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UPDATE: Puntland has outlined four conditions for attending President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s national consultative conference, scheduled for June 15 in Mogadishu.

UPDATE: Fartun Ahmed Nur was shot and killed by soldiers during a home demolition operation in Elasha Biyaha, near Mogadishu. Her family says they won’t bury her until justice is served.

Former PM Hassan Ali Khaire calls it a tragedy that Somali youth, driven by hopelessness and government-created hardship, are dying en route to Europe — in the Mediterranean and Libyan desert.

Somalia seeks to disband the C6+ group - US, UK, EU, UN, IGAD and others - citing gains in sovereignty and reform. It says the platform is outdated and undermines national legitimacy.

Somali opposition voices concern over the gov’t's disengagement from international partners, warning Somalia is drifting into authoritarianism. They say shutting down dialogue and centralizing power risks deep crisis, and call for restoring inclusive governance.

UPDATE: India will open a visa facilitation center in Mogadishu, ending the need for Somalis to travel to Nairobi or Addis Ababa. Arun Kumar Chatterjee says this will ease access for students and medical travelers. Reported by Abdirisak Tuuryare from New Delhi. shabellemedia.com/india-to-bring…

UPDATE: A UAE-backed network of paid influencers tried to smear Somali delegation at the Geneva ILC. Reliable sources say a Somali politician with close UAE ties funded the disinformation campaign, paying $1,500–$2,000 per post. Here’s how it unfolded. shabellemedia.com/foreign-backed…

Somali traditional elders have welcomed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s meeting set for tomorrow, urging opposition leaders to join in the spirit of unity and national interest.

President Said Deni says funds meant for Somalia’s development projects are being misused in both Nairobi and Mogadishu.

UPDATE: Colonel Elmi Nur says Sanbalolshe handed over NISA leadership but withheld many files, despite all efforts to retrieve them.

UPDATE: A planned meeting between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and opposition leaders failed to take place and has been postponed.

President Said Deni welcomes the new opposition alliance, declaring the federal government has failed. He says if Somali politicians don't rescue the country, it risks division and fragmentation.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud claims Somalia is no longer as it was yesterday. He says decision-making rests solely with his government and urges Somalis to place their trust in its institutions.

Somali delegation, led by Labour Minister Yusuf Mohamed Adan, wrapped up a successful ILC 2025 in Geneva. Despite false political smears, Aden stands by his delegates and remains committed to decent work, dignity, and social justice. shabellemedia.com/somalia-conclu…

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud opens the National Consultative Forum in Mogadishu, warning foreign governments against encouraging Somalia’s fragmentation.

Sheikh Bashir says “Somalia belongs to all of us. But we see a government that doesn’t even trust itself.”

Former PM Ali Geddi says he invited Ethiopian troops to Mogadishu in 2006 to stop the Islamic Courts Union — a group he now claims has become “80% Al-Shabaab.”

Sheikh Somow says only those who blindly praised the government—right or wrong—were invited to the ongoing consultative talks in Mogadishu.

Politician Abdullahi Sheikh Hassan says once President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term ends, his authority will collapse: "No one will follow his orders—everyone will set up their own checkpoint in Mogadishu."

Somali MP Mohamed Dini warns of a return to the warlord era, saying, “We need the international community — they don’t need us.”