Puntland Sovereignty Does Not Distinguish Between ISIS and other Rebels

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

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

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 ...

AFRICOM commander meets Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu Somalia

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

by Jama

July 31, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The head of AFRICOM flew into Halane on Thursday to talk about al-Shabaab. He left having talked ...

Galkayo in Puntland, where Puntland forces have surrounded a federally aligned PSF camp

Puntland Surrounds a Federal Force in Galkayo and Calls It Law Enforcement

by Jama

July 30, 2026

GALKAYO, SOMALIA – Puntland troops have surrounded a camp in Galkayo held by Puntland Security Force personnel who draw their ...

The Kampala Summit Meets a Somalia Mission With an Expiry Date

by Dalmar

July 30, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Uganda's chief of defence forces opened the Kampala summit on Wednesday by telling the region something its ...

Somali finance minister Bihi Imaan Egeh, whose federal budget depends on foreign grants for most of its resources

Somalia’s Federal Budget Runs on Money Mogadishu Does Not Raise

by Jama

July 29, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's finance minister told an audience in Mogadishu on Tuesday that between 450 and 600 million dollars ...

Somali Future Council leaders meeting as the opposition bloc presses AUSSOM troop contributors in Kampala

The Somali Future Council Puts Legitimacy on the Kampala Agenda

by Dalmar

July 29, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Somali Future Council has stopped arguing with Villa Somalia and begun arguing about it. In an ...

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud meets President William Ruto in Nairobi Kenya Somalia

Abshir Bukhaari Is the Second Senior Mogadishu Official Kenya Has Sent Home

by Dalmar

July 28, 2026

NAIROBI, KENYA – Kenya turned back a serving Somali state minister at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Sunday and put ...