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By Prof.  Abdi Ismail Samatar The supposed solution to more than three decades of civil war in Somalia is a tribal-based political scheme sanctioned by the African Union, the international community…

By   Dr Mohamud Uluso 13 February 2021:  On February 8, 2021, the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) descended into leadership crisis after the members of the federal parliament and president Farmajo…

By  Somalia is marking 30 years of conflict. Specifically, it’s marking the moment the government of President Siad Barre collapsed in January 1991, setting Somalia on a rapid path to…

By T. Roble GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Just when the country breathed a sigh of relief following Jubbaland and Puntland’s acceptance to drop electoral preconditions seemingly ending a gruesome circus, President Mohamed…

By    U.S. troops can’t be everywhere forever. But the Trump administration hasn’t made a good case for its recently announced withdrawal from Somalia in Northeast Africa. President Trump has…

By Nomathemba Mhlanga and Victoria Mwirichia The outbreak of COVID-19 has seen livelihoods disproportionally affected and the vulnerability of various sectors, key among them agriculture, exposed. Agriculture has been one…

By Amnesty International  The US military must not wash its hands of international legal obligations towards civilian victims of US air strikes in Somalia, Amnesty International said, following a Pentagon…

By JOHN VANDIVER | STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command is slated to get almost $40 million more than the Pentagon sought for it after lawmakers added funds to the headquarters’ budget,…

By Hassan Sheikh Mohamud In March 1977, Ethiopia and Somalia edged toward war over the region of Ogaden, which both claimed. Cuba’s revolutionary President Fidel Castro made a desperate dash…