Somalia News News Somalia » Politics: After the ballot: What democracy must mean for Somalia
Somali political life is intensely debated across towns, households, media platforms and diaspora communities. Yet this energy does not consistently produce the power to compel answers, reverse failed ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia repels armed assault on Baidoa amid regional political tensions
Explosions and gunfire rock Baidoa as armed groups strike during South West State’s political tensions.
News Somalia » Politics: The Doolow Strike: Türkiye’s Intervention in Somalia
The reported drone strike in Doolow targeting former Somali Custodial Corps commander General Mahad Abdirahman Shub has brought a much larger strategic question about Turkey’s role in Somalia into ...
News Somalia » Politics: When the Shir Meets the State: Somali Consensus and Turkish Centralism
The central lesson is simple: Ankara often speaks the language of the sovereign state, while Somali politics frequently speaks the language of the shir. Successful cooperation requires fluency in both ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia: Politicians must make a deal on upcoming elections to avoid further turmoil
Somalia’s government and political opposition are locked in a struggle over elections due by 15 May, when the government’s four-year mandate expires. With the polls certain to be delayed and time ...
News Somalia » Politics: Why Mogadishu clashes are deepening Somalia’s political crisis again
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mogadishu, Somalia – Mustafa, 33, dreads election time in Somalia. He drives a bajaj — a three-wheeled taxi — and says that when ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia’s Unity and the Politics of Selective Nationalism
EDITORIAL | For more than three decades, Somalia has remained trapped between two competing political realities: the search for national unity and the gradual normalization of division. Since ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia's presidential race takes shape as four candidates emerge
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud casts his ballot during a past general election. [Hassan Ali Elmi, AFP] Somalia's next presidential election is beginning to dominate political discourse, ...