Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

Since early February, Somaliland, a small self-declared republic in East Africa, has found itself engaged in open conflict along its borders. In Las Anod, a town in the territory’s southeast, local protests broke out in December 2022 over increased insecurity. They eventually escalated into an armed confrontation after the Somaliland army cracked down violently on […]

The long-running drama over the reform of UkrOboronProm, Ukraine’s problematic state-owned defense production giant, is seeing a new round amid Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of the country. Ukrainian soldiers load ammunition into tanks on the front line near the towns of Vuhledar and Mariinka in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 14, 2023. (Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via […]

Summary US Embassy in Somalia said Puntland had been asked to get back in the NCC. Deni who is supposed to be in office until January 2024, has argued Puntland can pull off one-person-one-vote. When Puntland tried the universal suffrage for local council elections in 2021, some associations boycotted citing malpractices Puntland State President Said […]

Israel faced massive overnight protests as opposition against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary faced mounting opposition Monday. Protesters hold an Israeli flag as they gather around a bonfire during an anti-government rally , Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2023. (AFP Photo) The growing resistance to the plan came hours after tens […]

One Russian submarine equipped with four Kalibr-type cruise missiles is remaining on combat duty in the Black Sea The relevant statement was made by Head of the United Coordinating Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk during a nationwide telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Firstly, nature is on our side again, the weather […]

BANGKOK (AP) — The United States denied Chinese claims Thursday that its military had driven away an American guided-missile destroyer from operating around disputed islands in the South China Sea as tensions rise in the region between the two powers. In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG […]

Editor’s Note: The Ukrainian soldiers featured in this article don’t share their family names for security reasons. Soldiers are seen during a demonstration flight of a drone handed over to them by volunteers in Zaporizhzhia, äsoutheastern Ukraine. (Dmytro Smoliyenko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images) ZAPORIZHZHIA OBLAST –  A couple of running gray silhouettes appear […]

The Ramadan crescent moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday evening, meaning the holy month will officially begin on Thursday instead of Wednesday. An official looks through a telescope for the sighting of the new moon for the start of the Muslimfasting month of Ramadan at a religious boarding school in Jakarta. (File photo: […]

Fierce battles are ongoing in the southern and northern parts of Bakhmut; the Russian invaders are conducting offensive actions in the Avdiivka direction with the aim of establishing control over Avdiivka and Marinka. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in an evening update published on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. “The Russian Federation […]

As needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for US$116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking safety in an extremely remote area of Ethiopia’s Somali region. Somali refugees sit near a makeshift shelter after crossing the border into Ethiopia’s Somali region to escape recent clashes. […]