Somalia peacekeeping mission at risk as US blocks UN support, sources say
By Faisal Ali, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini July 2, 202610:42 AM PDTUpdated July 2, 2026 African union peacekeepers provide security during the Somali presidential elections, in Mogadishu, Somalia. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar Summary The 12,000-strong AUSSOM mission would likely collapse without UN logistics, diplomatic sources say UN backing covers food, fuel, medical services and transport for the force US note said Somalia had failed to sustain gains or reform i
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Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online
By Sarah Johnson June 26, 2026 Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groups Ali says she has been subjected to torture while in custody. Photograph: Handout A rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country. Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, wa
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Fighting in Somalia’s capital as anger over election delay erupts
A truck carrying Somali security forces drives in Mogadishu before planned antigovernment protest. [Feisal Omar / Reuters] Residents flee from their homes due to fighting between two warring political factions. Violence has erupted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as government forces and opposition-allied militias have exchanged fire before an antigovernment protest, damaging buildings and forcing residents to flee. Fighting began on Wednesday and continued into Thursday bef
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Jun 4
Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
Peter Goodman traveled to Somalia, visiting camps for displaced people, schools, health centers and a hospital for the treatment of malnourished children. Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly.
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May 18
U.S-trained Somalia counter-terrorism police, NISA physically attack journalists, kidnap them in Mogadishu
Mohamed Ibrahim Osman (Bulbul) [left]; Abdihafid Nor Barre (centre) and Abdishakur Mohamed Mohamud (right). | PHOTO/SJS. MOGADISHU, Somalia 9 May 2026 The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is appalled and strongly condemns the abduction, beatings, causing physical injury and death threats against three journalists — Mohamed Ibrahim Osman (Bulbul), SJS Secretary of Information and Human Rights; Abdihafid Nor Barre, a freelance online journalist; and Abdishakur Mohamed Mohamud
Horn Observer
May 10
Somalia's drought impact worsened by aid cuts
Drought Fallout Worsened by Aid Cuts and Ongoing Conflict In the largely arid Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, where the past three rainy seasons have failed, there is nothing to see but dry water ponds, destroyed crops, and animal carcasses. As the drought intensifies, and the malnutrition rate soars, the race is on to stop another hunger catastrophe. But several international organisations have had to stop operations in the Kismayo camp and elsewhere, in large part
Press freedom threatened in Somalia and Somaliland
Somali police spokesperson speaks to journalists. | PHOTO Credit: Said Yusuf Warsame. MOGADISHU, Somalia 3 May 2026 – As the world marks World Press Freedom Day today, journalists and media outlets in Somalia are facing an increasingly volatile and restrictive environment, particularly as Somalia enters a critical period marked by political uncertainty and tensions surrounding upcoming elections. Already operating under difficult conditions, media professionals in Somalia and
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May 3
Al-Shabaab Launches Mortar Attacks Near Somalia’s Main Airport
Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu on Aug. 21, 2022. Photo: Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images Al-Shabaab militants fired multiple mortar rounds near Mogadishu’s airport on Sunday morning, disrupting international flights to Somalia, a security official told AFP . The attack comes just weeks after a roadside bomb blast narrowly missed the convoy of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud , with A
Somali Army Takes Over Baidoa, Southwest Somalia
Civilians walk along a deserted street following clashes between Somalia's federal army and forces loyal to the Southwest state, home to international peacekeepers and humanitarian agencies, in an area affected by drought, conflict and displacement, in Baidoa, Somalia, March 30, 2026 [Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff , Anadolu and Reuters Somalia’s national army has taken control of the biggest city in Southwest state, prompting the regional leader to resign two weeks after his
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Architectonics of Trust: Somalia’s Unilateral Constitutional Amendments, Risk of Fragmentation
On 4 March 2026, Somalia’s bicameral parliament approved amendments to over forty provisions of the Provisional Constitution adopted in 2012. (Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba — In 2012, Somalia adopted its Provisional Constitution during a National Constituent Assembly in Mogadishu, marking the country’s transition from a transitional government to a federal system. Intended as a temporary framework until a permanent constitution could be approved by referendum, the document
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Mar 24
Somali Police Assault Women Journalists, Arrest them and Confiscate Camera Equipment in Mogadishu
Kaab TV journalist Amiro Sulaiman Ibrahim and Iqro Abdullahi Abdirahman from Five Somali TV. | PHOTO/Courtesy. MOGADISHU, Somalia 19 March 2026 The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the violent arrest and confiscation of equipment from two women journalists in Mogadishu on Wednesday, 18 March, while they were covering a public protest against forced evictions in Mogadishu's Dayniile district. Kaab TV journalist Amiro Sulaiman Ibrahim and Iqro Abdullahi Abdi
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Mar 19
U.N.: Crisis-Levels of Hunger in Somalia Double
In this May 18, 2019 file photo, newly-arrived women who fled drought line up to receive food at a camp on the outskirts of the Somalian capital Mogadishu. Source: africanews. The number of people in Somalia experiencing crisis-levels of food insecurity has nearly doubled in the past year to 6.5 million people, UN-backed experts warned Tuesday. The Horn of Africa country has been plagued by conflict and suffered two consecutive failed rainy seasons, asd well as a drop in the
