[East African] Somalia's opposition groups are demanding an investigation into an incident in which prison guards fired at a convoy carrying former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu.

[Nation] James Richard Crawford, one of the judges who heard the case between Somalia and Kenya at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has died.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Federation of Somali Journalists has launched a campaign to combat the spread of false information, fake news, hate speech and propaganda. The federation says Somalia is already seeing a huge spike in social media misi...

[Nation] The continual public spat between Somalia and Kenya may make it look like these are countries with little in common, yet a deeper look at their history shows they are tied at the hip.

[VOA] Washington/Hargeisa -- Polling stations have opened in the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland as voters go to the polls to elect their parliamentary and local representatives.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye has cautioned that an uncoordinated withdrawal of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) could reverse gains achieved so far in restoring peace and security in the region.

[East African] The political agreement signed in Somalia this past heralds not just a new democratic dawn but also one of equity and inclusivity by raising the quota of women in the formal political space to at least a third of the bicameral federal ...

[Nation] Kenya has warned foreign diplomatic missions including the United Nations that they risk being stopped from flying into and out of Somalia from Nairobi.

[Daily Maverick] Somalilanders go to the polls to boost their claim for independence.

[UN News] The Security Council welcomed the agreement reached on Thursday by the Somali federal government and the federal member states leaders on the implementation of the 17 September Electoral Model.

[East African] Somalia's political stakeholders on Thursday signed a definitive agreement that paves the way for the country to hold indirect elections, likely before August this year.

[East African] Somalia's key stakeholders ended their fourth day of talks in the capital Mogadishu with the strongest hint that a political deal will be reached by Thursday.

[State Department] The United States welcomes the May 27 agreement between Somalia's national and Federal Member State leaders to proceed with parliamentary and presidential elections on the basis of the September 17, 2020, framework. We commend Prim...

[VOA] Washington -- Political leaders in Somalia agreed Thursday on a framework for long-delayed national elections, hoping to avert a crisis that could push the fragile Horn of Africa country into political violence.

[CPJ] On May 16, 2021, two police officers in the Bondere district of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, assaulted and threatened Fardowso Mohamud Sahal, a reporter, anchor, and producer with the privately owned broadcaster Radio Kulmiye, according t...

[Nation] Lawyers representing the family of deceased Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed have written to the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking an independent investigation into his murder.

[Nation] The slain Somali-American businessman, Mohamud Bashir Mohamed, transferred huge sums of money to Somalia to finance his multiple real estate projects, a senior manager of one of his key companies has said.

[UN News] A summit involving leaders of Somalia's political factions is underway in Mogadishu, a welcome relief after months of escalating tension, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, expressing hope that a con...

[Nation] The family of the late Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamoud wants an inquest into his death, after a post-mortem conducted yesterday revealed he was strangled.

[Nairobi News] Somali businessman Bashir Mohammed died from strangulation; postmortem results have revealed.

[Nation] Just who was this man, the slain Mohamud Bashir Mohamed, and who so badly wanted him dead?

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed, whose mutilated body was discovered in Kirinyaga a week after disappearing, died from bare hand strangulation according to an autopsy report released on Monday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Missing Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mohamud was on Saturday found dead a week after he went missing.

[East African] The self-declared Republic of Somaliland marked 30 years of self-rule with festivities in the capital Hargeisa.

[Citizen] Somali leaders will meet on Saturday in Mogadishu to discuss the electoral calendar.

[Nation] Somali leaders will meet on Saturday in Mogadishu to discuss the electoral calendar.

[East African] Former Ghanaian President John Mahama has quit his role as African Union's High Representative to Somalia, more than a week after Mogadishu rejected his deployment, citing bias.

[DW] For close to six months, diplomatic ties between Kenya and Somalia seemed headed for disaster. Mogadishu reached out, and Nairobi responded positively. But underneath, huge differences remain.

[Nation] Is somebody holding Somali-American businessman Mohamud Bashir Mohammed, alias Bashir, and if so, for what reasons?

[African Arguments] 30 years after declaring independence, Somaliland is still at the margins of the international system despite its considerable successes.