Two Presidents in Galkayo and a City Cut in Half

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

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 ...

Puntland forces escort detained pirate suspects along the shore as piracy returns to the Nugaal coast

No Government Claims the Air Strike on the Nugaal Coast

by Dalmar

August 19, 2026

EYL, SOMALIA – Four men died on Tuesday afternoon when a drone destroyed the small boat carrying them near Garmaal ...

The reception for President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on the bare ground of the Abdullahi Issa stadium in Baraxleey, south Galkayo

The Presidential Visit That Shrank to Baraxleey

by Jama

August 18, 2026

Galkayo, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Monday visit to Galkayo reached one neighbourhood of the city, the southeastern quarter ...

Somali National Army troops and armoured vehicles on a street in Baidoa during Monday's fighting with forces loyal to former president Laftagareen

Baidoa Wakes to a War Mogadishu Calls Terrorism

by Dalmar

August 18, 2026

Baidoa, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen battled federal troops inside Baidoa for ...