MOGADISHU - A high-stakes digital proxy war has broken out in the Horn of Africa, as independent media houses and high-profile political analysts in...
Somaliland to become second Muslim country to open Jerusalem embassy in deal with Israel
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somaliland has officially announced it will open its first embassy in Jerusalem, recognizing the disputed city as the capital of Israel....
Somalia election crisis: UN sounds alarm as government-opposition talks fail
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Amid a mounting political impasse that threatens to unravel Somalia’s precarious federal architecture, the United Nations issued a calculated, if cautious,...
Somalia ex-spy chief says talks only way to end Al-Shabaab insurgency
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Former Somali intelligence chief Fahad Yasin said Somalia’s decades-long conflict with Al-Shabaab cannot be resolved through military force alone, arguing that...
International partners draw red line on Somalia’s one-sided path to elections
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Diplomats representing Somalia’s international partners met opposition figures from the Future Council inside Mogadishu’s heavily fortified Halane base on Monday in...
How Trump’s crypto venture and Iran’s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks
When customers of Iran’s largest crypto exchange needed to move billions of dollars, networks created by two of the industry’s biggest players served as...
EU pushes dialogue after Somalia talks collapse
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met European Union Ambassador to Somalia Francesca Di Mauro at the Villa Somalia presidential palace in...
Somalia president accused of crossing ‘dangerous red line’ after extending term
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somali academic and political analyst Afyare Elmi warned on Sunday that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had crossed a “dangerous red line”...
Somalia opposition warns Turkey over support for Hassan Sheikh
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somali opposition leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame on Sunday warned that Türkiye’s public support for President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud risks deepening Somalia’s...
AU, UN warn of deepening Somalia crisis after election talks collapse
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The African Union and the United Nations on Saturday expressed deep concern after high-stakes election negotiations between Somalia’s federal government and...