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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- At least 17 people have been killed and more than 84,000 others displaced by flash floods following torrential rains across Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations relief agency said on Tuesday.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- More than 100 Somali lawmakers on Thursday jointly called for President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to step down, accusing him of constitutional violations and failed leadership amid mounting national crises.

[CPJ] Kampala, Uganda -- Somali security personnel have arrested, assaulted, or harassed at least 41 private-media journalists since mid-March, in what local press rights groups have called a "painful experience" and an "alarming escalation" in attac...

[Radio Dalsan] In a seismic shift that could redefine Somalia's political future, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has stitched together a coalition of former foes, launching a powerful new political vehicle -- the Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP) -...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday laid a wreath at the SYL monument in the capital, Mogadishu, to commemorate the country's Youth Day, marking the historic struggle of the Somali Youth League (SYL) for inde...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, May 15 -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is under growing pressure from opposition leaders who accuse him of abandoning national unity in favor of partisan politics following the launch of his new political party.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, May 15 -- As Somalia navigates its most critical political period in decades, mounting tensions between the government and opposition figures threaten to unravel recent progress toward stability and national unity. Former leader...

[Radio Dalsan] Mr. Mahmoud Moalim Abdulle, Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SODMA), has recently taken part in a high-level meeting in Nairobi aimed at tackling the growing challenges of climate change and displacement in the Ho...

[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu - Today, May 15th, Somalia proudly observes Somali Youth Day, a date etched in the country's history as a testament to the critical role of Somali youth in the nation's fight for independence and its ongoing path to state-bui...

[Radio Dalsan] KISMAYO, Somalia - Somalia's Hormuud Salaam Foundation on Tuesday officially inaugurated a newly constructed asphalt road in Kismayo's Calanleey district, a key infrastructure project aimed at improving transport, trade, and the urban ...

[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu -- In a bold and politically charged speech during the launch of a new political party led by federal leaders and key figures from some federal member states, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared that Somalia will ...

[Radio Dalsan] Sixteen high-profile Somali political leaders, including former presidents and prime ministers, have issued a sharp rebuke of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him of abandoning his constitutional mandate to serve as a neutral ...

[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu, Somalia - The Somali Police Force has announced the successful arrest of a criminal gang suspected of carrying out a series of killings and robberies across the capital, Mogadishu, in recent weeks -- with the latest incident...

[Shabelle] Somali police have arrested several suspects in connection with a string of armed robberies and the killing of a senior police officer in the capital, Mogadishu, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia - The Prime Minister of Somalia has dismissed Yusuf Abdirahman Samatar from his position as Director-General of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change following a series of serious and well-substantiated allega...

[Shabelle] El-Wak, Somalia -- Militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group launched a surprise attack early Tuesday on a military base in the southern Somali town of El-Wak, in the Gedo region, local sources reported.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was on Tuesday night elected as the chairman and presidential candidate of a newly formed political party, Justice and Solidarity (Caddaaladda iyo Wadajirka), in a move that comes amid a ...

[Radio Dalsan] More than 84,000 people have been affected by flash floods across Somalia since mid-April, with at least 17 lives lost, according to a new report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...

[Radio Dalsan] The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that it carried out a targeted airstrike on May 11, Sunday, in Togga Miraale within the Cal Miskaad mountain range in Somalia's Bari region, aiming at suspected hideouts of the I...

[Radio Dalsan] Doha -- Doha, Qatar - The government of Qatar is set to host a major international donor conference at the end of this month aimed at mobilizing financial support for the African Union Somalia Mission (AUSSOM), the new regional peaceke...

[Radio Dalsan] The Permanent Secretary for East African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Stephen Mbundi, engaged in discussions with H.E. Ilyas Ali Hassan, the Somali Ambassador to Tanzania, regardin...

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, May 13 -- Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was on Tuesday night elected chairman of the newly launched Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP), during a high-profile event in Mogadishu that drew top government officials and ...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met on Tuesday with the Acting Special Representative of the African Union for Somalia, Kareem Adebayo, at his office in Mogadishu to discuss bolstering bilateral cooperation and the A...

[Shabelle] Jowhar, Somalia -- Armed assailants hijacked seven passenger vehicles traveling from Mogadishu to Gaalkacyo over the weekend, abducting more than 130 people in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, a local transport official said on Monday.

[Shabelle] Baku, Azerbaijan -- Somalia's Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdi Hayir (Maareeye), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Azerbaijan's Minister of Agriculture, Majnun Mammadov, in Baku on Monday, aiming to deepen...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, May 13 -- U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, launched an airstrike targeting ISIS militants in Somalia on Monday, as part of efforts to disrupt the terrorist group's operations...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, May 13, 2025 -- The Banadir Regional Administration and the Mogadishu City Council have been working relentlessly to restore the capital's cleanliness and reopen key roads, following heavy rains that recently disrupted the infra...

[Radio Dalsan] MOGADISHU -- A contingent of Somali pilgrims has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage for the Islamic year 1446, marking the beginning of what is expected to be a significant spiritual journey for 11,50...