By: Jama Mogadishu, SOMALIA  — Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi yesterday  delivered  inflammatory threats against political opposition figures, warning of military action if they defend themselves against government pressure while employing shocking antisemitic rhetoric, threatening military action that would make opposition members scream “are you Jews?”; language that strips away any remaining pretense of democratic governance from an administration that simultaneously claims to champion counter-terrorism while losing territory daily to Al-Shabab.

  By: Dalmar Mogadishu, SOMALIA  — Former Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble  today disclosed  that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud explicitly stated during recent meetings with the opposition that he neither interested in inclusive governance nor would he engage with Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe or Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni, declaring that his successor would be the one to deal with them, a statement that crystallizes the Federal Government’s systematic campaign to conduct national elections while excluding the two most stable and successful federal member states from the process. This disclosure, emerging from an opposition figure with intimate knowledge of federal decision-making processes, transforms suspected intentions into confirmed strategy. The president’s words represent a fundamental rejection of the federal compact that theoretically binds Somalia together. The implications cascade beyond immediate electoral concerns to questions of legi...

  By : Puntland Mirror Garowe-(Puntland Mirror) Puntland has released the MV Sea World, a ship that had been held at Bosaso port for the past two weeks for carrying weapons. In a statement issued Monday, the Puntland presidency said the decision came after the Turkish government provided documents proving the weapons on board belonged to them. The release followed a meeting in Bosaso between Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni and Turkey’s ambassador to Somalia, Alper Aktaş, who visited the city earlier today. The ship was seized by Puntland’s Maritime Police Force (PMPF) on July 18 in the Gulf of Aden and was later brought to Bosaso for investigation.