AFRICOM Lands in Mogadishu With a Message Villa Somalia Did Not Want

A street in Galkayo, where Puntland forces seized Somali Police Force equipment from a federal-aligned base

GALKAYO, SOMALIA – Clan militiamen in south Galkayo seized part of a federal weapons shipment on Tuesday. The cargo was ...

Liban Shuluq, front-runner for the Galmudug presidency after the Galmudug election results

Galmudug Election Results Hand Hassan Sheikh a State on Schedule

by Jama

August 4, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's electoral commission published Galmudug's local council results on Monday. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Justice and Solidarity ...

Puntland forces of the kind that took over the Bosaso camp from the PSF

The Kampala Speech About Southern Somalia Mogadishu Called Betrayal

by Dalmar

August 3, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The frankest public account of southern Somalia to emerge from the troop contributors summit came from a ...

Somali National Army soldiers; fighting in Baidoa pits the federal-backed administration against Laftagareen loyalists.

Al-Shabaab Takes Teedaan as Hiiraan Slips Further From Mogadishu

by Jama

August 3, 2026

MAHAS, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab attacked the settlement of Teedaan in Mahas district on Saturday, and by the end of the ...

President Deni meets AFRICOM special operations commander Major General Claude Tudor in Bosaso Puntland

Washington Signs in Bosaso and Leaves Mogadishu Waiting

by Dalmar

August 2, 2026

BOSASO, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni met the officer who runs American special operations across Africa in Bosaso on ...

Cargo ship off Somalia as Mogadishu joins the Red Sea coalition guarding the Bab el-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden

Somalia Joins a Red Sea Coalition It Cannot Help Defend

by Jama

August 1, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia put its name to a Saudi-engineered maritime alliance in Riyadh on Thursday. It joined thirteen other ...

AUSSOM troops on operations in Somalia, the mission whose commanders met in Mogadishu

The Kampala Communique Hassan Sheikh Edited Before It Was Signed

by Dalmar

July 31, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The draft Kampala communique was read aloud to the heads of state on Friday, and Hassan Sheikh ...

AFRICOM commander General Dagvin Anderson meets President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu Somalia

AFRICOM Tells Somalia Its Political Infighting Now Has a Price

by Jama

July 31, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The commander of United States Africa Command has put a condition on American engagement in Somalia, and ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni warns clan militias in Puntland Somalia

Deni Draws a Line Against the Clan Militias Forming Inside Puntland

by Dalmar

July 31, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni has warned the clan militias taking shape inside Puntland, and he named the ...