China Warns President Irro as He Offers Washington Access

President Said Abdullahi Deni and Vice President Ilyas Osman Lugatoor at the Puntland Council of Ministers in Garowe, whose government wrote to the UN Security Council on 13 September

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland has asked the United Nations Security Council to review and tighten the arms restrictions on Somalia, ...

Hawadle elders and politicians gathered in Beledweyne beneath a banner for Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan as the clan sets out its position on the Hirshabelle election

The Hawadle Say No Hirshabelle Vote Will Be Held in Hiiraan Without an Agreement

by Dalmar

September 23, 2026

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – The Hawadle declared in Beledweyne on Monday 21 September that no Hirshabelle election held without a prior ...

A UPDF soldier at a position in Somalia, where Uganda keeps about 6,500 troops as Kampala suspends its military ties with Turkiye

UPDF Suspends Turkiye Ties as Sources Say Mogadishu Wants Ugandan Troops Out

by Jama

September 23, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The UPDF suspended all defence and military cooperation with Turkiye with immediate effect on Saturday 19 September, ...

Somali forces of the kind deployed across Middle Shabelle, where the Guulane operation killed an al-Shabaab clan commander.

NISA Names the Men It Killed at Guulane and What They Handled

by Dalmar

September 21, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The national intelligence agency said on Sunday 20 September that it had killed an al-Shabaab commander and ...

Darawish fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Laftagareen, whose commander says they are sheltering in Jubaland territory.

The Darawish Thank Jubaland and Say They Are Coming Back for Baidoa

by Jama

September 21, 2026

KISMAYO, SOMALIA – General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, the former commander of Somalia's Custodial Corps, has placed the removed South West ...

Taliye Shub, General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, in Somali Custodial Corps uniform, the commander whose Doolow house was struck on 3 September

Taliye Shub Names a Turkish F-16 and the Men He Says Guided It

by Jama

September 20, 2026

DOOLOW, SOMALIA – General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, the former commander of Somalia's Custodial Corps known across Somali newsrooms as Taliye ...

Former South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen seated during an interview.

Ugaas Hassan Returns as Laftagareen Reportedly Names a Cabinet

by Dalmar

September 18, 2026

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – Ugaas Hassan Abdi Mohamed has reportedly returned to the South West State information portfolio in a cabinet ...

Satellite view of the Cal Madow mountain range containing Markad in northern Somalia.

Puntland Says the United States Struck Markad Under Direct Coordination

by Jama

September 18, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland says the United States struck an al-Shabaab weapons and ammunition store at Markad in the Cal ...

NISA headquarters in Mogadishu, where the agency says eleven suspects were detained.

NISA Says It Arrested Eleven and Names None of Them

by Dalmar

September 17, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – NISA says it arrested eleven people it described as members of separate al-Shabaab networks during operations in ...