Somalia Energy Ministry Claims Free Power for 335 Facilities

On 24 November 2025, Goobjoog News reported that Somalia's Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, working with unnamed international development partners, had provided free electricity to 335 public facilities across the country, including health centres, schools and universities. The claim is attributed to the ministry, not independently verified by SCR or the Ministry of Communications and Technology.

According to the same report, Energy Minister Abdullahi Bidhaan Warsame toured several education institutions benefiting from the programme, including Somali National University, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education, and several schools in Mogadishu. The report does not give the date of that tour.

Ministry officials, via Goobjoog News, said the initiative is designed to strengthen essential public services through reliable and affordable power supply, particularly in the health and education sectors, which they said continue to face high operating costs and infrastructure gaps.

The report does not state the international development partners involved, the funding amount or budget of the programme, or the facility-type breakdown across health centres, schools and universities. It does not establish whether the 335 facilities are fully connected and energised or only counted. It does not provide a regional distribution beyond the Mogadishu sites named, and it places the programme across the country without state-level detail.

Minister Warsame is the only official named in the report, which attributes design intent and sector-cost statements to unnamed ministry officials.

As of the report's filing date, the status of the listed facilities has not been independently confirmed. The report does not establish whether the programme began, whether it is complete, or whether it has continued beyond the announcement. It does not say what has happened since 24 November 2025.