By Somalia NewsroomIGAD officials meet with pro-Madobe elders and reps

Somalilandsun -Though the Somali government has been looking to lead the country's rebirth, the maturation of events in Kismayo has jeopardized Mogadishu's ability to take a leading role.

EUNAV Forces Arrest Suspected Pirates The Economist explains

Somalilandsun - ON MAY 10th pirate-busters celebrated the fact that one year had passed since a ship was successfully seized by Somali hijackers. Pirates have been attacking vessels passing the Horn of Africa since at least 2005, when they received a $315,000 ransom for Feisty Gas, a ship owned by a company in Hong Kong.

Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam takes oath of office as Jubaland President May 15 2013Somalilandsun – Somalis abroad and at home have been expressing their support for the new Jubaland state President elect Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed (Madoobe) as a Somali Federal Government (SFG) Minister rejected the elections, Garowe Online reports.

President Ahmed Madoobe of JubalandSomalilandsun—The election of Jubaland's "president"–a common title among regional heads in Somalia has been concluded to day in Kismayo.

Reliable sources within the Jubaland state formation conference in Kismayo has confirmed to us that Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as Ahmed Madobe was elected as the president of Jubaland state.

Backing Britain to bash the ShababThe new government in Mogadishu has yet to prove its mettle

Somalilandsun - AT THE end of the colonial era Somalia was arguably in ethnic terms the most homogeneous country in sub-Saharan Africa.

The nearest to it was probably Botswana, which is four-fifths Tswana—and turned out to be peaceful and prosperous, suggesting to some that countries populated and run by a single big tribe have a better chance of stability than those with a hotch-potch of smaller ones.

Some in Mogadishu see international Somalia meet-up as hopeful sign, while others remain sceptical it will bring change.

By: Hamza Mohamed/Aljazeera

Somalilandsun - An international conference on Somalia attended by representatives from 50 countries and organisations was held in London on Tuesday.

Soldiers gather at the scene of a suicide car bomb blast in Mogadishu Somalia on May 5 2013By: Indiatoday

Somalilandsun - A car bomb hit a convoy of cars carrying Qatari officials through the centre of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least eight Somalis, officials said.

Journalist Abdiaziz A Ibrahim after his release from prisonOn World Press Freedom Day, a Somali reporter offers a first person account of covering a dangerous beat.

By: Hamza Mohamed

Somalilandsun - After the death of many of our colleagues we in the media industry here in Somalia have developed a unique way of greeting each other.

"You are still a live?" One will ask with a smile.

Lockdown turns Mogadishu to a ghost townEditor

Somalilandsun – The Somali capital Mogadishu is in its third day of a security lockdown that makes the recent one in Boston look shallow in comparison.

Al-shabaab threatens to retaliate Puntland executions* Threat follows Puntland's execution of 13 alleged rebels

* Once calm autonomous region now vulnerable to al Shabaab

Somalilandsun - Al Qaeda-linked Somali militants who have dug into parts of the northern Puntland province pledged vengeance after authorities in the autonomous region executed 13 suspected Islamist rebels.