Somalia president invites opposition to urgent election talks as mandate deadline nears
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday invited leaders of the opposition National Future Council to fresh talks aimed at resolving...
Somali clan leaders step in to mediate election standoff as president’s term nears end
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Clan leaders from across Somalia, who gathered in Mogadishu for the coronation of the Murursade Ugas, have stepped into a deepening...
Is Somalia’s president losing support as key allies abandon his camp?
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is confronting a rapid and highly consequential unraveling of his political coalition, as a string of...
Somalia’s ousted Southwest leader Laftagaren plans comeback as federal forces tighten grip on Baidoa
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s ousted Southwest regional state leader Abdiasis Laftagaren, removed from power last month in a federal military operation, is preparing to...
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Puntland President Saeed Abdullahi Deni has issued a stark warning that Somalia’s federal government will no longer be recognized if a...
Somali minister warns Mogadishu may face renewed bombings as govt-opposition rift widens
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s minister of planning, Mohamud Abdirahman Beene Beene, warned Monday that Mogadishu could face a renewed wave of car bombings and...
Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabaab weakened by mistrust in intelligence sharing, ex-spy boss says
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s former intelligence chief, Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbalolshe, says deep mistrust continues to undermine cooperation between the country’s spy agency and...
Somalia’s president clears field for ally in Southwest leadership race
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday persuaded one of the leading contenders in the race for Southwest state president to...
Somalia Senate Speaker says will clarify position amid election impasse
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The speaker of Somalia’s Senate, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, said on Saturday that he will now make his position clear after a...
No government in Somalia, former custodial corps chief says
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s former custodial corps chief, General Mahad Abdirahman, has delivered a stark assessment of the country’s trajectory, declaring that state authority...