Uganda Sets the Date Its Soldiers Leave Somalia

Somali federal soldiers and a police ambulance on a Baidoa street at first light in the Rahanweyn capital, fought over again on 3 September 2026

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – Forces loyal to former Southwest State president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen attacked federal troops and the units ...

Newly graduated Somali National Army soldiers carry the Somali flag on the parade ground at Xananbuure in Galgadud, the class from which hundreds later crossed into Ethiopia's Somali Region

Xananbuure Graduates Cross Into Ethiopia and Mogadishu Calls It Leave

by Dalmar

September 3, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's national security adviser, Aways Haji Yusuf, confirmed on Tuesday 1 September that soldiers from the Saudi-funded ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni chairs the Bari region security meeting in Bosaso on 1 September 2026, with Puntland ministers, MPs, commanders and the regional and district administrations around the table

Deni Puts Every Technical in Bari Under His Own Signature

by Jama

September 2, 2026

Puntland's Bari security meeting bans unlicensed weapons in the towns, puts every armed vehicle under the president's signature and orders ...

Interior Minister Ali Yusuf Hosh, facing a no-confidence motion submitted by members of the House of the People

Sixty MPs Move Against Ali Yusuf Hosh and the Federal System He Could Not Hold

by Dalmar

September 2, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Members of the House of the People submitted a no-confidence motion on Tuesday 1 September against Ali ...

Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs, who says the Ankara Declaration now governs relations with Ethiopia

Mogadishu Says the Ankara Declaration Now Governs Ethiopia

by Jama

September 2, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs, Ali Mohamed Omar, said in an interview published on 2 September ...

A skiff alongside a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, the crossing used to move weapons from the Houthis to al-Shabaab

The Houthis Are Arming Al-Shabaab Across the Gulf of Aden

by Dalmar

September 2, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – An investigation published on 1 September traced a working partnership between al-Shabaab and the Houthis that moves ...

A Somali National Army gunner on a technical, the kind of unit fighting al-Shabaab at Basra thirty kilometres from Mogadishu

Basra Is Thirty Kilometres From Villa Somalia and Still Being Fought Over

by Dalmar

September 1, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Somali Armed Forces announced on 30 August that they were running a major operation against al-Shabaab ...

Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni meets the United States Africa Command delegation at Bosaso, where Washington is discussing an accelerated base plan

Puntland Brings Washington to Bosaso While Ankara Flies Unannounced

by Jama

September 1, 2026

BOSASO, SOMALIA – Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni met the commander of Washington's special operations forces in East Africa at ...

The Nugaal coast where the MV Lutuf was held, as Puntland accuses officials in Villa Somalia of brokering the ransom that freed the ship

Puntland Says Villa Somalia Phoned the Pirates It Claims to Have Beaten

by Dalmar

August 31, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland's Ministry of Security says it monitored telephone calls between senior federal officials and the men holding ...