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The unprecedented ‘kidnapping’ of Nicolas Maduro

The kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, unprecedented in the world annals for both its method and execution, constitutes not only a military intervention...
Opinion

Israel’s Somaliland gambit raises stakes for Türkiye in Somalia

Israel’s reported recognition of Somaliland as a sovereign state has pushed Türkiye–Israel tensions into a new arena and placed Somalia at the center of...
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Mogadishu vote defies Al-Shabaab, blunts spoiler politics

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Mogadishu’s one-person, one-vote local election on Thursday mattered less for what it promised and more for what it demonstrated. Somalia...
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Somalia’s foreign affairs desperately needs new leadership

Something is not adding up at Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and diplomats around the world have started to notice. This is supposed to be...
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Op-Ed: Somalia President’s “process trap” could backfire

As Somalia’s political elite converged on the southern stronghold of Kismayo this week to issue a strict January 20 deadline to the federal government,...
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Op-Ed: Somalia opposition’s “No” strategy hits a dead end

Somalia’s opposition deserves credit for insisting on timely, consensus elections. Somalia has paid dearly when leaders treat electoral rules as optional. The Kismayo summit’s...
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Kismayo Hypocrisy: Somalia opposition’s selective legitimacy

Kismayo (Somalia Today) — Somalia’s political crisis deepened significantly on Wednesday as the country’s leading opposition figures converged on the southern port city of...
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Op-Ed | The Algerian outcome awaits Al-Shabaab in Somalia

Since the re-election of Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia in May 2022, his government has succeeded where all...
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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