Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has warned that allowing regional states to manage the upcoming federal parliamentary elections would risk plunging the country into deeper political turmoil and repeat the irregularities of past polls.

Belém (HOL) — Somalia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama on Friday called for urgent international action to combat climate change, as he addressed delegates at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.

A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, finding all its 24 mariners safe after an assault that raised renewed fears about piracy in the region.

Kampala (HOL) — A group of Somali military officers has graduated from a year-long, high-level training program in Uganda, underscoring the deepening security cooperation between the two East African nations.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Haji Adam, on Friday appointed Abdirisaaq Sharif Ali as the new Director General of Banadir Maternity and Child Hospital, following a widely condemned incident in which a woman gave birth at the hospital’s entrance after being denied emergency care.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s government has launched an urgent investigation into a tragic incident in which a woman gave birth at the entrance of Mogadishu’s Banadir Hospital after being denied emergency medical care, officials said Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Howlwadaag district’s football team clinched the Banadir Regional Football Tournament title on Thursday afternoon, defeating Warsheikh district 2–1 in a thrilling final match at Mogadishu Stadium.

Riyadh (HOL) — Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in sports infrastructure and youth development, marking a major step in Somalia’s post-conflict recovery and regional partnership efforts.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s government said Wednesday that its national army killed at least 49 al-Shabab fighters during a military operation in the Lower Shabelle region.

Mogadishu (HO) — The football teams of Warsheikh and Howlwadaag districts are set to face off in the final match of the Banadir Regional Football Tournament at Mogadishu Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

Mogadishu (HO) — Somali National Army (SNA) forces have killed several Al-Shabaab militants, including senior leaders, during a military operation in the Bay region on Thursday.

The European Union’s counter piracy force has deployed a warship to the coast off Somalia after a suspected pirate group tried to target ships in the area, maritime sources said on Wednesday.

Mogadishu (HO) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday met with a delegation from the Iraqi government that arrived in Mogadishu to strengthen cooperation and relations between the two brotherly nations.

Human rights organisation Vocal Africa has called on Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urgently intervene regarding two Kenyan citizens reported missing in Tanzania following post-election unrest.

Villagers north of Mahaday in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region have been cut off by river floods in September, leaving them lacking clean water, short of food, and without electricity.

Kyiv (HO) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has officially accepted the credentials of Somalia’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Ukraine, Ambassador Mohamed Abdullahi Ahmed, who is based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s defence minister has confirmed that planes have been flying from Bosaso, the commercial hub of Puntland, to Sudan, the first official acknowledgment from Mogadishu after widespread speculation over the nature of the flights and their connection to Sudan’s ongoing war.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali singer Hodan Aden, known to fans as Hodan Afrika, and her young daughter have died after a boat carrying Somali migrants capsized off the coast of Mayotte, a French-administered island in the Indian Ocean that has become a perilous crossing for those seeking better lives abroad.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey won a third term Wednesday after a second round of ranked-choice tabulation pushed him just over the majority threshold, defeating state Sen. Omar Fateh in a 15-candidate field.

Twenty-five years ago, the Somalia Peace Conference began in Arta, a town in southeastern Djibouti. It came after almost a decade of civil war, state collapse, and lawlessness. I was a teenage girl in Mogadishu at the time, and my memories of my country were all about prolonged civil war, inter-clan conflicts and destruction. The elders in the neighborhood would often reminisce about waagii nabadda, (the old days of peace). As such, the conference, which was aired live by Djibouti’s state-run TV, Radio Television of Djibouti (RTD), reignited hope in many that clan conflict would soon end and that a new era of peace would be ushered in.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey leads State Sen. Omar Fateh after the first round of voting in the city’s ranked-choice mayoral election, with about 42 percent of first-choice votes to Fateh’s 32 percent. Because no candidate reached the majority required to win outright, the race will proceed to a second-round count on Wednesday, officials said.

New York City – Zohran Mamdani has won the race to lead the largest city in the United States, capping a heated contest that grabbed the world’s attention.

Mogadishu (HO) — At least 800 Al-Shabaab fighters, including 50 senior leaders, have been killed over the past year in operations against Al-Shabaab and ISIS militants, Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Macalin Fiqi said on Wednesday.

Garowe (HO) — Puntland regional state has implemented a self-imposed visa system, charging travelers $60, following the federal government’s introduction of a new electronic visa (E-Visa) aimed at modernizing immigration procedures.

Bayern Munich and Liverpool won the blockbuster matchups in the Champions League on Tuesday. Micky van de Ven might have already scored the competition’s goal of the season.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali police have shut down an illegal abortion center operating in the Deyniile district of Mogadishu, where women with unwanted or unlawful pregnancies were being forced to terminate their pregnancies, officials said on Tuesday.

Mogadishu (HO) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction of a key road in Wadajir District’s Buulo-Xuubey neighborhood, spanning nearly two kilometers.

Mogadishu (HOL) — German authorities have ruled that a Somali man who fatally stabbed three women in a 2021 attack in Würzburg will not be deported, citing the risk that he could return to Germany and commit further violent crimes.

Dodoma (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the inauguration ceremony of President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dodoma, Tanzania, on Monday, joining other African heads of state, regional organizations, and invited guests.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali Ministry of Youth and Sports on Monday submitted a case to the Office of the Attorney General against several senior members of the Somali Olympic Committee (SOC) over alleged misconduct and governance violations.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Tuesday officially inaugurated the Somalia Internet Governance Forum 2025 (SIGF 2025) in Mogadishu, marking the third edition of the country’s national digital policy platform.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Minneapolis voters will cast ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in a crowded mayoral election that could make Omar Fateh, a Somali-American state senator and democratic socialist, the city’s first East African mayor.

NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Health officials in northeastern Kenya have confirmed the country’s first case of monkeypox (Mpox) in Garissa County after a 35-year-old health worker tested positive for the virus, prompting an immediate public health response to prevent further spread.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Ten-year-old Aya Olleh Adams has become the youngest swimmer ever to represent Somalia in international competition, marking a milestone moment for the country’s reemergence in global sports.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of undermining the country’s consensus-based constitutional process, warning that unilateral amendments risk destabilizing Somalia’s fragile political system.