Ugaas Hassan Returns as Laftagareen Reportedly Names a Cabinet

Darawish fighters loyal to Laftagareen with the South West State flag on the Baidoa outskirts, where forces stayed in position after the South West Peace Council's ceasefire push was rejected

BAIDOA, SOMALIA – Former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen's faction said on Wednesday 23 September that no ceasefire had been ...

The Sibu 1, the Eritrean-flagged tanker Puntland's maritime police freed from pirates off the Mudug coast after five weeks in captivity

Puntland Frees the Sibu 1 and Takes Fifteen Pirates Alive

by Jama

September 25, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland's maritime police freed the Eritrean-flagged tanker Sibu 1 off the Mudug coast on Friday 25 September ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni, whose September letter to the UN Security Council Mohamed Abdirizak and Villa Somalia’s Interior Minister have both called into question

Mohamed Abdirizak Tells Deni Puntland Is Not His to Cut Loose

by Dalmar

September 25, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Mohamed Abdirizak, foreign minister under former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and head of Farmaajo's Nabad iyo Nolol ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni and Vice President Ilyas Osman Lugatoor at the Puntland Council of Ministers in Garowe, whose government wrote to the UN Security Council on 13 September

Puntland Writes to a Security Council Where Mogadishu Holds a Seat

by Jama

September 24, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland has asked the United Nations Security Council to review and tighten the arms restrictions on Somalia, ...

Hawadle elders and politicians gathered in Beledweyne beneath a banner for Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan as the clan sets out its position on the Hirshabelle election

The Hawadle Say No Hirshabelle Vote Will Be Held in Hiiraan Without an Agreement

by Dalmar

September 23, 2026

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – The Hawadle declared in Beledweyne on Monday 21 September that no Hirshabelle election held without a prior ...

A UPDF soldier at a position in Somalia, where Uganda keeps about 6,500 troops as Kampala suspends its military ties with Turkiye

UPDF Suspends Turkiye Ties as Sources Say Mogadishu Wants Ugandan Troops Out

by Jama

September 23, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The UPDF suspended all defence and military cooperation with Turkiye with immediate effect on Saturday 19 September, ...

Somali forces of the kind deployed across Middle Shabelle, where the Guulane operation killed an al-Shabaab clan commander.

NISA Names the Men It Killed at Guulane and What They Handled

by Dalmar

September 21, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The national intelligence agency said on Sunday 20 September that it had killed an al-Shabaab commander and ...

Darawish fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Laftagareen, whose commander says they are sheltering in Jubaland territory.

The Darawish Thank Jubaland and Say They Are Coming Back for Baidoa

by Jama

September 21, 2026

KISMAYO, SOMALIA – General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, the former commander of Somalia's Custodial Corps, has placed the removed South West ...

Taliye Shub, General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, in Somali Custodial Corps uniform, the commander whose Doolow house was struck on 3 September

Taliye Shub Names a Turkish F-16 and the Men He Says Guided It

by Jama

September 20, 2026

DOOLOW, SOMALIA – General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, the former commander of Somalia's Custodial Corps known across Somali newsrooms as Taliye ...