Local Defence Forces Neutralise Two Senior Al-Shabaab Commanders in Middle Shabelle
Mogadishu, (SONNA) — Local Community Forces in the Middle Shabelle region conducted two operations against Al-Shabaab terrorists in the Daaru-Nicma and Tawakal areas on 21 August 2…
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Government accounts receive a clean audit opinion for the first time
The Prime Minister told the Council of Ministers that the Office of the Auditor General has given the highest opinion available to the management of public finances, as the Ministry of Finance presented the 2025 annual accounts and growth of 3.1 percent.
Speaker chairs first Standing Committee session as legislative programme is set out
Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur briefed the Standing Committee on meetings with a committee representing opposition members, at his first weekly session in the chair, and told members to work for the unity of the house.
Somali audit office joins international working group on corruption and money laundering
Membership was confirmed at a meeting in Arusha of the body that writes the international standards for auditing public procurement, tracing stolen assets and detecting corruption in government spending.
Information Minister in Beijing as China-Africa media forum turns to artificial intelligence
Abdulfatah Kasim Mohamud is attending the seventh Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation, where the agenda covers content innovation, technology transfer and the use of artificial intelligence in broadcasting, and a joint declaration is to be issued.
Fifteen years since Erdoğan came to Mogadishu, and the accounting of what followed
Ministers, the Prime Minister, the Speaker and the Turkish Ambassador marked the anniversary in Mogadishu with figures rather than sentiment, from forty thousand hospital patients a month to a pasta line running inside a prison.
President Hassan Sheikh Receives Credentials from Seven Newly Appointed Ambassadors
Mogadishu, (SONNA) — The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud received the credentials of seven newly appointed ambassadors representing Algeria…
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Somalia Maintains Major Milestones in the War Against Terror and State-BuildingSomali Maintains Major Milestones in the War Against Terror and State-Building By Daud Aweis The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has embarked on a transformative journey, makin…
- •Somalia's Historic First Appearance at the EAC Heads of State Summit Marks a New Era of Regional Unity and Progress
- •Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi: The Potential Benefits of the Russia-Africa Partnership for Somalia
- •FM meets Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia
- •Official Statement on the Trilateral Summit between Somalia, Eritrea, and Egypt
The Fiscal Cannibalism of Africa: How Punitive Taxation is Driving Industrial Capital to Asia and The Case for A Somali Industrial RevolutionMOGADISHU, SONNA — The global race for manufacturing dominance is won on the spreadsheets of corporate chief financial officers, and right now, mainstream African fiscal policy is…
- •America's Tariff Weaponization: An Economic Analysis of 500% Tariffs and the Inevitable Bipolar Bifurcation
- •Somalia Unveils the Blueprint for a Modern and Sustainable Mogadishu
- •Djibouti Launches $57.4 Million Youth Entrepreneurship Project to Combat Climate Change
- •FM meets Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia
Two Colonies, One Nation: What History Teaches Us About Somali UnityA reflection on the colonial roots of Somalia's divided idea of statehood — and what the next generation must learn if unity is to be rebuilt on mutual respect.
- •The Shifting Continental Perspective: How African Media is Reassessing Somalia's Security and Leadership Trajectory
- •Al-Shabaab Mafia Inc.: The Groundbreaking Somali-Led Revelation That Shattered the Terrorist Group’s Secrecy
- •Navigating the Abyss: The collapse of the Somali State, adoption of federal system and Pathways to State-Building
- •Nation First, Politics Later: PM Hamza Appeals to Youth Amid Growing Political Tensions
How Somalia’s First Oil Strike Reshapes Global Energy and East African PowerMOGADISHU, SONNA — The traditional map of global energy is burning. From the enduring instability in Venezuela to the heavy supply restrictions born of the Russian embargo, the wor…
- • Ode to Yan’an: How a Song Inspired Chinese Youth During Wartime
- • Official Reopening of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives
Diaspora welcomes 'hero awards initiativeMinnesota, U.S(SONNA)-As the event of hero awards celeberation gets prepared, Some of Somalia diaspora intellectuals encouraged, the idea of promoting social hardworking figures fr…
- • Somalia’s Political Leaders Forge a Path to Democracy
- • VOS : Somali Hero Awards Will be held in Minneapolis
Students, Civil Servants, and the Quiet Rebuilding of Somali ExpertiseThe scholarships get the photographs. The quieter programme of professional training now moving through one Somali ministry after another may be doing the more immediate work, and together they are rebuilding something the war took away.
- • Official Reopening of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives
- • QFFD Signs MOU with Somalia's Ministry of Education to Provide Education to 57,000 Children
EAC News
East African States Rally Behind Kiswahili as Region Confronts Language's Place in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Burundi to Host World Swahili Language Day and KAKAMA Conference, Somalia Among Participating States
EAC Advances Development of a Regional Mobile Roaming Framework to Enhance Cross-Border Connectivity and Trade
Somalia’s Submarine Fiber Networks Ready to Power a Unified East African Marketplace
Articles
Somalia’s Most Valuable Chinese Tech Import Is Not a Model. It Is a Megawatt.
19 August 2026
Fast or Right? Somalia's Common Market Choice, and China's Fifteen-Year Answer
18 August 2026
Shenzhen Began With Sheds, and So Should Somalia
9 August 2026
Empathy as a prelude to treating post civil war Trauma and Depression
2 August 2026
Once a Man’s World, Now a Shared Space: Women Transform Mogadishu’s Fish Market
22 July 2026
Somalia and China Sign Zero-Tariff Fisheries Protocol, Boosting Blue Economy and Jobs:
17 July 2026
Somalia's Fight Against Al-Shabaab Is Bigger Than a Map
7 July 2026
The People Have Spoken: What Somalia's Independence Day Told the World About Who Somalis Really Are
2 July 2026
They Came in Peace: The Day Somalia's Military Showed Up for Its Children
25 June 2026Somalia At A Glance
Mogadishu is the largest city in Somalia and its nation's capital. Located in the coastal Banadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for millennia.
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Mogadishu is the largest city in Somalia and its nation's capital. Located in the coastal Banadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for millennia. As the seat of the Federal Government, it is the centre of Somali politics, commerce, and culture.
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- Politics
Mogadishu Hosts Federal Cabinet on Digital ID Rollout
Ministers reviewed nationwide registration targets as enrollment centres expand across Banadir.
- Economy
Port of Mogadishu Records Highest Monthly Cargo Throughput
Customs officials report a surge in container traffic linked to regional trade agreements.
- Security
Banadir Police Launch Community Policing Initiative
New patrol units aim to strengthen security coordination in commercial districts.
