Ilyas Osman Lugatoor Says Puntland Will Not Secede and Puts the Rumour on Mogadishu

A Ugandan AUSSOM commander addresses Somali soldiers at Bariire in Lower Shabelle after its capture in August 2025, upriver from Jannaale

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab fighters launched a heavy attack on a government base at Jannaale on the night of Thursday ...

Somali Air Force officers receive the Pakistan Air Force delegation in Mogadishu on 19 September, three weeks before the latest JF-17 report

Pakistan’s JF-17 Sale to Somalia Is Reported a Third Time With No Contract Published

by Jama

October 9, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A Turkish outlet reported on Wednesday 7 October that Somalia had reached an agreement with Pakistan to ...

Macawisley clan fighters in Hiiraan, the militias the Mahaas agreement bars from Hawadle areas as federal troops fight al-Shabaab at Hees

Federal Troops and Al-Shabaab Fight at Hees Six Days After the Mahaas Agreement

by Dalmar

October 9, 2026

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Federal troops and al-Shabaab fighters fought with heavy and light weapons on the morning of Friday 9 ...

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the former president, speaking in Mogadishu

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Returns From Abu Dhabi and Accuses Villa Somalia of Preparing War on the Opposition

by Jama

October 8, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said on Wednesday 7 October, back from three days in the ...

New buildings at the Warsheikh spaceport site in Middle Shabelle, photographed during the Turkish ambassador's visit reported on 6 October 2026

Turkiye’s Ambassador Inspects Warsheikh as Mogadishu Publishes No Terms

by Dalmar

October 7, 2026

WARSHEIKH, SOMALIA – Turkiye's ambassador to Somalia, Ferhat Alkan, and the commander of the Turkish Task Force in Somalia walked ...

NISA headquarters in Mogadishu; the agency says an operation in Jilib on 1 October killed a former head of al-Shabaab's Amniyat

NISA Says It Killed the Amniyat Chief Behind Zoobe in Jilib

by Jama

October 7, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said on Tuesday 6 October that its forces, working with ...

Doolow security forces and Jubaland Darawish lined up for inspection on 7 October 2026, the day the commissioner pledged to follow the policy of Ethiopian forces

Doolow Commissioner Says His District Will Follow Ethiopian Forces

by Dalmar

October 7, 2026

DOOLOW, SOMALIA – Mohamed Hussein Abdi Lafeey, the district commissioner of Doolow, told the town's security forces and Jubaland's Darawish ...

File photograph of NISA pickups driving through Beled Hawo, the Gedo border town whose commissioner says federal-led forces have set out toward it from Luuq and Doolow

Beled Hawo Says Federal Troops Are Moving on It From Luuq and Doolow

by Jama

October 6, 2026

BELED HAWO, SOMALIA – The district commissioner of Beled Hawo, Abdiaziz Hareed Abdullahi, told reporters on Monday 5 October that ...

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, President Isaias Afwerki, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at New Alamein, where Sudan, which cut ties with the United Arab Emirates, joined the communique

Hassan Sheikh Calls the United Arab Emirates Important Nine Months After Cancelling Its Deals

by Dalmar

October 5, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in an interview reported on Monday 5 October that relations with the ...