Mogadishu Takes Its Campaign Against Puntland Into Sanaag

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mahaas in September 2023, when he travelled to the town to seek the support of Hawadle elders

MAHAAS, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab announced on Saturday 3 October that it had reached an agreement with the Hawadle clan to ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meet with their delegations at New Alamein on 3 October, the day his offer of Somali ports to Abiy Ahmed was released

Hassan Sheikh Offers Abiy Ahmed Somali Ports on the Eve of the Alamein Summit

by Jama

October 4, 2026

NEW ALAMEIN, EGYPT – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in an interview released on Saturday 3 October that Somalia is ...

Voters queue outside a polling centre in Galmudug for the rerun in which the Justice and Solidarity Party won 67 of 89 assembly seats

The Justice and Solidarity Party Wins the Galmudug Rerun Towfiiq Was Barred From

by Dalmar

October 3, 2026

DHUSAMAREB, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Justice and Solidarity Party won 67 of the 89 seats in the Galmudug ...

Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, who accused Somali politicians meeting in Abu Dhabi of learning from Sudan's RSF

Fiqi Tells Politicians Meeting in Abu Dhabi They Are Learning From Sudan’s RSF

by Jama

October 2, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On Thursday 1 October Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi accused Somali politicians meeting in Abu Dhabi of ...

ENDF soldiers serving with AUSSOM in Somalia beside an Ethiopian Air Force transport aircraft during a troop rotation

Ethiopia Plans an ENDF Pullout From Somalia and Mogadishu Says It Was Not Told

by Dalmar

October 1, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Ethiopia is preparing to pull more than 3,000 soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) out ...

Bandarbeyla on the Karkaar coast, the district where the MT Eureka crew came ashore at Hulcaanood

Egypt Credits Its Diplomacy as the MT Eureka Crew Comes Ashore at Hulcaanood

by Jama

September 30, 2026

BANDARBEYLA, SOMALIA – The pirates who held the tanker MT Eureka for 150 days ran it aground at Hulcaanood in ...

The tanker Honour 25 at anchor off Puntland, the ship retaken at Dharinbaar after pirates killed five of its crew

Pirates Kill Five of the Honour 25 Crew at Dharinbaar Before Puntland Retakes the Ship

by Dalmar

September 30, 2026

BANDARBEYLA, SOMALIA – Pirates holding the tanker Honour 25 at Dharinbaar shot dead five of its crew, three Pakistanis, an ...

The Palau-flagged tanker Honour 25 at anchor off the Somali coast during its captivity, photographed from the air

Puntland Takes Back the Honour 25 Four Days After the Sibu 1

by Jama

September 29, 2026

BANDARBEYLA, SOMALIA – The Puntland Maritime Police Force took back the Palau-flagged tanker Honour 25 from the pirates who had ...

President Aden Mohamed Nur Madobe with 60th Division officers at the division headquarters in Baidoa on 20 September 2026

Laftagareen’s Darawish Strike the 60th Division Inside Baidoa

by Dalmar

September 29, 2026

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – Forces loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen attacked positions of the Somali National Army's 60th ...