MARKA, SOMALIA – Armed men supporting the administration that calls itself Koonfur Bari entered Marka on Sunday and raised their flag over the district administration
GAROWE, SOMALIA– Puntland has become the first Somali authority to formally demand that foreign governments account for military strikes carried out on its own territory,
BAIDOA, SOMALIA – The federal government has told the country that the men killed in Monday’s battle for Baidoa were al-Shabaab, and the officials who
EYL, SOMALIA – Four men died on Tuesday afternoon when a drone destroyed the small boat carrying them near Garmaal on the Nugaal coast, a
Baidoa, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen battled federal troops inside Baidoa for several hours before dawn on
Xananbuure, SOMALIA – Roughly 3,000 soldiers passed out on Sunday at the Xananbuure training camp in Galgadud, the largest class the Somali National Army has
BELED HAWO, SOMALIA – Abdirashid Janan assembled the federal forces under his command at a military camp on the edge of Beled Hawo on Tuesday
Garowe, SOMALIA – The last organised body of federally registered troops inside Puntland’s own capital came back under Garowe’s command overnight, when General Jimale Jama
GAROWE, SOMALIA – General Jimale Jama Takar, the militia commander whose forces fought pitched battles against the Puntland government as recently as 2023, has brought
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A veteran Somali diplomat warned on 13 August that Turkiye would move to arrest and exile the country’s opposition leaders, including former
