Year: 2021

Afisiyoni Meeting Opened Without Puntland And Jubaland Leaders

Today, the much-awaited Afisiyoni Tent Somali leaders’ meeting was opened without Puntland And Jubaland leaders, Said Deni and Ahmed Madobe. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo chaired this preliminary meeting of the National Conference on Completing Electoral Issues and the implementation of the September 17, 2020 agreement ratified by the Somali Federal Parliament. The meeting was […]

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How Farmajo Trapped Rebellious Leaders

As many expected, Said Deni and Ahmed Madobe didn’t show up at the meeting today citing bogus pretexts. This meeting was however a trap and the two rebellious Leaders fell into it with their eyes wide open. All of Somalia was curious about how the two recalcitrant leaders of Puntland and Jubaland would react who […]

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Standoff Over The Federal Elections

Many Somalis are shocked at the absurdity of giving too much credit to politicians such as Deni or Madobe who crack down on political opponents and restrict public freedoms in their own region to block federal elections because they want to be consulted on matters that are within federal jurisdiction.

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Last Elections Conference Will Be Held At The Afisiyoni Airbase

The Federal Republic of Somalia has invited regional governments and the Benadir regional administration to join the federal government in a meeting on March 22nd and 23rd, 2021 to conclude negotiations on electoral issues. The two-day conference which will be organized by Prime Minister’s Office is planned to take place on Monday and Tuesday at […]

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Somalia Started Vaccinating Its Population

On Monday, Minister of Health, Dr. Fawsiya Abikar Nur, accompanied by the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Mr. James Swan, received the delivery of 30,000 doses at the Aden-Ade airport in Mogadishu. Somalia received the first shipment of 1.2 million doses facilitated through the World Health Organization’s COVAX initiative. The AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, produced […]

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Conflict Erupts Between Wadajir Party And UPD

A conflict that erupts between Wadajir party and UPD has revealed there is a internal war within the loose Coalition of presidential candidates. Suspicion was there for a while and last week Dahir Mahamoud Gelle tried to rule out any rifts within their unofficial coalition and even accused the government for spreading those lies. Reports […]

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Deni Faces Reckoning in Puntland

Before Facing Farmajo, Deni Faces Reckoning in Puntland

The Halane compound, a heavily fortified compound in Somali’s capital, is preparing for a meeting between the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and regional leaders to sign the final deal on the federal elections, under the UN and foreign representatives watch. It took some time for Said Deni, the Puntland leader, to join […]

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Farmajo Calls Regional Leaders For 6th Meeting

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo calls regional leaders for 6th meeting to continue the talk and resolve the stalemate on the elections. President Farmajo, on March 22, 2021, convened a meeting to conclude the efforts and negotiations on electoral issues between the Federal Government of Somalia, the Regional Governments […]

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Tanzania: Magufuli May Have Died Of Covid-19 Says Opponent

Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Wednesday evening the death of President Magufuli, 61, officially due to heart problems, from which he had suffered for ten years. At the head of the country since 2015 and re-elected for a second term last October, the president had not appeared in public since February 27. […]

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Somali Sea claimed by Kenya

How Kenya’s Claim To Somalia’s Sea Could Backfire

On Sunday, Kenyan media reported about the withdrawal from the Maritime case now in front of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). However, Kenya’s claim to the Somali Sea is still intact and could backfire. The reasons for the withdrawal that the Kenyan administration had put forward are the challenges posed by COVID-19 (financial, mobility, […]

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