[Shabelle] Senator Abdi Hashi Abdullahi has been re-elected to the Upper House of the Federal Parliament, following today's election in Mogadishu.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Thousands of business owners in this breakaway region of Somalia have been left penniless after a massive fire swept through the sprawling Waheen market, engulfing hundreds of stores, stalls and restaurants.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU, Somalia (Sh.M.N) - Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdisaid Muse Ali, has survived an apparent assassination attempt on his life after an attack in Galkacyo town in central Somalia's Mudug region.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The Attorney General, Dr. Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud summoned the Somali Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed.

[Shabelle] A statement from the Supreme Court said that it has no jurisdiction over the Hop86 seat won by Fahad Yasin in the February election.

[The Conversation Africa] The African Union Mission in Somalia - (AMISOM) - has ended its 15-year political and military experiment in post-conflict state building. On 1 April 2022, a shift took place as the African Union Transition Mission in Somali...

[VOA] The Somali government and a U.S. company are locked in a dispute over the validity of an oil exploration agreement reached in February in Istanbul.

[Shabelle] Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has condemned the killing of Badal Jama Hirsi, a renowned poet, and traditional elder by unknown gunmen on Monday night.

[WFP] The World Food Programme urgently needs US$437 million to respond and save lives in the region over the next six months

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The President of the South West state of Somalia Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftgareen has arrived in Mogadishu today.

[DW] A mortar attack interrupted a parliamentary session in Somalia as the newly elected lawmakers were meeting in the heavily fortified compound. Somalia is trying to complete the process of choosing a new president.

[Shabelle] Doha: Qatar Fund for Development sent 45 tons of food aid baskets to assist 750 affected families in the Somaliland region, in order to address the difficult conditions as a result of drought, in addition to the fire that erupted in the ma...

[Shabelle] Somalia's parliament came under mortar fire on Monday as the country's newly elected lawmakers were meeting for only the second time since taking office, an attack claimed by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.

[Shabelle] A salvo of mortars struck outside the Somali parliament on Monday as the MPs of the Senate and Lower House concluded their first joint session.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The newly elected members of Somalia's Federal parliament have on Saturday convened their first session in Mogadishu to discuss the preparation of the election for the leadership of both houses.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The Russia and Ukraine conflict is having an impact on the situation in Somalia which is facing famine conditions, the United Nations agencies said.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The East African military intelligence institutions have agreed to work together on the security issue in the region.

[Shabelle] Somaliland -- In Hargeisa, more than 10 journalists remain behind bars for the fourth consecutive day after being arrested by security forces for reporting on a shootout at Hargeisa Central Prison.

[Shabelle] ADDIS ABABA [SMN] - The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia is expected to have a new leader in the coming days after the relationship between the host government and the head of the mission soured last week.

[VOA] More than 80% of Somalia's new parliament members were sworn in Thursday, following repeated poll delays and an ongoing feud between the president and the prime minister.

[The New Humanitarian] Kismayo -- 'Delay costs lives; an inability to mobilise resources - and respond in time - costs lives.'

[Shabelle] The security in Mogadishu was beefed up ahead of the swearing-in of the newly elected MPs is scheduled to take place this morning with roads closed.

[VOA] Police in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region arrested at least seven journalists Wednesday, including a VOA reporter, as they covered a prison scuffle in the region's capital, Hargeisa.

[CFR] Somali politicians use nationalism to evade political pressure that seeks to create a more accountable and effective state.

[Shabelle] The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns today's arrest of independent journalists and the raid on Horn Cable TV, an independent television station in Hargeisa by Somaliland police.

[UN News] The threat of famine is very real in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action is needed now to avoid a catastrophe, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.

[RFI] Drought and increasing food prices are putting millions of people in Somalia at risk of famine, several United Nations agencies have warned, and the country is not receiving the amount of aid it needs to address the crisis, as other global emer...

[DW] Officials say an ongoing drought in the East African country is the worst in a decade. Hundreds of thousands of children could starve if a famine sets in.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's first women-run radio and television outlet has opened in the capital, Mogadishu. United Nations-supported Bilan Media will produce content aimed at addressing issues affecting women and champion women's rights in the con...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States government has issued a bounty of up to USD 5 million for information on Mahad Karate, alias Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, a high-ranking member of Amniyat, Al-Shabab's intelligence and security wing.