National Correspondent

Inside the Battle That Has Put Somalia’s Military Strategy Under Scrutiny

Declassified National Correspondent - October 29, 2026

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The battle near Jameeca on Monday, 26 October, has raised urgent questions about the planning and...

Meet Liiban Shuluq, Somalia’s New Galmudug President With a Complex Past

English News National Correspondent - October 22, 2026

DHUSAMAREB, Somalia — Liiban Ahmed Hassan, widely known as Liiban Shuluq, has been elected president of Galmudug, placing a...

Exclusive: Public Land, Private Power — Inside Somalia’s Capital Land Grab

English News National Correspondent - October 10, 2026

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Disputed land transfers and forced evictions in Mogadishu are weakening public confidence in Somalia’s government and...

Somalia’s Baidoa Crisis Is Testing the Boundaries of Foreign Military Power

English News National Correspondent - October 3, 2026

MOGADISHU — Baidoa, the capital of Somalia’s South West State, has become the latest test of whether foreign security...

The Red Sea’s New Fault Line: Why Somalia Is in the Houthi Crosshairs

English News National Correspondent - September 14, 2026

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Houthi movement’s capture of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mokha and its advance onto Perim Island,...

Decoding the Doolow Strike: Somalia’s Political War Takes to the Skies

Declassified National Correspondent - September 5, 2026

DOOLOW, Somalia — Just before midnight on Thursday, an explosion ripped through the home of General Mahad Abdirahman Adan,...

Weapons, Money and Training: Inside the Houthi-Al-Shabaab Nexus

English News National Correspondent - September 2, 2026

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Yemen's Houthi movement and Somalia's al-Shabaab militant group have deepened cooperation across the Gulf of Aden, raising...

Soomaaliya iyo Al-Shabaab: Xiriirro Qarsoon iyo Loollan Awooddeed

Somali Updates National Correspondent - September 1, 2026

MUQDISHO — Dowladda Soomaaliya waxay wajahaysaa su’aalo sii kordhaya oo ku saabsan istaraatiijiyaddeeda la dagaallanka Al-Shabaab, iyadoo warbixin cusub...

The Double Game in Mogadishu: Al-Shabaab Contacts and the Fight for Power

Declassified National Correspondent - September 1, 2026

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabaab is entering a dangerous new phase. An investigation published on Tuesday by Africa...

Baaritaan: Shaabada Kooxaha Argagixisadda iyo Loollanka Koonfur Galbeed

Somali Updates National Correspondent - August 29, 2026

BAYDHABO, Soomaaliya — Xiisadda siyaasadeed iyo amni ee ka taagan Koonfur Galbeed ayaa sii xoogeysanaysa, iyadoo loollanka ku saabsan...

Somalia’s Dangerous Minefield: How the Terrorism Label Became Political Ammunition

Fact-Checks National Correspondent - August 27, 2026

BAIDOA, Somalia — The political and security crisis unfolding in Somalia’s South West State is increasingly being fought through...

The TikTok Diplomacy: How Beijing Is Recruiting Somali Voices

Declassified National Correspondent - August 20, 2026

MOGADISHU — China is expanding its campaign to shape public opinion in Somalia beyond diplomatic meetings, development projects and...