Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Returns From Abu Dhabi and Accuses Villa Somalia of Preparing War on the Opposition

Officials and fighters of the Laftagareen camp in the centre of Buurhakaba district on 15 October 2026

BUURHAKABA, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen attacked federal troops and forces of President Aden ...

Fighters loyal to Abdiaziz Laftagareen on the outskirts of Baidoa, whose leaders the NAMLC has now listed as al-Shabaab financiers

NAMLC Adds Laftagareen and Taliye Shub to the List That Names Al-Shabaab’s Leaders

by Jama

October 14, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Committee (NAMLC) on Tuesday 13 October added former President Abdiaziz ...

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, President Isaias Afwerki, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the Alamein summit on 4 October 2026

Somalia Calls Itself Neutral Between Ethiopia and Eritrea Eight Days After Alamein

by Dalmar

October 13, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's deputy foreign minister, Hassan Mohamed Ali Nadaara, said in remarks reported on Monday 12 October that ...

Camera still released by NISA, which says armed men loyal to Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed forced their way into homes in Wadajir

NISA Accuses Sheikh Sharif’s Guards in Wadajir as Troops Close the Roads to His Home

by Jama

October 12, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said on Sunday 11 October that armed men taking orders ...

Aerial view of Beled Hawo, the Gedo border town where Jubaland took over the camps Janan had held for Mogadishu

Janan Hands the Beled Hawo Camps to Jubaland and Flies to Nairobi on a Kenyan Military Aircraft

by Dalmar

October 12, 2026

BELED HAWO, SOMALIA – Jubaland intelligence officers took over the army camps at Beled Hawo on Friday 9 October that ...

Former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen inspecting South West State troops in a file photograph; forces loyal to him took Qansaxdheere on 8 October

Laftagareen’s Darawish Take Qansaxdheere and Part of Its Garrison Goes to the Ethiopian Camp

by Jama

October 12, 2026

QANSAXDHEERE, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen took Qansaxdheere, a district town in the Bay ...

A Ugandan AUSSOM commander addresses Somali soldiers at Bariire in Lower Shabelle after its capture in August 2025, upriver from Jannaale

Al-Shabaab Attacks Reported at Jannaale, Bariire and Qoryooley as the Army Says Nothing

by Dalmar

October 9, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab fighters launched a heavy attack on a government base at Jannaale on the night of Thursday ...

Somali Air Force officers receive the Pakistan Air Force delegation in Mogadishu on 19 September, three weeks before the latest JF-17 report

Pakistan’s JF-17 Sale to Somalia Is Reported a Third Time With No Contract Published

by Jama

October 9, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A Turkish outlet reported on Wednesday 7 October that Somalia had reached an agreement with Pakistan to ...

Macawisley clan fighters in Hiiraan, the militias the Mahaas agreement bars from Hawadle areas as federal troops fight al-Shabaab at Hees

Federal Troops and Al-Shabaab Fight at Hees Six Days After the Mahaas Agreement

by Dalmar

October 9, 2026

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Federal troops and al-Shabaab fighters fought with heavy and light weapons on the morning of Friday 9 ...