Somalia’s New Rape-Journalist Row Adds to Government Pressure
Only 8 months after conclusion of the last infamous rape-journalist case, Somalia police reportedly arrested on defamation charges Radio Shabelle journalist Mohamed Bashir Hashi and a 19-year-old...
View ArticleSomalia PM’s Ouster: Sign of Institutional Success and Vulnerability
On 2 December 2013, the Somali parliament passed a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Said as 184 Ministers of Parliament (MPs) out of 250 present voted to oust the head of...
View ArticleSomalia’s New Cabinet – Between Constitution, Clan, Comrades, and Quality
On 21 January 2014, Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed’s new cabinet was approved by a large margin of Somalia’s parliament with 186 MPs voting in favor, 46 against, and 1 abstaining. Before...
View ArticleSocial Media Reactions to AMISOM’s Hit and Run in Mogadishu
On the morning of 28 January 2014, an AMISOM vehicle ran over a civilian on Maka al Mukarama road and left the scene in what African Union forces called a “tragic accident.” The man killed in the...
View ArticleSomalia Seeks Weapons Amid Gun-less Training In Kismayo and Clan Fighting
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently revealed the government bought weapons to bolster domestic forces and also asked for an extension to the one year partial relaxation of the 1992 arms...
View ArticleAs Somali MPs Battle Over Anti-PM Motion, Potential Successors’ Names Surface
In the last four days, two separate attempts by Somali Members of Parliament (MPs) to begin a debate to dismiss Prime Minister (PM) Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed under a controversial no-confidence motion has...
View ArticleAnalysis: Somali Prime Minister’s Cabinet Faces Difficult Challenges Ahead
On 12 January 2015, PM Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke’s new 60-member cabinet was announced after weeks of speculation about whether there would be fresh faces, or instead, the usual lot of Presidential...
View ArticleAs Somalis Peacefully Protest Against Charlie Hebdo, Al-Shabaab Urges More...
On 21 January 2015, al-Shabaab released a public statement praising the 7 January attack by the AQAP-connected Kouachi brothers in Paris at the offices of the provocative satirical magazine Charlie...
View ArticleSomalia’s Troubled Transition: Vision 2016 Revisited
The following is the Executive Summary from the Sahan report: SOMALIA’S TROUBLED TRANSITION: VISION 2016 REVISITED. To read the full report, click here. Somalia is politically in far better shape than...
View ArticleUPDATE: Somalia Discusses Complicated Next Steps for 2016 Elections
From 19-20 October, Somalia held the next phase of its National Consultative Forum (NCF) in order to determine an election format for 2016. The event came after international and Somali officials...
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