Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s opposition coalition has reportedly presented the international community with a new electoral framework that could dramatically...
June 20, 2026
NEWS
Hassan Sheikh Cornered as Opposition Presents Viable Alternative to One-Person-One-Vote
Mogadishu (WDN) – For months, former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his allies dismissed Somalia’s opposition as a collection of...
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Unleashes Stunning Verbal Broadside Against Hassan Sheikh
Mogadishu (WDN)- Somalia’s political landscape witnessed another extraordinary moment as former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed launched one of his most...
Somaliland-Israel Business Forum Signals Deepening Ties as Somalia’s Political Crisis Fuels Fears Over the Country’s Future
Hargeisa/TEL AVIV(WDN) – In a development that is sending shockwaves through Somali political circles, Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro...
Puntland Bars Federal Forces, Deepening Political Rift with Mogadishu
Garowe (WDN) – Puntland has formally ordered that military personnel and vehicles operating under the authority of Somalia’s Federal Government...
Somalia Moves to Reopen Parliament Amid Growing Constitutional Dispute
Mogadishu (WDN) – The former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the leadership of Somalia’s House of the People have held...
Rwanda Welcomes 173 Evacuated Asylum Seekers as Humanitarian Lifeline Continues
Kigali (WDN) – Rwanda has received another group of vulnerable asylum seekers evacuated from Libya, through the Emergency Transit Mechanism...
Desperate Hostages Plead for Rescue as Somali Pirate Crisis Re-Emerges
Mogadishu (WDN) – A disturbing new video released by the crew of the hijacked tanker MT Honour 25 has laid...
ARTICLES
Somalia at a crossroads: Three decades of state reconstruction and Questions of monopoly of force
By Omar Abdi Shire Introduction Somalia remains one of the world’s fragile states. More than three decades after the collapse...
Democracy in Retreat: The Hollowing Out of Puntland’s Institutions and the Rule of Law
By Mohamed A Yasin Puntland was once celebrated as one of Somalia’s most successful political experiments. Established in 1998 amid...
Leadership, Accountability, and the Puntland Question: A Debate Triggered by the Vice President’s Remarks
By Yusuf Said Hersi Few political statements in Puntland have generated as much discussion in recent weeks as the remarks...
From proposal to Implementation: The legal, institutional, and civic architecture of Somalia’s two-year technocratic transition
By Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdi Hashi, PhD, CPA Somalia: The way forward: Fourteen years later– Phase II The first paper, Somalia:...
Somaliland Defies OIC, UN and Arab League with Jerusalem Embassy Opening
By Abdiqani Haji Abdi In a move likely to reverberate across the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, and the...
I Am Somali: Tall, and I Don’t Want to Be Hidden
By Eng Mohamed Ali Mirreh For years, Somalis living in the United States and Europe have found themselves in the...
The Rhetoric of “Civilizational Erasure”: Historical Distortion and Hyperbole in Contemporary Transatlantic Politics
By Buraale Xiniin Abstract This essay examines the growing intersection of right-wing populism, xenophobic rhetoric, and the manipulation of historical...
From Jerusalem to Mogadishu: Somaliland’s Diplomatic Offensive Highlights Somalia’s Political Paralysis
By Abdullahi A. Nor In a development that would have seemed almost unimaginable only a few years ago, Somaliland President...
WARAR
Beeraley ku nool Galgaduud oo wajahaya nolol xumo markii gubay beero ay ku tiirsanaayeen
(ERGO) – Cali Xasan Maalin mid ka mid ah xaasaskiisa iyo gabar uu dhalay oo sanad jir ah ayaa u...
Madaxweynihii Hore Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed oo Oggolaaday Dadaallada Xalraadinta Xiisadda Muqdisho
Muqdisho (WDN) – Madaxweynihii hore ee Soomaaliya, Shariif Sheekh Axmed, ayaa oggolaaday in uu ka guuro hoygii uu dhawaan ka...
Baydhabo oo Dagaal Kooban Ka Dib Degtay, Xilli Xiisadda Siyaasadeed ee Koonfur Galbeed Sii Kordhayso
Baydhabo (WDN) – Magaalada Baydhabo ayaa dib ugu soo laabatay deganaansho kaddib dagaal culus oo saaka aroortii ka qarxay gudaha...
Ciid Mubaarak- Ciid Wanaagsan
Bahda Tifatirka iyo qorayaasha WardheerNews, waxay halkan ugu soo gudbinayaan hambalyada munasibadda maalinta barakaysan ee Ciidul Adxa dhammaan ummadda mulimiintu...
Qoysaska macalimiin shaqo la’aan noqday oo Baydhabo ku wajahaya nolol xumo
(ERGO) – Nolol xumo ayay wajahayaan qoysaska 120 macalin oo wax ka dhigayay 8 iskuul oo ku yaallay xeryaha magaalada Baydhabo....
Wadahadalladii Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh iyo Madasha Mustaqbalka oo Ismariwaa ku Burburay
Muqdisho (WDN)- Shirkii u socday Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Madasha Mustaqbalka,oo ay garwadeen ka ahaayeen dowladaha Ingiriiska iyo Maraykanka, ayaa...
Burbur ganacsi iyo nolol xumo ka dhashay hakad ku yimid isticmaalka lacagta dalka
(ERGO) – Hakadka ku yimid isticmaalka lacagta shilinka soomaaliga ayaa nolol xumo biday qoyska Xabiibo Cabdiraxmaan Cali oo barakac ku...
Sahriif Xasan oo la sheegay in uu ku horeeyo Doorashada Koonfur Galbeed in kasta oo uu Aadan Madoobe Soo Baxayo
Baydhabo (WDN)- Wararka naga soo gaadhaya magaalada Baydhaba ayaa sheegaya in doorashiidii Qof iyo Cod, ee halka dhinac aheyd, ee...
MAQALLO
Maxay siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed uga heshiin Wwaayeen khilaafaadkooda?
W/Q Nuur Xasan Guure (Nuuradiin) Mar kasta oo khilaaf siyaasaddeed ka dhaco Soomaaliya, waxaa la sugaa diyaaradda dhexdhexaadinta shisheeye oo...
Marka Khilaaf Siyaasaddeed Isu Beddelo Su’aal Qaran
W/Q: Nuur Xasan Guure (Nuuradiin) Soomaaliya maanta kuma jirto muran doorasho keliya, khilaafkuna ma aha mid lagu xallin karo hadal...
Doorasho Sharciyadeeda, Tartankeeda iyo Farsamadeedu aan is waafaqsanayn natiijadeeda la ogyahay
W/Q: Xaliimo Ismaaciil Ibraahim (Xaliimo Yarey) Doorashooyin baal marsan sharciga iyo dastuurka dalka, oo uu Madaxweyne Xasan hadda ka wado...
Maku shaahaynaa kabixidda Imaaraadka opec & saamaynteeda Soomaalida?
W/Q: Mukhtar Qoransay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibedda ee Imaaraadka Carabta ayaa Talaadadii si rasmi ah u shaacisay in dalkoodu ka baxay...
ILAAHAY Dartii iyo Taariikhda Awgeed: Eedaymihii Cabdi Sheekh ee Mustafe iyo Waxaan u soo Joogey
WQ: H.A. Cumar Waxaan akhriyey qoraalkii uu qoray Cabdi Sheekh ee uu ku tilmaamayey dhibaato weyn oo ka jirta deegaanka...
Badbaadinta Dowladnimada Soomaaliya:Sharciyadda, Federaalka, iyo Halista Isbahaysiga Beelleed
W/Q Nuur Xasan Guure ( Nuuradiin) Dulucda maqaalka: Qoraalkani wuxuu falanqeynayaa halista sharci-darrada, federalism-ka sii daciifaya, iyo shirarka kooxeysan ee...
Editorials
HAJJ: EID AL ADHA
By WardheerNews Editorial “In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage...
Somalia’s Troubles at the EAC: A Non-Status Member
WardheerNews Editorial Somalia’s accession to the East African Community in 2023, is a significant step that brings economic growth and...
A war between Good and Evil: Confronting Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Discriminatory Political Agenda
WardheerNews editorial The recent racist barrage of insults by President Trump targeting Somalis and their lone member of the US...
Mogadishu: A Collective Somali City or A Clan Enclave?
WardheerNews Editorial The recent stream of clan bravados that Mogadishu belongs to one clan and asking others to leave and...
WardheerNews Endorses Omar Fatah and Zohran Mamdani
WardheerNews proudly endorses Minnesota State Senator Omar Fatah and New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidates for...
A Journey to Nowhere: Why so Many New Districts and Zonal Administrations in the Somali Region?
WardheerNews editorial The expansion and designation of new districts, zones, and cities into the structure of the Somali Regional State...
FEATURED
Opposition Unveils New Election Blueprint as International Community Prepares to Press Villa Somalia
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s opposition coalition has reportedly presented the international community with a new electoral framework that could dramatically...
Hassan Sheikh Cornered as Opposition Presents Viable Alternative to One-Person-One-Vote
Mogadishu (WDN) – For months, former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his allies dismissed Somalia’s opposition as a collection of...
Beeraley ku nool Galgaduud oo wajahaya nolol xumo markii gubay beero ay ku tiirsanaayeen
(ERGO) – Cali Xasan Maalin mid ka mid ah xaasaskiisa iyo gabar uu dhalay oo sanad jir ah ayaa u...
From proposal to Implementation: The legal, institutional, and civic architecture of Somalia’s two-year technocratic transition
By Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdi Hashi, PhD, CPA Somalia: The way forward: Fourteen years later– Phase II The first paper, Somalia:...
The missing layer: Somalia’s governance crisis
By Wilo Abdulle Somalia does not lack laws. It does not lack institutions, frameworks, or internationally drafted roadmaps. What it...
South West Presidential Candidate Withdraws Mid-Election While Adan Madobe’s Pre-Orchestrated Victory Holds
Baidoa (WDN) – As widely predicted, Adan Mohamed Nur “Madobe” who continues to cling to the position of Speaker of...
Outrage and Widespread Condemnation Over the Detention of a Disabled Father of Seven
Mogadishu (WDN)– The imprisonment of a disabled father of seven has sparked widespread public outrage and fierce condemnation, with many...
Puntland Crackdown on Dissent and Freedom of Assembly and Expression Amid Deepening Political Tensions with Mogadishu
Qardho (WDN)- Since his re-election as President of Puntland, President Said Abdullahi Deni has faced escalating public discontent amid worsening...
Somali soccer referee denied US entry, will miss World Cup debut
(Reuters) – The United States denied entry over the weekend to soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected...