[UN News] The political climate in Somalia is now more conducive to addressing key national priorities following the end of the "contentious" electoral process in May, UN Special Representative James Swan told the Security Council on Wednesday.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sacked the mayor of Mogadishu Omar Filish, and named Yusuf Hussein Jimale as his replacement.

[Shabelle] Following the end of the "contentious" electoral process in May, the political climate in Somalia is now more conducive to addressing key national priorities, UN Special Representative James Swan told the Security Council on Wednesday.

[Shabelle] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia rejected a bombshell report by its eTV on Wednesday that touches on the historic relationship with Somalia.

[Shabelle] The minister of interior of Somalia Ahmed Moalim Fiqi received the Ambassador of China FEI Shengchao at his office in Mogadishu on Wednesday.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has fired and replaced the mayor of the capital, Mogadishu, Omar Filish. Analysts say the president wanted to install his own ally in the capital, where Islamist militants killed...

[Shabelle] The United Nations Security Council held a closed-door meeting on the situation in Somalia today.

[Shabelle] At least one soldier was killed and nine others sustained wounds on Tuesday in a bomb blast at a bus station in Barawe, a coastal city in southern Somalia.

[Shabelle] The House of Representatives of Somaliland overwhelmingly approved the 3 members of the election committee, which they had previously rejected.

[Shabelle] At least one child has died and two others were wounded in a landmine explosion in central Somalia on Tuesday, local residents said.

[UN News] Somalia is at a "tipping point", with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN's highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned.

[DW] The fifth drought in as many years has brought Somalia to the brink, raising fears of a deadly famine. Hundreds of children have already died from severe acute malnutrition.

[USAID] The IPC Famine Review Committee released their projection that, in the absence of an urgent increase in humanitarian assistance, famine is expected to occur in Buur Hakaba and Baidoa districts of southern Somalia this year between October and...

[Shabelle] The Chief of the Somali Police Force, General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijaar has warned the public against seeking justice in Al-Shabaab's courts.

[Shabelle] The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in ...

[UN News] As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to Somalia than ever before.

[The New Humanitarian] Johannesburg -- 'This is the last minute of the eleventh hour to save lives.'

[Shabelle] Somali forces attacked the Al-Shabaab court following clashes in the Lower Shabelle region on Monday.

[Shabelle] Turkiye on Saturday condemned Friday's terror attack in Somalia that left at least 20 civilians dead.

[Shabelle] Ex-MP Mohamed Hassan Ibrahim (Qoone) was appointed to be the adviser on regional government relations for the president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

[Shabelle] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has appointed Ambassador Mohammed El-Amine Souef, of the Union of Comoros, as his Special Representative to Somalia and Head of the AU Transition Mission in Somalia ...

[VOA] Mogadishu -- United Nations Relief Chief Martin Griffiths has visited Somalia's South West state, the epicenter of the country's severe drought. That drought has already displaced more than 1 million people.

[Shabelle] The State of Qatar expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of an attack that targeted transport buses in the Hiran region, central Somalia, and led to deaths and injuries.

[DW] Four trucks carrying food relief and three minibuses were set ablaze. Authorities said al-Shabab has been intensifying attacks in the central Hiran region.

[Shabelle] The Minister of Interior Ahmed Moalin Fiqi a held meeting with members of the Independent Border and Federal Commission in the office today.

[Shabelle] Al-Shabaab carried out an attack early on Saturday morning in the Hiran region in central Somalia, which caused heavy losses.

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[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Authorities in Somalia's central region of Hiran say al-Shabab Islamist militants carried out deadly attacks against civilians in the region killing at least 22 people.

[Shabelle] The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths is in Somalia for a visit to see his own eyes on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the country.

[Shabelle] Al-Shabaab fighters have attacked a small town in the Galgadud region in central Somalia amid ongoing military operations against the militant group.