Inside his office at Villa Somalia, he has a large portrait of Aden Abdulle Osman positioned directly in his line of sight. Osman was the first president of an independent Somalia, elected in 1960.

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Jubaland leader Ahmed Madobe, previously allies in the nation's political ...

This comes as President Ahmed Madobe rejects Villa Somalia’s unconstitutional term extension plan for regional leaders. The move sets the stage for clashes over Hassan Sheikh’s contested ...

In Halgan iyo Hagardaamo, published in 2012, the former President of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, argued that Ethiopia… ...

When the President of Jubaland State, Ahmed Mohamed Islam, left Mogadishu after disagreements over the electoral model… Sii ...

has levied allegations against Somalia Villa, the country's Presidential Palace, claiming it is funding a social media campaign intended to undermine President Ahmed Madobe's reputation. Hiis ...

The conduct of the current Somali president raises troubling comparisons to that of a warlord. President Hassan has not only ...

The area is close to Villa Somalia, the official presidential residence. The jihadist group has carried out numerous bombings in the city and other parts of Somalia over the last 17 years.

aiming to discuss the volatile political situation in Somalia and its effects on the region. This call follows a similar move by Puntland's administration to convene its parliamentarians in Garowe ...

These include those in the Villa Somalia neighbourhood of Mogadishu, where the government is based, and those in the cities of Bossasso and Jowhar, and to a lesser extent Kismayo and Baidoa ...