As President Hassan Sheikh attends UNGA this week without a much-needed Jubaland deal, and amid mounting AUSSOM debt and Al-Shabaab advances, Villa Somalia’s diplomacy looks adrift nine months into its UNSC tenure. Read more in our latest #Somalia #SomaliWire: sahan.global/issues/the-som

Sahan's latest #SomaliWire unpacks the NSF's rejection of Villa Somalia’s splinter deal and the sustained electoral impasse with Jubaland and Puntland still excluded. The concerns over Mogadishu's flawed polls rumble on. #Somalia #Elections #Conflict Read more: sahan.global/issues/the-s...

Senator Ted Cruz urges the US government to recognise the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state ahead of a visit to Washington, DC by its President, Abdirahman 'Irro'. #Somaliland #Somalia

In our latest #SomaliWire, we unpack the possible consequences of the FGS's proposed closed-list, single constituency model. Excluding most of Somalia, the FGS OPOV plan presents as a democracy in name only. Read more: sahan.global/issues/the-s...

The Somali Wire this week looks at the fall of Moqokori to Al-Shabaab and its wider implications for the counterinsurgency campaign in central Somalia.

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Kenyan President William S. Ruto received Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi 'Irro' at State House, Nairobi, on 29 May 2025 to discuss strengthening relations between the two governments. #Somaliland #Kenya

The new “Justice and Solidarity Party” isn’t about justice, solidarity, or elections—it’s about Villa Somalia tightening its grip. Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook, #Somalia risks sliding from fragile federalism into one-man rule. Read more here:https://sahan.global/issues/sw-issue-819

Another indication of growing US interest in Somaliland, as the Chair of the House Select Committee on the CCP calls for a 'representative office' to be established in Hargeysa. #Somaliland #Somalia

The African Union mission in #Somalia is officially rebranded from #ATMIS to #AUSSOM, but the mission's future is uncertain. #Ethiopian forces remain in Somalia despite repeated demands from the FGS that they withdraw, Burundi will withdraw its troops, and funding has not yet been secured.

#Somalia's policy towards composition of the planned AU mission (AUSSOM) is now totally incoherent:
1) Ethiopia will not take part
2) Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and Burundi will provide the 11,900 troops required
3) Burundi will not participate
4) Ethiopia may participate since the Ankara Declaration

Al-Shabaab claims to have overrun a Somali National Army base at Xawaadley, 62km north of the capital, Mogadishu. #Somalia #AlShabaab

US statement on the inauguration of Somaliland President Abdirahman Cirro. #Somaliland #elections #democracy

Opposition leaders reject #Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's attempts to hijack the country's electoral system, unilaterally amend the Provisional Constitution, and dismantle federalism.

#UN Secretary General requests extension from UNSC for submission of plan for AUSSOM mission. 6 weeks before ATMIS expiry there is still no agreement on troop contributing countries, concept of operations, or funding. Prospects for #Somalia are grim.