Garowe (HOL) – Former Puntland Finance Minister Hassan Shire Abgaal, who returned to Garowe on Thursday after losing the 2024 Puntland presidential election, criticized President Said Abdullahi Deni and called for Puntland leaders to convene a conference to decide the region’s political future.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre has announced on Wednesday that voter registration for the upcoming one-person, one-vote elections in Jubbaland will begin soon.

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” This quote, widely attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., reminds us that humanity is interdependent; when neighbors are ignored, all suffer. Our elders understood this long before modern civilization; in Somali we say, “Nabadda waa furaha nolol wanaagsan, waana jidka kaliya ee daris lagu noqdo,” meaning “Peace is the key to a good life, and it is the only path to being a true neighbor.” Ethiopia would do well to remember this lesson in the context of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. By disregarding the voices of Egypt and Sudan, it risks turning a shared lifeline into a source of conflict. Shared rivers demand, shared responsibility otherwise, we all lose.

Israeli military vehicles including tanks have advanced into new neighborhoods in the northwest of Gaza City, according to local reports.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk headed home a last-gasp goal in stoppage time to lead Arne Slot's men to a thrilling 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid in the opening game of their Champions League campaign on Wednesday at Anfield.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has emphasized that it will no longer be acceptable for anyone to enter the country with a foreign passport without obtaining a visa.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — Somali-born U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has pushed back sharply against Republican Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C. move to censure her, dismissing the effort as baseless and politically motivated, and condemning Mace’s comments as an attack on her identity.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland has signed a $70 million agreement with the International Maharat Investment Company to modernize Egal International Airport, the country’s main aviation hub in Hargeisa. The agreement, signed with a little-known firm called International Maharat Investment Company, promises new terminals, a refurbished runway, and upgraded navigation systems.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A U.S. airstrike in Somalia’s northern Sanaag region killed Abdullahi Omar Abdi, a respected clan elder whom the Pentagon identified as an Al-Shabab weapons trafficker, US Africa Command confirmed Wednesday.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Wednesday that negotiations are underway to resolve disputes between the federal government and the regional administrations of Puntland and Jubbaland, whose strained relations have long complicated national reforms.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have killed a senior Al-Shabaab commander in the Lower Shabelle region.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said that Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project will have a significant impact on the entire Horn of Africa, particularly on Nile River countries such as Egypt and Sudan.

Las Anod (HOL) - The Northeastern administration has accused the Somaliland authorities of mobilizing troops along disputed border areas, alleging preparations for an attack against the newly formed Northeastern regional government.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HOL) — Fewer than 500 students in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State passed the country’s high school exit exam this year, out of more than 22,000 who sat for the test, according to the Ministry of Education. The pass rate of about 2 percent is among the lowest in the country.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s federal government said Tuesday it needs an additional $40 million to launch a new series of Somali shilling banknotes, a project officials say is vital to stabilizing the economy and curb widespread counterfeiting.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — Somali-American filmmaker Mohammed Sheikh will premiere his first international feature, Barni, in December at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, marking a milestone for Somali representation on the global screen.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Germany has become the first country to formally recognize Somaliland’s separate visa procedures, instructing its citizens to comply with rules set by authorities in Hargeisa rather than the federal government’s new electronic visa system.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Tuesday the country will no longer allow a clan-based parliament to elect national leaders, while also ordering immediate reforms at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport after travellers raised concerns about poor services.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A court in Mogadishu has sentenced a Somali woman to 15 years in prison after finding her guilty of laundering more than $1.2 million to finance operations for al-Shabab.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — Somali-American filmmaker Mohammed Sheikh will premiere his first international feature, Barni, in December at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, marking a milestone for Somali representation on the global screen.

Galkacyo (HOL) - A group of gunmen killed Siyad Ali Hirsi, one of the most prominent businessmen in Galkayo town, on Tuesday morning.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed accused the federal government on Monday of failing to rebuild the Somali National Army after its defeat in Cowsweyne, calling the loss a turning point that exposed divisions within the country’s security institutions.

ANKARA, Turkey (HOL) — Twenty-eight Somali students have received government scholarships to study in Azerbaijan, the Somali Embassy in Ankara announced Tuesday.

An emergency summit of Arab and Muslim countries held in Doha has declared its solidarity with Qatar and condemned Israel’s bombing of the Qatari capital last week.

Doha (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reaffirmed Somalia’s solidarity with the government and people of Qatar following the Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha last week.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre has affirmed that he will not run for president of Somalia, making clear that he will never compete against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who appointed him.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Police Force in Mogadishu’s Garasbaaley district have arrested four young men accused of posting a video on TikTok that allegedly insulted the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Doha (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at the Qatari Royal Palace on Monday.

Players of FC Barcelona celebrate a goal during the La Liga football match between FC Barcelona and Valencia CF in Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Photo by Joan Gosa/Xinhua)

Doha (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Doha on Sunday to attend the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit, scheduled for Sunday and Monday.

Mogadishu (HOL) - The Commander of the Somali National Army’s (SNA) Land Forces, Major General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, on Sunday visited El-Dheer following Friday’s fierce clashes in which government forces and local militias repelled an Al-Shabaab assault on the district.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Ramla Said Ahmed Ali, Somalia’s first Olympic boxer and one of the nation’s most celebrated athletes, returned to Mogadishu on Sunday to a hero’s welcome after cementing her place among the sport’s trailblazers with victories on some of boxing’s biggest stages.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Migrants and asylum seekers moving through Somalia face escalating risks of violence, trafficking, and exploitation along smuggling routes, according to a new UNHCR report warning of life-threatening conditions across key migration corridors.

By Abdirahman Yusuf Al-adala Sunday September 14, 2025

Garowe (HOL) — Puntland authorities have opened an investigation after a traditional elder was killed in an airstrike by unidentified aircraft in Somalia’s Sanaag region on Saturday afternoon, an attack his family says targeted him alone.