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Puntland Asserts Sool and Cayn as Its Sovereign Territory

July 17, 2025

Garowe, Puntland — The Puntland Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs, and Democratisation today issued a comprehensive response to the Las...

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Al-Shabab Recaptures Moqokori as Mogadishu Undermines Puntland

by Jama

July 7, 2025

Mogadishu/Garowe — Al-Shabab today recaptured the strategic district of Moqokori from government forces—a territory liberated with much fanfare in 2022—while...

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Puntland Funds Road After Mogadishu Blocks AfDB Aid

by Dalmar

July 3, 2025

Bacaadweyn, Puntland — President Said Abdullahi Deni today inaugurated construction of the Bacaadweyne-Galkayo road—a 40-kilometer lifeline that should have been...

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Deni and Madobe Reunite in Garowe to Counter Federal Overreach

by Dalmar

June 23, 2025

Garowe, Puntland — Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam "Madobe" arrived in Puntland's capital yesterday for high-stakes discussions with President Said...

Mogadishu Conference Somalia Hassan Sheikh

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Hassan Sheikh Accused of Engineering Sham Dialogue for Global Optics

by Jama

June 17, 2025

Mogadishu/Garowe, SOMALIA — Puntland-based political parties have categorically rejected participation in President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Consultative Conference in Mogadishu, exposing...

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Puntland’s Mountain Offensive Yields Turkish ISIS Fighter

by Dalmar

June 14, 2025

Puntland Defence Forces today captured a Turkish national fighting alongside the Islamic State in Somalia (IS-Somalia aka ISIS) during ongoing...

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NCC Rebranded as Ruling Party as President Launches Bid for Reelection

by Jama

May 14, 2025

Somalia’s National Consultative Conference (NCC) has shed its advisory skin and reemerged as the Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP), a...

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Mogadishu Warned Over Unilateral Reforms as Al-Shabab Gains Ground

by Jama

May 9, 2025

In an unusually pointed intervention, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs took to X today to caution Somalia’s...

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President Deni Rejects NCC, Sets New Regional Priorities for Puntland

by Dalmar

April 26, 2025

Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni used today’s graduation of new Special Forces from the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) to...

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Wargaadhi Base Briefly Overrun by Al-Shabaab

by Jama

April 24, 2025

Today morning, Al-Shabaab launched yet another calculated and devastating strike—this time against the Somali National Army (SNA) base in Wargaadhi,...