Somalia Cannot Borrow. China Has Been Offering Us Something Better.
The New Development Bank has approved forty-four billion dollars of projects, and for most developing countries that is the headline. For a country two years out of debt relief it is the one instrument we cannot touch. What has actually reached Somalia this year came from Beijing, cost us nothing, and appears nowhere on our balance sheet.
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Internal Security Minister Attends International Public Security Cooperation Forum in China
LIANYUNGANG, (SONNA) — The Minister of Internal Security of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (Fartaag), attended the opening of the 2026 Internationa…
The Foreign Minister Receives Ambassador of Türkiye on Farewell Courtesy Call
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Intergenerational Dialogue Forum on Peacebuilding and Governance Opens in Mogadishu
Mogadishu(SONNA)-The Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation is convening the Intergenerational Dialogue Forum on Peacebuilding and Governance in Mogadishu, bringi…
Information Minister Closes 2nd National Strategic Communication Forum in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, (SONNA) — The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Abdulfatah Qasim Mahmoud, on Tuesday concluded the 2nd National Str…
SoDMA Commissioner Meets FAO Representative on Flood Preparedness and Humanitarian Needs
Mogadishu, (SONNA) — The Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), H.E. Mahmoud Moallim, accompanied by the Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs and Women’s Affai…
SoDMA, Red Cross Launch AHEAD Initiative to Strengthen Early Disaster Action
Mogadishu, (SONNA) — The Deputy Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Dr. Ahmed Abdi Adan, and the Country Director of the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRC…
World News
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
Twenty-Two Million Speakers, Sixty-Two Million Words
22 August 2026
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 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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Banadir
- 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.
