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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…

By Vanda Felbab-Brown      With many around the world focused on the dangerous military confrontation in Ethiopia, Somalia too is facing a triple security crisis that can jeopardize the…

 By Lisa Stadelbauer COVID-19 has radically changed the lives of each and every one of us over the past few months. At a time when we are faced with uncertainty,…

By  Ali Said Ali Since Somalia’s first interim President got elected in Djibouti after the civil war two decades ago, Somali Presidents have never had the pleasure of having to…