(ERGO) – Fighting between government forces and Al-Shabaab in southeastern Mudug, central Somalia, has caused havoc for civilian populations over the...

6 days ago · WardheerNews.com is an online Somali magazine launched on November 23, 2004. WardheerNews.com was created at a time when information about the Horn of Africa, in general, and Somalia, in particular, was limited, scarce and one-sided.

1 day ago · Mogadishu (WDN) – There are numerous allegations and counter-allegations between Federal MPs, former officials from Somalia’s Federal Member States and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration. These allegations center on accusations of political interference, security failures, and ...

1 day ago · Badhan, Sanaag, Somalia—From February 23 to March 11, 2025, a consultative conference on the self-determination of the Maakhir region was held in Badhan.The conference brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including politicians, traditional elders, intellectuals, scholars, youth representatives, women’s groups, media professionals, and cultural

Mar 9, 2025 · ISTANBUL– Sudan filed a case Wednesday against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for being “complicit in the genocide on the Masalit” in West Darfur through its “direction of and provision of extensive financial, political, and military support for the rebel RSF militia.”

2 days ago · NAIROBI (Reuters) – Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the tensions have warned, risking another humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa. Direct clashes between two of Africa’s largest armies would signal ...

6 days ago · (ERGO) – Fighting between government forces and Al-Shabaab in southeastern Mudug, central Somalia, has caused havoc for civilian populations over the past two months, causing hundreds to flee to camps lacking basic services. More than 230 families have joined Somaliweyn camp in Harhar since 5 January 2025, when conflict stepped up. Ubax Salad Sabriye’s family of seven, who once relied on ...

Mar 3, 2025 · By WardheerNews The Somali government, under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has escalated its war on free speech with a deliberate and aggressive campaign to silence all dissenting voices. On March 1, 2025, the crackdown claimed its first casualty when Ali Adan Mumin, a well-known political commentator and journalist, was arrested on baseless charges of “threatening...

Mar 8, 2025 · CAIRO (AP) — At least two people have died and 186 others are missing after four boats carrying migrants from Africa capsized overnight in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, the U.N.’s migration agency said on Friday.

3 days ago · (ERGO) – Conflict between Puntland forces and the terrorist group Islamic State, or Daesh, is preventing local farmers in Bari region from accessing their frankincense trees, whose harvests they depend on for a living. Around 2,500 rural families who trade in frankincense have been facing severe hardships since last December when the war stepped up.