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A Somali National Army gunner on a technical, the kind of unit fighting al-Shabaab at Basra thirty kilometres from Mogadishu

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Basra Is Thirty Kilometres From Villa Somalia and Still Being Fought Over

September 1, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Somali Armed Forces announced on 30 August that they were running a major operation against al-Shabaab...

Macawisley clan fighters in Hiiraan, the forces the army chief may put back under Ali Jeyte

ANALYSES

The Army Chief Wants Ali Jeyte Back in Hiiraan

by Dalmar

August 12, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The commander of the Somali National Army is weighing a return to uniform for Ali Jeyte Osman,...

Electoral commission staff in marked vests unload polling materials from an aircraft ahead of the Hirshabelle vote on 20 August

ANALYSES

Hirshabelle Registers Voters While Mogadishu Picks Its President

by Jama

August 11, 2026

JOWHAR, SOMALIA – Hirshabelle votes on 20 August in an election whose most consequential outcome was settled a fortnight earlier...

Somali National Army recruits on parade; commanders say the SNA brigade at Teedaan was starved of ammunition

ANALYSES

The SNA Brigade That Fell at Teedaan Was Starved of Ammunition

by Jama

August 5, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The SNA brigade that collapsed at Teedaan was pleading for ammunition and running out of water and...

Puntland forces of the kind that took over the Bosaso camp from the PSF

ANALYSES

The Kampala Speech About Southern Somalia Mogadishu Called Betrayal

by Dalmar

August 3, 2026

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The frankest public account of southern Somalia to emerge from the troop contributors summit came from a...

Somali National Army soldiers; fighting in Baidoa pits the federal-backed administration against Laftagareen loyalists.

ANALYSES

Al-Shabaab Takes Teedaan as Hiiraan Slips Further From Mogadishu

by Jama

August 3, 2026

MAHAS, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab attacked the settlement of Teedaan in Mahas district on Saturday, and by the end of the...

Al-Shabaab fighters in the Shabelle valley, where a new Crisis Group report describes the war as a structural stalemate

ANALYSES

Somalia’s War With Al-Shabaab Settles Into a Stalemate by Design

by News Editor

July 28, 2026

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The most honest map of Somalia's war is four years old. A new International Crisis Group briefing...

ANALYSES

Al-Shabab Retakes Mahaas as Federal Forces Target Jubaland Instead

by Kheyr

July 27, 2025

Mahaas, SOMALIA - The strategic town of Mahaas, which was held continuously by government forces for over twelve years, fell...

Features

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...

ANALYSES

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,...