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Opinion

Opinion

Somalia’s opposition chose loyalty over principle in Baidoa

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) - Somalia’s opposition has spent months accusing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of unilateralism, constitutional overreach, and trying to bend the electoral...
Opinion

Op-Ed: Somalia turns the page on its constitutional limbo

For years, Somalis carried a quiet frustration. A country with one of the world’s oldest civilizations was living without a permanent constitution. Governments came...
Opinion

Ethiopia’s dilemma, Israel’s gamble, and Somalia’s path to stability

The Horn of Africa has seen its share of political gambles. Some fade quietly. Others reshape entire regions. What’s unfolding now around Ethiopia’s search...
Analysis

Somalia: New fault line in Turkey’s bitter rivalry with Israel

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has opened a volatile new fault line in an already tense strategic contest with Turkey, analysts...
Opinion

What must top the agenda in Somalia’s government–opposition talks

Mogadishu has seen many meetings. Some produced handshakes and headlines; others dissolved into accusations and deeper mistrust. The upcoming engagement between the Federal Government...
Opinion

Somalia’s political standoff and a letter that stops short

Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre’s letter of 19 January 2026, issued in response to an opposition communiqué, should be understood as a legal act...
Opinion

Somalia’s constitutional clash over UAE port agreements

A constitutional and political conflict is unfolding in Somalia that threatens the federal system. The Federal Government has annulled all agreements concluded with the...
Opinion

In recognizing Somaliland, Israel sets a dangerous precedent

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland — the northwest Somali region — as an independent country has marked a deliberate break with longstanding international practice. Announced outside the established...
Members of Somalia’s opposition alliance, the Somali Future Council, attend talks at Villa Somalia in Mogadishu.

Somalia’s opposition chose loyalty over principle in Baidoa

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an address in Mogadishu.

Op-Ed: Somalia turns the page on its constitutional limbo

Netanyahu and Abiy Ahmed speak after talks in Jerusalem

Ethiopia’s dilemma, Israel’s gamble, and Somalia’s path to stability

Composite image of Turkey’s Erdogan and Israel’s Netanyahu

Somalia: New fault line in Turkey’s bitter rivalry with Israel

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud meets with opposition leaders in Mogadishu on June 16, 2025, to discuss the country's ongoing political dispute over election laws.

What must top the agenda in Somalia’s government–opposition talks

Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre in his office in Mogadishu.

Somalia’s political standoff and a letter that stops short

A composite image shows (from left) Puntland regional President Said Abdullahi Deni, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Jubaland regional President Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe. (Somalia Today)

Somalia’s constitutional clash over UAE port agreements

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar meets Somaliland President Abdirahman Irro in Hargeisa.

In recognizing Somaliland, Israel sets a dangerous precedent

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges, in Manhattan

The unprecedented ‘kidnapping’ of Nicolas Maduro

Somaliland leader Abdirahman Irro and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Somaliland gambit raises stakes for Türkiye in Somalia

Mogadishu voters queue at a polling station

Mogadishu vote defies Al-Shabaab, blunts spoiler politics

Composite image of Ali Mohamed Omar, Abdisalamn Abdi Ali, and Isaq Mohamed Mursal

Somalia’s foreign affairs desperately needs new leadership

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud meets with opposition leaders in Mogadishu on June 16, 2025, to discuss the country's ongoing political dispute over election laws.

Op-Ed: Somalia President’s “process trap” could backfire

Somali opposition leaders stand at Kismayo conference closing

Op-Ed: Somalia opposition’s “No” strategy hits a dead end

Members of the Somali Future Council alliance, including state leaders, stand for picture taking during founding meeting in Nairobi.

Kismayo Hypocrisy: Somalia opposition’s selective legitimacy

Al-Shabaab fighters training south of Mogadishu in 2011

Op-Ed | The Algerian outcome awaits Al-Shabaab in Somalia

General view of Maka Al Mukarama Road in Mogadishu.

Op-Ed | Mogadishu votes, authority remains elsewhere

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters

Op-Ed | Trump disparages Somalis while America destroys their country

The White House in Washington, D.C., with dark clouds overhead.

Editorial: Somalia must take the U.S. NSS seriously to unlock its resources

Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House

Op-Ed | Trump attacks. Somali Americans answer with facts

Somalia and Morocco foreign ministers sign a cooperation agreement in Rabat on November 28, 2025.

Trying to please everyone, Somalia pleases no one

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters after the G20 summit in Johannesburg on November 23, 2025.

Op-Ed | How Türkiye can unlock an Ethiopia–Eritrea ports deal

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 21, 2024.

Op-Ed | How UAE meddling risks turning Somalia into the next Sudan

Illustration of a 'Data Leak' with computer figurines, symbolizing the Somalia e-visa data breach.

Op-Ed | Why the e-visa data breach won’t stop Somalia’s digital rise

Egyptian President El Sisi, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at a trilateral summit discussing Egypt's role in the Horn of Africa.

Op-Ed | Egypt in the Horn of Africa: Abdelatty sets out Cairo’s strategy

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose government is pursuing sea access, arrives at a BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.

Ethiopia’s sea access illusion: A dream that died before it reached the shore

An armed Somali pirate stands off the coast of Hobyo in 2010, watching a cargo ship anchored offshore, illustrating the threat Somali pirates pose to merchant shipping.

I helped defeat Somali Pirates. Here’s how to do it again

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