🇸🇴 Somalia In power: LEFT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
29
Federal government / civilian state camp
Governing side
RIGHT
40
Al-Shabaab / Islamist-clan armed opposition
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to Somalia political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+18 / +58
Politicians
+18 / +73
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
August 2024
│
Al-Shabaab offensive and martyrdom / counter-terror rhetoric
April 2025
│
Clan-militia clashes and federal-force threat rhetoric
May 2026
│
Presidential-term expiry and opposition-militia rhetoric
June 2026
│
Mogadishu federal-vs-opposition militia clashes
September 2026
│
Clashes in South West State kill at least 23
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology