The Somali Digest

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On December 31, 2026, the United Nations Support Office in Somalia will stop bankrolling the African Union force that fights al-Shabaab. Washington sealed that fate in a July 1…

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On Tuesday, Puntland and Jubaland refused to join election talks that Turkish intelligence officials convened in Mogadishu. Both states rejected the Turkish mediation as one-sided.

A new study lays out how al-Shabaab turns humanitarian aid into a weapon of propaganda in Somalia. The report comes from the Hiraal Institute and the Centre on Armed Groups.

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Mogadishu is building attempting to build second center of power inside Puntland, according to Puntland and FGS officials. Mogadishu has been recruiting militias in Puntland with…

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The al-Shabaab offensive sweeping across central Somalia is not winning on firepower alone. It is winning on distraction.

KISMAYO, SOMALIA – Two of Somalia’s most powerful regional presidents have turned on Villa Somalia in the same week. They say President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is dismantling Somali federalism.

Dhusamareb, SOMALIA – The Galmudug state government accused the chairman of Somalia’s National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of actively campaigning for Villa Somalia’s handpicked…

Baidoa, SOMALIA – The Southwest State election on June 10 produced a result so lopsided it confirmed what critics had warned for months. Federal parliament speaker Adan Madobe won 88 votes to his…

Garowe, SOMALIA – Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni opened the latest session of Puntland’s parliament in Garowe with what amounts to a declaration of political war. In a sweeping address to…

Jerusalem/Hargeisa — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today announced his nation’s formal recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, accompanied by…

Mogadishu — Today’s local elections orchestrated by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration in Mogadishu witnessed citizens being marched to polling stations at gunpoint, with widespread…

Mogadishu, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is reportedly planning to visit Kismayo this week for a meeting with Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe, the very leader he criminalized, deployed…