No Government Claims the Air Strike on the Nugaal Coast

AUSSOM troops riding in an African Union transport in Somalia, the force whose fuel, rations and medical support run through the UNSOS system now being wound down

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Ten civilian staff of the joint African Union and United Nations information team in Mogadishu have been ...

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who condemned the Tookiyo demolitions and called on Mogadishu to stand together against them

Sheikh Sharif Answers the Tookiyo Demolitions With a Call for Unity

by Dalmar

August 24, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed condemned the demolition of the Tookiyo neighbourhood in a written statement on Sunday, ...

Liban Shuluq, whose path to the Galmudug presidency ran through the local election the Supreme Court has now annulled

Galmudug Loses the Election Villa Somalia Already Won

by Jama

August 24, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's Federal Supreme Court annulled the Galmudug election results on Monday, finding that the 30 July vote ...

Supporters carry the Koonfur Bari flag at a mass gathering in Lower Shabelle, the administration now flying its flag over Marka

Marka Lowers the Southwest Flag and Raises Its Own

by Dalmar

August 23, 2026

MARKA, SOMALIA – Armed men supporting the administration that calls itself Koonfur Bari entered Marka on Sunday and raised their ...

Aden Madobe seated before South West State military commanders at a security meeting in Baidoa

Aden Madobe Puts His Predecessor’s Forces in the Al-Shabaab Column

by Jama

August 23, 2026

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – Aden Madobe returned to Baidoa on Saturday after a working trip to Mogadishu and told the reception ...

The Puntland coast at Garmaal in the Nugaal region, where strikes on August 18 and 20 killed fishermen and Puntland has demanded an account from the warships offshore.

Puntland Demands an Account From the Warships Off Its Coast

by Dalmar

August 22, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA– Puntland has become the first Somali authority to formally demand that foreign governments account for military strikes carried ...

The fishing village of Garmaal on Puntland's Nugaal coast, where a drone strike killed four men this week.

Garmaal Buries Fishermen the First Reports Called Pirates

by Jama

August 21, 2026

GARMAAL, SOMALIA– A drone strike that Puntland security sources first described as a clean hit on fleeing pirates has come ...

Smoke rises over a Baidoa street after clashes between federal troops and forces loyal to Laftagareen

Mogadishu Counts Laftagareen’s Dead as Al-Shabaab

by Dalmar

August 20, 2026

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – The federal government has told the country that the men killed in Monday's battle for Baidoa were ...

Biyomaal elders hold copies of the Quran before a crowd at KM50 in Lower Shabelle during the land dispute

The Biyomaal Seize the Equipment Measuring Their Land

by Jama

August 19, 2026

MARKA, SOMALIA – Biyomaal fighters in the KM50 area of Lower Shabelle detained a survey team last month and put ...