Somalia News News Somalia » Politics: Somalia's Political Crossroads - Reformists Leaders Embraced Universal Suffrage As the Old Guard Rendered to Clan Insurgency.
Introduction:The political impasse in Somalia is grounded on opposition group's outright refusal for the universal suffrage electoral model proposed by the Federal Government of Somalia. The ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia’s Democratic Transition Cannot Stop Halfway
A significant and encouraging change is taking place in Somalia's political debate. For years, the country remained trapped in a ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia needs a political settlement before it is too late
Somalia is entering one of the most dangerous moments in its recent history without an agreed path towards elections or a political transition. United States and United Kingdom-led talks between the ...
News Somalia » Politics: Türkiye helps mediate talks between govt, opposition in Somalia
As a close ally of Somalia, Türkiye continues to expand its clout in the African country. Security sources said Wednesday that Ankara played an ...
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: The Fragile State Paradox: Somalia, Somaliland, and the Limits of Sovereignty
A failed state is one in which the central government has lost effective control and can no longer fulfill the basic functions of sovereignty. Unlike stable states, it cannot maintain a monopoly on ...
News Somalia » Politics: How President Hassan Sheikh and Senator Farole Reshaped Somalia’s Federal System
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, whose government followed Puntland State’s precedent by pursuing amendments to the Provisional Constitution and holding local government elections in Mogadishu in ...
News Somalia » Politics: Somalia stakeholders table three proposals to resolve political impasse
A team representing Former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo's group are backing the ...
News Somalia » Politics: Turkey’s Growing Shadow Over Somalia’s Political Crisis Raises Opposition Alarm
MOGADISHU, Somalia — New details have emerged about meetings and discussions between Turkish diplomats and Somali opposition politicians united under the Somali Future Council, amid growing ...
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 renews its US-backed fight against al-Shabab militant group. Here is why it matters
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — U.S.-backed airstrikes and recently expanded ground operations have shifted momentum in Somalia 's long-running war against al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group, the ...
News Somalia » Politics: Why Mogadishu clashes are deepening Somalia’s political crisis again
Mogadishu, Somalia – Mustafa, 33, dreads election time in Somalia. He drives a bajaj — a three-wheeled taxi — and says that when tensions rise, as they always do when polls are near, the whole city ...