Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre officially launched the implementation of the National Civil Service Pay and Grading Policy on Monday, a major public sector reform to improve governance, fairness, and accountability across government institutions.

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Mogadishu (HOL) — The commander of Somalia's Ma'awisleey community defense forces, Ali Jeyte Osman, has called for the relocation of children and wives of Al-Shabaab fighters from government-controlled areas to territories still under militant control.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia's National Independent Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for political association registration by nine days as the country gears up for its first one-person, one-vote local elections in over half a century, scheduled for late June.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with former Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon at Villa Somalia on Sunday to discuss national security and efforts to strengthen state institutions, according to a statement from the presidency.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Sultan Abdirahman Qani Qorane, a former Islamic cleric known for opposing extremist ideologies, launched the Gobonnimo (Sovereignty) Party this week in Mogadishu, presenting it as a reformist alternative to Somalia’s federal government.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports claiming the government intends to sell its embassy building in Somalia, dismissing the allegations as false and part of a coordinated smear campaign.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s federal government welcomed 15 children to Mogadishu on Saturday after they successfully regained their hearing through specialized surgeries conducted overseas, in a program supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A session of Somalia's Lower House of Parliament ended in chaos on Saturday after lawmakers clashed over the controversial removal of MP Dr. Abdullahi Hashi Abiib, whose seat was declared vacant last month due to repeated absences.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s National Independent Electoral Commission expanded voter registration to three additional districts in Mogadishu on Saturday, marking another step toward the country’s first one-person, one-vote elections in over five decades.

Garowe (HOL) — Puntland security forces have thwarted a major ISIS suicide bombing attempt in the Togga Miraale area, killing eight attackers and confirming that two others detonated their explosives before reaching their targets, officials said on Saturday.

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Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali government has launched formal talks with Saudi authorities to secure the release or repatriation of more than 100 Somali nationals imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, including dozens facing death sentences for drug trafficking.

Toronto (HOL) — A Somali-born man was sentenced to one to three years in a New York state prison on Friday after being convicted of reckless driving that killed a 9-year-old girl in a 2023 crash.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Fifteen Somali children heard for the first time after undergoing life-changing surgeries in Nairobi to implant advanced hearing devices funded by Saudi Arabia—a moment that brought sound, hope, and dignity to families long silenced by disability.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Several mortar shells struck multiple neighborhoods in Mogadishu on Sunday, including Hamarweyne, Hamar Jajab, and Shibis districts, as Somalia’s electoral commission continues its voter registration drive across the capital.

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Garowe (HOL) — Puntland regional forces have announced the complete clearance of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters from the Dooxada Miraale area in the Bari region following a prolonged and intense military operation on Friday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali federal government has accused the Acting Head of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Sivuyile Thandikhaya Bam, of undermining the country's development and expressing sympathies toward the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland government has accused the Federal Government of Somalia of involvement in Thursday's fighting between its forces and the SSC-Khaatumo administration in the Dhuumadare area of the Sanaag region.

Garowe (HOL) — Puntland security forces launched a coordinated offensive Friday targeting Islamic State (ISIS) remnants in the Calmiskaad mountain range of Bari region, seizing weapons and dismantling what officials described as the group's last major stronghold in the area.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces and regional Darwish units from South West State killed more than 35 Al-Shabaab fighters in a coordinated military operation near Baidoa, military officials said Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somaliland government is calling on Somalia to immediately transfer 25 detainees taken from Las Anod to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), accusing federal authorities of violating international humanitarian law and exploiting the prisoners for political purposes.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday defended his administration’s ongoing offensive against Al-Shabaab, following the militant group’s surprise capture of Aadan Yabaal, a strategic town in central Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A U.S. airstrike, carried out in coordination with the Somali National Army (SNA), destroyed two vessels carrying advanced weaponry destined for Al-Shabaab, Somali and American officials confirmed on Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Governor of the Gedo region, Mohamed Hussein Al-Qaadi, has warned the country's National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) against conducting any voter registration or election-related activities in the region, stating that doing so without coordination with the Jubbaland administration would be considered illegitimate and met with resistance.

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has refuted the accusations that Kenya has been supporting Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the ongoing war with the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces and allied local militia repelled an attempted Al-Shabaab attack in the Gasarta area between Baidoa and Deynuunay on Wednesday, killing at least ten militants, according to military officials.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A U.S. airstrike conducted in coordination with the Somali National Army (SNA) killed at least 12 Al-Shabaab militants, including senior commanders, in the Aden Yabaal district of the Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday night, the Somali government announced.

Beledweyne (HOL) — Al-Shabaab militants launched a coordinated attack on the village of Haamcaduur in central Somalia's Galgaduud region early Tuesday, triggering hours of intense fighting with local defence forces, residents and security sources said.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A merchant vessel operating in the Gulf of Aden was pursued for nearly two hours by multiple small boats carrying armed individuals on Tuesday, prompting a maritime security alert and renewed concern over persistent threats in the region.

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Mogadishu (HOL) — Al-Shabaab militants have seized control of the strategic town of Aadan Yabaal in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region following a dawn assault involving explosions and prolonged combat, local sources told HOL.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, accompanied by Mogadishu Mayor Yusuf Hussein Jimale and several cabinet members, visited a voter registration site in the capital’s Shangani district on Wednesday to observe the rollout of the country’s landmark voter registration process.