By Jibril Jama Rafle
Since 2013, the relationship between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Jubaland administration has been shaped by tension,
mistrust, conflict, and repeated at…
Every year, DAESH/IS-Somalia secures millions of dollars, with financial assessments indicating that the group has accumulated more than $3 million since 2022 alone. Despite its relatively small size,…
By Maxamed Dhugad
Somalia’s political landscape has evolved through repeated cycles of contest and confrontation, where progress is constantly overshadowed by deliberate actions of a political class …
In a landmark move for women’s rights and national development, the Council of Ministers of the Federal Government of Somalia today approved the Draft Law Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), …
By ZAKARIA ABSHIR
“Dhaqan waa la dhaxlaa, mana dheeliyo” is a proverb among the Somalis that loosely translates to ‘culture is inherited and does not vanish.’ Such a saying may emphasize that, althou…
By Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Nor, Ph.D.
There was a time when unemployment and inflation existed mainly in economics textbooks, abstract forces illustrated by charts and curves. Today, they dominate fron…
When Hamza Abdi Barre walked into the Office of the Prime Minister on June 15, 2022, few Somalis predicted he would become one of the most steadying figures in the country’s modern political history. …
On November 10, 2025, Somalia experienced one of the most consequential digital exposures in its recent history. A group claiming to have compromised the country’s eVisa platform released sensitive pe…
On 06 November, the city of Mogadishu witnessed a historic and emotional homecoming as Sheikh Abdirashid Sheikh Ali Sufi one of Somalia’s most celebrated Qur’an reciters and scholars returned to the c…
By Mustafa Osman Farah
The origins of IS-Somalia lie in a schism within the Al-Qaeda-aligned Al-Shabaab in 2015. The group was founded by Sheikh Abdiqadir Mumin, a highly prominent emir and Islamic…
By Abdullahi Haji-Daud Warsame
The recurring tension between Somalia’s Federal Government (FGS) and the Federal Member States (FMS) has become a common feature of Somali politics. However, the rece…
Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo is set to return to Mogadishu after spending nearly a year and a half abroad. His comeback marks a major moment in Somalia’s tense political climate …
A three-day meeting of senior Somali political figures under the umbrella Somali Future Council (Golaha Mustaqbalka Soomaaliyeed) concluded in Nairobi on Wednesday, with the leaders issuing a strong c…
In a dramatic new twist from the corridors of Villa Somalia, Somali Stream can confirm that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has suspended three of his most trusted aides including close family membe…
It was a Sunday in January 2022. The explosion was absolute, a deafening roar of fire and shrapnel that ripped through the air at a busy road junction. A suicide bomber, a human weapon guided by hate,…
With the 2026 presidential election looming, a new political powerhouse has emerged from Somalia’s fragmented opposition: the Haybad Qaran (National Dignity) Alliance. This coalition, uniting ten of t…
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has appointed Abdinaasir Ahmed Bashir, popularly known as Saxansoxo, as the new Director of Communications and Spokesperson for the Office of the Prime Minister.…
For Abdirahim Nor, the Somali National Library (SNL) is not just a building; it is a promise. He still remembers the day he was recruited as one of the first of a new generation of staff after the civ…
Somalia’s opposition alliance, The Council for Somalia’s Future (Golaha Mustaqbalka Soomaaliya), is set to hold its first general conference in Kismayo before the end of 2025, marking what is termed a…
When a major terror attack leaves indelible physical and emotional scars, the path for most survivors is one of retreat and healing. But for Aamina Abukar Malaay, the 2022 Al-Shabaab siege of the Haya…
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia is expected to make an official visit to Algeria at the beginning of this week, a trip that raises as many questions as it promises a…
The brand new Somali drama, "Barni", is about to hit the world stage. This powerful film, which tells the emotional story of a lost young girl, is set to premiere at the Red Sea International Film Fes…
Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre of the Federal Government of Somalia today authorized the disbursement of budgetary funds to the Jubaland State Administration.
According to confirmed sources, Prime…
The Federal Government of Somalia has, for the first time ever, confirmed the information of aircraft departing from Bosaso Airport have been delivering large shipments to the countries of Chad, Niger…
A high-stakes political summit in Djibouti between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and a powerful bloc of opposition figures, including former Prime Ministers Abdi Farah Shirdon (Saacid), Hassa…
The forthcoming Minneapolis mayoral election, scheduled for November 4th, has evolved into a crucial political experiment, testing the city’s ideological trajectory and the rapidly escalating electora…
By: Abdulrazak Abduljalil Haji
You might be wondering why I am talking about elections, asking yourself, is this guy an election expert? You are right, I am not an election expert. But I am an expe…
Is President Hassan Sheikh buying time to stabilize Somalia or simply rewriting the clock to stay in power?
In Somalia’s fragile political theatre, history rarely ends; it merely repeats with new a…
Political temperatures are rising in Djibouti as the country’s ruling party, the Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès (RPP), prepares for a decisive extraordinary congress on November 8, while the …
By Somali Stream
In a country still emerging from decades of state collapse, Somalia’s democratic institutions remain nascent, fragile, and fragmented.
While elections are held and governments f…
By Hussein B. Gahnug
In the quiet coastal village of Madawa Island, where the waves once promised abundance, Zubayda Mohamed, a 55-year-old Somali Bajuni mother of six from Madawa Island, sits on a t…
When a nation speaks to the world, it does so through its diplomats. Every handshake, every speech at the UN, every negotiation behind closed doors, these are the mirrors through which a country is se…
MOGADISHU, Somalia – In a move of remarkable political foresight, Somalia has made its most definitive statement of intent since rejoining the community of nations. The election of its first nine memb…
In a landmark development for Somalia’s regional diplomacy, the Federal Parliament has launched the process to elect nine Members of Parliament to represent the country at the East African Legislative…
Legendary Somali aviator Asli Hassan Abade, Africa’s first female pilot, has expressed her overwhelming joy and lifelong dream to once again fly for Somali Airlines following news of the national carr…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, hosted H.E. Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (Gaas), former Prime Minister of Somalia and President of Puntland, and now serving as …
By: Abdulrazak Abduljalil Haji
Somalia’s National Transformation Plan (NTP), as claimed by Prime Minister Hamza, aspires to lay out a bold future for the country. But its 500 pages reveal more ambi…
An earthquake that struck Barahle Woreda in the northern zone of Ethiopia’s Afar Region last night has caused loss of life and significant damage to property, local officials confirmed.
According t…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns today that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls have forced the agency to reduce the …
As Hirshabelle marked its ninth anniversary since its founding, the celebrations sparked both pride and debate across Somalia. In towns across the Federal Member State and on social media platforms, p…
After a tense year of political and military brinkmanship, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has arrived in Kismayo, the capital of Jubbaland State, for long-awaited talks with regional leader Ah…
In a politically seismic move with the potential to reshape Somalia’s fragile federal balance, two of the country’s most powerful regional kingpins, Puntland’s President Said Abdullahi Deni and Jubala…
By: Abdinur Mohamed Ahmed
As he returned into his seat with calm poise, just as you would expect of a Garaad (elder), he ran his index and thumb fingers across his prayer beads a few times before res…
On 24th November 2023, the Heads of State of the East African Community admitted the Federal Republic of Somalia into the bloc, making it the EAC’s eighth partner state. After completing its ratificat…
Germany hosted the first-ever high-level climate talks in Mogadishu, a forum that connected Somalia’s climate crisis with peace and security challenges while putting community perspectives at the cent…
In recent days, the presidents of Puntland and Jubaland Federal Member States of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni and Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe), have been engaged in a series of closed-door meetings in…
In the heart of Somali capital, Mogadishu, a city reeling from over three decades of war, displacement, and institutional collapse; a new kind of conflict has taken root, one not waged by guns, but by…
Mogadishu is reeling from a violent showdown between government security forces and opposition leaders, a crisis that has exposed Somalia’s fragile politics and deepening mistrust between President Ha…
Fresh details are emerging about the planned visit of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and a section of the opposition figures of the somali salvation to Kismayo, the stronghold of Jubaland leader Ahme…
By Mohamed Dhugad
To the Honourable Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre, while your government celebrates its scorecard of service, a different story is being live…
