Mogadishu Evictions Continue as Minister’s Resettlement Promise Faces Public Ridicule

Causes of Sunday’s Planned Anti-Government Protests in Mogadishu

Saturday May 9, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s opposition-backed Somali Future Council said Saturday that it will move ahead with Sunday’s demonstrations over forced evictions and demolitions in Mogadishu, brushing aside government demands that the protest be confined to one official venue. The council said the rallies would remain peaceful and would unfold across districts […]

Somalia Opposition Announces Protest Against Alleged Land Seizures in Mogadishu – Somali Dispatch

MOGADISHU (SD) – Opposition politicians in Mogadishu have announced plans for a public protest scheduled to begin at 7:00 AM tomorrow, amid growing anger over alleged forced evictions and demolitions affecting residents in the Somali capital. The opposition called on displaced residents to gather in areas where demolitions have taken place and to publicly express their grievances over what they described as land grabbing and government oppressio…

Somali opposition groups insist on that demonstrations will take place tomorrow to protest against the evictions of Mogadishu residents.

Somalia’s opposition groups held a meeting in Mogadishu today and expressed their insistence that peaceful demonstrations will take place tomorrow. They will be protesting against the ongoing evictions and demolitions in the capital, accusing the Somali Federal government of forcibly evicting local residents from their settlements. Senator Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, one of the politicians leading the protests, stated that the demonstrations …

Mogadishu Evictions Continue as Minister’s Resettlement Promise Faces Public Ridicule

Mogadishu (WDN) – Somalia’s Federal Minister of Public Works and Housing, Ayuub Ismaaciil, came before state television on Friday morning declaring that the government was preparing a major resettlement plan for families displaced by the ongoing demolitions across Mogadishu. But on the ground, bulldozers were still tearing through poor neighborhoods as the minister spoke. The government claims it intends to resettle nearly 10,000 families allege…