Ethiopia Plans an ENDF Pullout From Somalia and Mogadishu Says It Was Not Told

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

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 ...

Vice President Ilyas Osman Lugatoor and President Said Abdullahi Deni at a Puntland government meeting

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

by Jama

October 5, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland's vice president and acting president, Ilyas Osman Lugatoor, said on Friday 2 October that Puntland will ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mahaas in September 2023, when he travelled to the town to seek the support of Hawadle elders

Al-Shabaab Announces a Deal With Hawadle Elders in Mahaas

by Dalmar

October 5, 2026

MAHAAS, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab announced on Saturday 3 October that it had reached an agreement with the Hawadle clan to ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meet with their delegations at New Alamein on 3 October, the day his offer of Somali ports to Abiy Ahmed was released

Hassan Sheikh Offers Abiy Ahmed Somali Ports on the Eve of the Alamein Summit

by Jama

October 4, 2026

NEW ALAMEIN, EGYPT – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in an interview released on Saturday 3 October that Somalia is ...

Voters queue outside a polling centre in Galmudug for the rerun in which the Justice and Solidarity Party won 67 of 89 assembly seats

The Justice and Solidarity Party Wins the Galmudug Rerun Towfiiq Was Barred From

by Dalmar

October 3, 2026

DHUSAMAREB, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Justice and Solidarity Party won 67 of the 89 seats in the Galmudug ...

Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, who accused Somali politicians meeting in Abu Dhabi of learning from Sudan's RSF

Fiqi Tells Politicians Meeting in Abu Dhabi They Are Learning From Sudan’s RSF

by Jama

October 2, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On Thursday 1 October Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi accused Somali politicians meeting in Abu Dhabi of ...