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Spotlight | Somalia
A year from election, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud faces looming isolation

Published on 11.06.2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 6 minutes

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in New York in September 2022. © Dave Sanders/The New York Times via REA

Dissident regions, the advance of Al-Shabaab, feigned national dialogue... The president's 2026 re-election campaign heralds a rocky road ahead. What's more a united front is taking shape, comprised of his two main opponents from Jubaland and Puntland.

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Spotlight | Somalia
A year from election, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud faces looming isolation

Dissident regions, the advance of Al-Shabaab, feigned national dialogue... The president's 2026 re-election campaign heralds a rocky road ahead. What's more a united front is taking shape, comprised of his two main opponents from Jubaland and Puntland.

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Spotlight | Somalia
A year from election, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud faces looming isolation

Ethiopia, Somalia
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Somalia
Djiboutian developer Al Nasri in charge of major road works in Galguduug

East Africa
Regional crises put brakes on East African federation project

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Behind Bosaso Airport, the UAE's key hub for supplying arms to Sudan

Somalia
Head of army escapes assassination attempt

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Somaliland president on visit to Kenya for diplomatic mission opening

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