[Shabelle] Shabelle Media Network [SMN], a leading and mega privately-owned radio and TV is celebrating 20 years of existence on Somalia airwaves.

[VOA] Somali lawmakers have set May 15th as the date they will select the country's next president.

[Shabelle] Somalia's presidential election, which has been delayed for several months, will be held on May 15, according to a joint parliamentary committee tasked with preparations for the poll.

[State Department] The United States stands with Burundi in the face of al-Shabab's May 3 attack on Burundian soldiers serving at the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) base in Ceel-Baraf, Somalia. Our heartfelt condolences go out to...

[Shabelle] GAROWE [SMN] - Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman Karaash said in a statement that he had fired Finance Minister Hassan Shire Abgal, Interior Minister Mohamed Abdirahman Dhabanad, and Security Minister Abdisamed Galan.

[Shabelle] A Beltzhoover man pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in the fatal attack on a Z Trip cab driver five years ago.

[VOA] At least 30 Burundian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in Tuesday's attack by al-Shabab militants on an African Union base in southern Somalia, according to a Burundian official.

[Shabelle] DJIBOUTI [SMN] - The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, strongly condemns yesterday's terrorist attack on the base of the Burundian forces of the African Union peacekeepers in...

[Shabelle] The State of Qatar has expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack that targeted a camp of the African Union Mission in southern Somalia, which resulted in deaths.

[Shabelle] Addis Ababa, 3 May 2022. The Chairperson of the Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack perpetrated by Al Shabaab militants against an African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) b...

[VOA] Al-Shabab fighters stormed an African Union military base in the village of El-Baraf in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region early Tuesday, local officials and security sources say.

[Shabelle] While the journalism industry in Somalia has become deft and vigilant about physical attacks against journalists, the same sense of importance is needed to address a rise in online attacks. The digital environment has brought new and targe...

[Shabelle] On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the United Nations in Somalia emphasizes the vital role that the country's media play in Somali society and the need to ensure their ability to carry out their work safely and freely.

[Shabelle] JOWHAR (SMN) - Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday morning launched an attack on a Burundian military base under ATMIS in El Baraf area of the Middle Shabelle region.

[Shabelle] Mohamed Hussein Roble, Somali PM has held a meeting with the new senate speaker Abdi Hashi Abdullahi in Mogadishu, the OPM said.

[Shabelle] The 7th president of Somalia Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has been elected as a new member of the recently sworn in national assembly.

[Shabelle] The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has handed over weapons captured during operations against Al-Shabaab to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS).

[Shabelle] Somali workers under the aegis of the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU), on Sunday, issued a strong message that the decimation of workplaces particularly in the informal economy, retrenchments, wage cuts and various labour violati...

[Shabelle] The US-trained elite DANAB Commandos carried out anti-al-Shabaab operations in the Bay and Lower Shabelle regions in southern Somalia.

[Shabelle] The traditional elders of the Abtisame tribe, which belongs to the Lower House's HOP135 seat have accused the president of HirShabelle state Ali Guudlaawe of planning to hijack the election.

[MSF] Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern in Somalia, where an increase in cases year over year is causing a high death rate and disease burden. Limited awareness of the disease, long distances to health facilities and the use of tradi...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The United States has congratulated the newly elected leaders of Somalia's parliament as they assume their responsibilities at this critical time.

[Shabelle] The Government of Somalia announces the reopening of its Embassy in Rwanda, in accordance with an agreement signed on 26 January by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia, HE Abdisaid Muse Ali and his Rwan...

[Shabelle] Lawmaker Sadia Haji Samatar won the election of the First Deputy Speaker of the 11th Federal parliament with 137 votes.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Adan Nuur Madobe made a comeback as speaker of Parliament Wednesday night following his ouster from the same seat in 2010. His election was seen as a victory for the opposition, which marshaled forces to defeat Hassan Abdi...

[Ghanaian Times] About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia in the first three months, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.

[Shabelle] JOWHAR [SMN] - An explosion was reported in the vicinity of Jowhar, Middle Shabelle regional capital targeting African Union forces serving with the ATMIS mission.

[Shabelle] The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has congratulated Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) on his election as Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

[Shabelle] The MPs of the Lower House unanimously voted to elect Sheikh Aden Madobe as the new speaker in an election held in Mogadishu on Wednesday night.

[VOA] Somalia's election process faced new delays Wednesday as the president and prime minister clashed publicly over election security procedures ahead of a planned parliamentary leadership vote in the capital.