Kamal Gutale, chief of staff to Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, has been accused of benefiting from Swedish funds while helping negotiate the same aid package, according to an investigation by Sweden’s public broadcaster Sveriges Radio. The probe, aired on 18 December 2025 by the flagship news programme Ekot, revealed that Sweden redirected around 100…
Al Jazeera has revealed a critical security flaw in Somalia newly revamped electronic visa website, enabling unauthorised access to thousands of applicants’ sensitive personal data, including passport details, full names and birth dates. The discovery comes just a month after a major data breach hit the same system, raising fresh concerns over the government digital…
Somalia’s southwestern Jubaland region has declared full independence from the federal government, further weakening the country’s troubled federal structure. The announcement by Jubaland parliament speaker Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman reflects mounting opposition to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud government centralisation drive. Parliamentary declaration Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman told the 8th Annual Jubaland Health Conference in Kismayo that lawmakers…
US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on Somali immigrants, calling them “garbage” and vowing to remove them from the country as federal agents prepare a major deportation operation in Minnesota. Trump brands Somalis ‘garbage’ in fresh tirade Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said…
