Somalia president endorses Ali Gudlawe for Hirshabelle leader
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has chosen incumbent Hirshabelle leader Ali Gudlawe to become the next president of Hirshabelle State, making...
Somalia parliament parliament speaker says foreign agenda behind Turkish flag burnings
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's parliament speaker, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama, has described the burning of the Turkish flag in several regions across the country...
Somaliland ready to send up to 2,000 troops to Gaza if asked, president Irro says
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somaliland is prepared to contribute up to 2,000 soldiers to an international stabilization force planned for Gaza, but it is waiting...
Somalia prepares fresh troop deployment to Baidoa for operation against opposition forces
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's federal government is preparing to deploy fresh troops to Baidoa, the seat of power of Southwest State, to join an...
Anti-Turkey protests spread across Somalia after Dolow air strike
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Mass protests against Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have swept through major towns in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state this week,...
Somalia president’s policies have failed the country, says academic
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A prominent Somali professor has issued a sharp public rebuke of Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, warning that his administration's policies...
Somali cleric Ali Wajis endorses killing of government critics
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A prominent pro-government religious scholar told a gathering of senior Somali officials, including the defense minister, on Sunday that people who...
Somalia: Fahad Yasin links Jama to Gen. Shub drone strike
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's former intelligence chief Fahad Yasin has accused the Speaker of the House of the People, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur - widely...
Ethiopia questions Somali soldiers who crossed border to visit families in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Ethiopia's security agencies have begun interrogating dozens of Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers who crossed into Ethiopian territory after completing training...
Turkey accused of war crime after drone strike on former Somali commander
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A drone strike tore through the residence of General Mahad Abdirahman, Somalia's former custodial corps chief, in the border town of...