Sunday, July 19, 2026

Ayaan Abdullahi

Ayaan Abdullahi covers politics and security for Somalia Today. She is a Mogadishu-based journalist with over five years of experience.

Erdogan seeks to extend Turkey’s Somalia military mission

Ankara (Somalia Today) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked parliament to extend the deployment of Turkish forces in Somalia for another two...

Mamdani weighs Netanyahu arrest during New York UN visit

New York (Somalia Today) – New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration was examining whether it could arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

US military mission in Somalia ‘not worth it,’ report says

Washington (Somalia Today) — The United States should end its escalating military campaign in Somalia because neither Al-Shabaab nor the Islamic State affiliate in...

US transfers alleged Feeding Our Future suspect from Somalia

Minneapolis (Caasimada Online) – A man accused of playing a central role in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has arrived in...

Bush Institute warns against abrupt US pullback from Somalia

Dallas (Somalia Today) — A senior policy official at the George W. Bush Institute has urged the United States to maintain conditional security support...

Abiy blames Ethiopia’s loss of Red Sea access on internal divisions

Addis Ababa (Somalia Today)— Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday blamed his country’s loss of direct access to the Red Sea on internal...

Uganda ‘agrees in principle’ to join planned Gaza force

Kampala (Caasimada Online) — Uganda has agreed in principle to contribute personnel to a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza after a request from...

Why Farmaajo was shut out of Somalia’s opposition alliance

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Former Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, widely known as Farmaajo, was kept out of the country’s main opposition coalition after...

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