of Guriel say that sporadic fighting is still going on in the town today between the federal...
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Somali President Opens Parliament Session, Pushes for Security Gains and Direct Elections
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud opened the sixth session of the 11th Federal Parliament on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, praising lawmakers...
Somali Forces and Local Militias Defeat Al-Shabaab in Battle, says Govt
MOGADISHU – Government forces, along with local militias from the Shabelle region, have successfully destroyed and seized all military vehicles used by Al-Shabaab...
