Mogadishu (HOL) — In Afgooye, just north of Mogadishu, the sound of flowing water is once again part of daily life. For farmers like 32-year-old Ali Abshir Ahmed, it is a sound that marks survival.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Border guards in Bangladesh have arrested a Somali national accused of illegally crossing into the country from India, in what officials described as part of an increasing number of unauthorized border crossings in the region.

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the terrorist group was the target of the first foreign combat operation of the Trump administration in February 2025. Previously, the group has been linked to planned terror attacks on the Vatican and on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. Stig Jarle Hansen, a researcher and author of several books on jihadism in Africa, examines its origins, rise and recent battlefield defeats in the mountains of Puntland.

Baidoa (HOL) — Southwest security forces repelled an Al-Shabaab attack on government troops in Wajid district, Bakool region, on Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali government has welcomed the Sudanese Armed Forces’ capture of the presidential palace in Khartoum, hailing it as a major milestone in the country’s efforts to restore sovereignty following two years of civil conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held meetings with local officials, elders, and intellectuals in Adale district on Friday to strengthen collaboration and accelerate military operations against Al-Shabaab in the Middle Shabelle region.

Baardheere (HOL) – Security forces in Baardheere town shot and killed a suspected Al-Shabaab member on Friday evening as he allegedly attempted to carry out an assassination during Iftar, according to local authorities.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Forced evictions, ongoing clan-based conflicts, and limited humanitarian services are intensifying Somalia's humanitarian crisis, disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups such as women, children, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), according to a joint report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

LONDON, UK (HOL) — A London man was given a suspended sentence after customs officers discovered approximately £18,000 worth of khat in his luggage at Newcastle International Airport.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Al-Shabaab's large-scale offensive, initiated in February with more than 3,000 militants mobilized from Middle Jubba to retake the strategic Middle Shabelle region, has stumbled but continues to expose critical weaknesses in Somalia's security framework.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia will hold its first one-person, one-vote elections for local governments in June, the country’s National Independent Electoral Commission announced Friday, marking a milestone in Somalia’s fragile democratic transition.

Predawn arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sets off protests in several cities that are likely to continue into the weekend.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia has endorsed diplomatic efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United States to secure a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and has called for an independent investigation into Israeli airstrikes on United Nations facilities in the besieged Palestinian territory.

The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in one of the most symbolic gains in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country.

Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali National Army (SNA), in collaboration with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), carried out a series of airstrikes in central Somalia that killed several senior Al-Shabaab militants and affiliated elders, the government confirmed on Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) – At least 82 Al-Shabaab militants, including senior leaders, were killed and 19 others wounded in a series of airstrikes conducted in response to an early morning attack on Somali army bases in Lower Shabelle region on Thursday, according to the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).

Ethiopia’s prime minister says his country will not seek conflict with longtime rival Eritrea over access to the Red Sea, amid recent fears about possible war between the neighbours.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud returned to the frontlines on Thursday in Middle Shabelle as part of efforts to accelerate military operations aimed at eradicating Al-Shabaab from central Somalia.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces killed several Al-Shabaab commanders and militants in a targeted military operation in the Middle Shabelle region while repelling a pre-dawn assault by the extremist group in Lower Shabelle, officials said Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali forces, with the backing of international allies, carried out a highly coordinated airstrike in the Galgadud region, killing several senior Al-Shabaab commanders in what NISA officials described as a major blow to the extremist group's leadership.

The U.S. hit targets across Yemen in airstrikes overnight, including Saada province, which Yemeni sources say is a long-time hideout for Iran-aligned Houthi leaders, and the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on Somali military bases in the Sabiib and Anole areas near Afgoye in the Lower Shabelle region early Thursday morning.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with a delegation led by the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, in Mogadishu on Thursday.

Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Climate Change, Aden Duale, has unveiled two major initiatives to bolster Kenya’s response to climate change: the National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS), and the State of the Climate Kenya (SOCK) 2024 Report.

Osman Saleh, Eritrea’s Foreign Minister, said his country is “perplexed” by what it called Ethiopia’s “misguided and outdated ambitions” for maritime access and a naval base “through diplomacy or military force.” He urged the international community to press Ethiopia to respect “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors.”

Mogadishu (HOL) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Taha have strongly condemned the attack on Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy in Mogadishu on Tuesday.

The 2025 African Union Commission (AUC) electoral process, despite being marked by division and disunity, shows how much Africa needs to unite under common reflections.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Jurors began deliberations Wednesday morning in the high-profile Feeding Our Future fraud case, following six weeks of testimony and closing arguments from both prosecution and defence attorneys.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland’s Foreign Minister Abdirahman Dahir Aden has stated that any country wishing to engage Somaliland in discussions about Palestine must first formally recognize its sovereignty.

Bosaso (HOL) — Puntland authorities have denied allegations that a former Islamic State (ISIS) militant who died in custody this week was killed while imprisoned, insisting his death was due to natural causes.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has deployed medical teams, emergency response vehicles, and medical supplies to the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions to support local defence forces engaged in military operations against Al-Shabaab.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A mortar attack struck the heavily fortified Halane compound near Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, targeting one of the most secured zones in Somalia that houses the United Nations, African Union officials, and multiple foreign embassies.

For African immigrants in the US, the threat of mass deportation is a constant fear.

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud dismissed his defence minister, Abuldkadir Mohamed Nur, on Sunday following lobbying efforts by the US military, sources told Middle East Eye.

Garowe (HOL) — Puntland has rejected the Federal Government of Somalia’s National Identification Card registration initiative, calling it politically motivated and a threat to the region’s autonomy. The administration warned residents against participating in the program, which it described as legally questionable and a financial burden on citizens.