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Indian Commandos Retake the Azini Off Bandarbeyla and Puntland Learns of It Afterwards
BANDARBEYLA, SOMALIA – Indian marine commandos, some of them parachuted from an Indian Air Force C-17, retook the Iranian fishing...
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AUSSOM Will Leave Barawe to Hold Four Bases Uganda’s Bilateral Force Is Vacating
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The African Union mission in Somalia told the UN support office in a letter dated Saturday 31...
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US Coast Guard Lists Somalia’s Ports With No Exception for Berbera or Bosaso
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The US Coast Guard added Somalia to its Port Security Advisory on Tuesday 27 October, ruling in...
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Uganda People’s Defence Forces Send the Bilateral Contingent Home First
The Uganda People's Defence Forces say troops under the bilateral pact with Mogadishu leave now and the AUSSOM contingent by...
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Macawisley Fighters Leave the Bulo Burde Front for Beledweyne
BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Macawisley fighters have pulled out of forward trenches on the outskirts of Bulo Burde and Matabaan and...
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Deni Tells Hassan Sheikh to Resign Before the Future Council Answers His Invitation
GAROWE, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni of Puntland has called on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to resign and hand...
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Macawisley Fighters Take Lama-Galay as Beledweyne Waits for Hirshabelle’s New Vice President
BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Macawisley fighters in armed vehicles drove into Lama-Galay, the compound in Beledweyne that houses the Hiiraan regional...
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Muhoozi Kainerugaba Starts Uganda’s Withdrawal From Somalia Three Days After the Entebbe Request
KAMPALA, UGANDA – General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's chief of defence forces and the son of President Yoweri Museveni, announced on...
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UNTMIS Leaves Somalia on 31 October With the Constitution and the Election in Dispute
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia, UNTMIS, ceases operations on Saturday 31 October, closing thirteen...
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Dozens of Soldiers Die at Jameeco and the Defence Ministry Reports Only Al-Shabaab’s Losses
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Dozens of Somali soldiers were killed and more than a hundred wounded when al-Shabaab ambushed a federal...
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Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan Tells Hawadle Soldiers There Is No Government to Defend
BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan, the traditional leader of the Hawadle, told the clan's soldiers in the Somali...
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