Author: Mohamed Ali Jama

Ethiopia's democratic veneer

Abiy’s Ethiopia: Ballots in the Capital, Bullets in the Regions

Long before dawn broke over Addis Ababa on June 1, queues of voters had already formed outside polling stations across the Ethiopian capital.

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The African solution against terror menace

The African Solution: Why Somalia Is Looking to Burkina Faso to Fight Terror

The written message from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Burkina Faso’s interim leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, was brief but urgent: We face the same enemy. Let’s fight it together.

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Sudan’s War Without Borders

Sudan’s War Without Borders: Covert Alliances and a Shadow Conflict

As Sudan’s war enters its fourth year, what began as a hopeful popular uprising has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

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Iran War come to Somalia

War on Iran – Somalia’s Secret Flashpoint

While the world watches US and Israeli missiles streak toward Iranian targets, a quieter but equally consequential drama is unfolding 500 kilometres from Yemen’s coast—on the shores of northern Somalia.

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Israel's Somaliland Move Raises Proxy War Fears

Israel’s Somaliland Move Raises Proxy War Fears

On December 26, 2025, the State of Israel formally recognized the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent nation..

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Northeast State Map

The Dawn of a New Era: The Formation of Somalia’s North-East State

On July 30, 2025, a new chapter began in northern Somalia. Following a constitutional convention with 417 delegates in Las Anod, the former SSC-Khatumo state was officially renamed and expanded into the North-East State of Somalia..

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Turkish drone attack in Baqdaad

Turkish drone kills 22 civilians in Somalia in failed counterterrorism operation

On the evening of March 18, airstrikes carried out by drones operated by Turkish troops stationed in Somalia killed 22 civilians, including children, in a small village on the outskirts of Afgoye district in Lower Shabelle.

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MoU Protest in Mogadishu

Somali nation in unison to reject Ethiopia’ encroachment

Since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a memorandum of understanding on January 1 with Musa Bihi Abdi, the leader of the breakaway Somaliland region, the Somali nation reacted in unison by rejecting what it saw as yet another Ethiopian attempt to encroach on its territory. Even though street protests, meetings, online discussions and local […]

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PM Hamze Barre

US, UAE Pressure Somali President to sack PM for Calling Israel a Terrorist Organization

In a conference held in Mogadishu earlier this month, an visibly exasperated Hamze, leaving diplomatic language aside, decried the horrendous treatment of the Palestinian people, the barbaric mass killing and the blatant genocidal intent of the Zionist regime.

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Thank you Farmajo

Farmajo denounced government’s plan to tamper with the constitution

Former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, now in self-imposed exile in Turkey, made a rare entrance into Somalia’s federal politics to warn the nation about government’s plan to tamper with the constitution without any oversight. In his press release published on X (twitter) and Facebook, Farmajo denounced the actions of the current government aimed at unilaterally […]

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