Federal Column Leaves Baledogle for Buurhakaba on a Road Al-Shabaab Has Mined

President Said Abdullahi Deni of Puntland, a leading member of the Future Council, seated at a meeting table

GAROWE, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni of Puntland has called on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to resign and hand ...

Armed Macawisley fighters on pickups in Beledweyne, where they took the Lama-Galay compound on 30 October

Macawisley Fighters Take Lama-Galay as Beledweyne Waits for Hirshabelle’s New Vice President

by Dalmar

October 31, 2026

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Macawisley fighters in armed vehicles drove into Lama-Galay, the compound in Beledweyne that houses the Hiiraan regional ...

A Ugandan soldier of the African Union force on guard in Somalia, as Muhoozi Kainerugaba announces the start of the UPDF withdrawal

Muhoozi Kainerugaba Starts Uganda’s Withdrawal From Somalia Three Days After the Entebbe Request

by Jama

October 30, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's chief of defence forces and the son of President Yoweri Museveni, announced on ...

The ceremony in Mogadishu on 26 October 2026 marking the closure of UNTMIS, the UN political mission in Somalia

UNTMIS Leaves Somalia on 31 October With the Constitution and the Election in Dispute

by Dalmar

October 29, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia, UNTMIS, ceases operations on Saturday 31 October, closing thirteen ...

Somali National Army soldiers with rifles and an RPG launcher in southern Somalia, in a photograph published with reports of the Jameeco fighting

Dozens of Soldiers Die at Jameeco and the Defence Ministry Reports Only Al-Shabaab’s Losses

by Jama

October 29, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Dozens of Somali soldiers were killed and more than a hundred wounded when al-Shabaab ambushed a federal ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe on 26 October 2026

Hassan Sheikh Asks Museveni at Entebbe to Keep Ugandan Troops Longer

by Dalmar

October 29, 2026

ENTEBBE, UGANDA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud asked President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe on Monday 26 October to ...

Abdullahi Sanbalolshe, the former NISA director, in desert fatigues with a walking stick among soldiers

Abdullahi Sanbalolshe Will Not Rule Out Al-Shabaab as He Plans a Hiiraan Administration

by Jama

October 29, 2026

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Abdullahi Sanbalolshe, a former director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency, said in an interview that ...

Danab commandos beside an armoured vehicle near Leego after the first clash of Operation Banooda on 24 October 2026

Danab Fight at Leego as the Army Opens Operation Banooda on the Road to Buurhakaba

by Dalmar

October 25, 2026

The army opened Operation Banooda on 24 October; Danab commandos fought at Leego on the road to Buurhakaba and the ...

Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi speaking in an interview in his office, who says Mogadishu paid most of the cost of the Waddani campaign that elected Abdirahman Irro

Fiqi Says Mogadishu Paid for the Waddani Campaign That Elected Irro

by Jama

October 24, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has said that the federal government financed the Waddani campaign that made ...