- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made a brief visit to Addis Ababa, where he held a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held talks with the Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Mr. Benjamin Dousa.
- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expressed condolences to the family, the Puntland community, and the Somali people on the death of former Puntland President Jama Ali Jama.
- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre closed the 35th Conference of Defense Ministers of East Africa held in Mogadishu.
- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre appointed Jamal Mohamed Hassan and Ayuub Ismail Yusuf as Minister of Trade and Minister of Public Works.
- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre participated in the commemorative ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Somalia and the People’s Republic of China, held in Mogadishu.
- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre attended the ceremony for the unveiling of the stage to commemorate Professor Shariif Salah Mohamed Ali at the Somali National University.
- The Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Somalia discussed amendments to the Central Bank Law of Somalia, the draft National Education Development Fund (NEDF), and proposed national defense, children’s rights, and family matters legislation.
- Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Salah Ahmed Jama attended a ceremony in which the new Minister of Trade and Industry assumed office from his predecessor.
- Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama has collected his voting card as the people of Mogadishu prepare for the local authorities’ elections.
- The Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hussein (Mungab) met with the British Ambassador to Somalia, Charles Nicholas King.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali opened a national-level workshop focused on Somalia’s accession to the Additional Protocols of the Geneva Conventions.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, hosted the Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Somalia, Mr. Fadl Ali Ahmed Al-Hanak.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, met the Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia, Mr. Antoine Grand.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, met the Ambassador of Ethiopia to Somalia, Mr. Suleiman Dedefo Woshe.
- The Minister of Defense, Ambassador Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, signed the Guiding Plan for implementing the 2025 agenda to strengthen protection of children affected by armed conflicts.
- The Minister of Defense, Ambassador Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, hosted the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. Hassan Omar Mohamed, who came to Mogadishu to participate in the 35th Conference of Defense Ministers of EASF member states.
- The Minister of Defense, Ambassador Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, hosted the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. James Swan.
- Somalia’s Minister of Finance Bihi Iman Ige welcomed the Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Mr. Benjamin Dousa, in Mogadishu.
- The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Prof. Salim Aliyow Ibrow, hosted a high-level delegation from Kozuva Group of Companies, including FAVORI, which manages Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport.
- The Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Mr. Ahmed Hassan Aden, signed a cooperation agreement with the Turkish company OYAK to implement a partnership and development agreement for sea production.
- The state minister for Defense, Omar Ali Abdi, welcomed the Djibouti Minister of Defense, Mr. Hassan Omar Mohamed in Mogadishu.
- The state minister for Defense, Omar Abdi Ali, opened the 35th ordinary session of the Defense and Security Chiefs Committee for East Africa’s Standby Brigade Force (EASF).
- The state minister for Defense, Omar Abdi Ali, welcomed the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Rwanda, Mr. Marizamunda Juvenal, in Mogadishu.
- Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Mohamud Ahmed Abdullahi participated in the second Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) summit in Marrakech, Morocco.
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Isaq Mohamud Mursal, on an official visit to Serbia, visited VISARIS, a leading radiography equipment company.
- Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mrs. Amina Hussein Ali, attended a conference in Beydhabo on expanding “Cobblestone” road construction projects.
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdi Hayir held the second consultative meeting in Mogadishu to review national procedures for Somalia’s food systems.
- The Chair of the National Elections and Borders Committee, Mr. Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan, opened a training in Mogadishu for nearly 90 Somali journalists, focusing on media conduct during elections.
- The Commander of the Somali National Army (SNA), Lieutenant General Odawa Yusuf Rage, chaired the 35th Ordinary session of the Defense and Security Chiefs Committee for East Africa’s Standby Force (EASF) in Mogadishu.
- The Commander of the Land Forces of the Somali National Army, Brig. General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, welcomed the Commander of the Army Ground Forces of the Republic of Rwanda, Major General Vincent Nyakarundi, in Mogadishu.
- The Somali Immigration and Citizenship Authority publicly released the Annual Performance Report for 2025, with the theme: Controlling Our Borders – Protecting Our People.
- The Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Kamal Dahir Gutale, launched a workshop on improving and developing the government’s legal framework to advance the laws of government agencies.
- The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Hamza Aden Hadow, hosted the ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to Somalia, Mr. Abdulrahman Khalil Ahmed Abakr Afandi.s
- The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Mr. Faysal Aden Hassan, participated in the 11th Conference of States Part of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC COSP 11).
- The National Intelligence Agency (NISA), with international partners, conducted military operations in Tardo district of Hiran Region, where nine members of Al-Shabab’s Kharijites Al-Shabab were eliminated.
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