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
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The commander of the Somali National Army is weighing a return to uniform for Ali Jeyte Osman, the twice serving Hiiraan governor
BUURHAKABA, SOMALIA – Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union mission handed their base at Buurhakaba to the Somali National Army and left the town
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The United Nations Support Office in Somalia has begun hiring auctioneers to sell the equipment that keeps the African Union mission running,
XUMBAYS, SOMALIA – Armed militias that call themselves the Calmiskaad Defence Forces drove out of Carmo on Friday night, crossed into the Karkaar hinterland and
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The loudest Somali argument for joining the Mecca Agreement is coming from a man who does not work for the government. Fahad
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, and Somalia’s defence ministry issued a statement the
NAIROBI, KENYA – The commander of American special operations forces in Africa met Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe in Nairobi on Friday, closing a week in
