Women’s Football: Mogadishu Barracks won the 2026 CDS Abuja Military Barracks Youth Sports Championship women’s title, edging NAF Base Bill Clinton 2-2 in regulation before a 4-2 penalty shoot-out. Diplomacy & Peacebuilding: Puntland religious leaders launched a mediation push between Somaliland and Northeastern administration, proposing prisoner exchanges, troop withdrawals, and reopening trade and civilian movement after Las Anod-era fighting. Somalia–Kenya Paperwork Tensions: Somalia’s Second Deputy PM Jibril Abdirashid Haji surrendered his Kenyan passport, ID card, and birth certificate in Mogadishu following President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s directive amid scrutiny over officials’ travel documents. Regional Integration & Trade: Somalia signed the AfCFTA into law and held a Mogadishu workshop on turning market access into real export gains by improving production, standards, and border efficiency. Humanitarian Protection: The EU announced €1m for legal protection in Yemen for nearly 13,000 refugees and asylum seekers, including child protection and support for survivors of gender-based violence. TPS Politics in the US: A US judge again blocked efforts to end Temporary Protected Status for Somali migrants, while lawmakers moved toward impeachment proceedings against the judge.