GOOBJOOG NEWS | LAMU: Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto have broken ground on a $16 billion oil refinery in Lamu, launching one of the largest planned…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Somalia is seeking to deepen the involvement of local banks in financing investment projects as it moves to close the gap between business opportunities identified by…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | NEW YORK: Somalia is facing mounting economic pressure from disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud saying the crisis has contributed to an…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Somalia’s parliament has begun reviewing proposed amendments to the law governing the Central Bank, as lawmakers examine changes that could affect monetary policy and the regulation…

Somalia is often recognized as one of Africa’s earliest democratic republics. In the years following independence in 1960, the country established representative institutions and experienced peaceful political rivalry between parties…

Aden Abdulle Osman, famously known as Aden Adde, was Somalia’s first president and the first African head of state to peacefully transfer power after losing a democratic election. He remains…

By Abdulkarim Abdulle Three years ago, decisions in Xarardheere were dictated by terrorist members. Today, they are determined by the voices of its own people. In January 2023, Somali forces…

By Aw DacarFor more than a decade, some security analysts based both inside and outside Somalia have consistently underestimated the resilience of the Somali people and the capabilities of the…