Puntland News
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Draws His Somalia From Galkayo to Kismayo
Dhusamareb, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told an audience during his Galmudug tour that Somalia had no regional states...
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Puntland Moves and the Ligle Camp Changes Sides Overnight
Garowe, SOMALIA – The last organised body of federally registered troops inside Puntland's own capital came back under Garowe's command...
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Arrives in Dhusamareb With Galkayo Next
Dhusamareb, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud landed in Dhusamareb on Friday for a visit built around a troop commissioning...
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General Jimale Brings His Militia Into the Puntland Defence Forces
GAROWE, SOMALIA – General Jimale Jama Takar, the militia commander whose forces fought pitched battles against the Puntland government as...
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Puntland Puts Its Forces on Alert Over a Galkayo Visit
GALKAYO, SOMALIA – Puntland placed its defence forces on full alert on 13 August and told residents to prepare for...
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Mogadishu Wanted a New Puntland and Got One
GAROWE, SOMALIA – For a year the politicians Mogadishu keeps inside Puntland have campaigned for something they call New Puntland,...
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The Calmiskaad Defence Forces Take Their Guns Into Islamic State Country
XUMBAYS, SOMALIA – Armed militias that call themselves the Calmiskaad Defence Forces drove out of Carmo on Friday night, crossed...
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President Deni Takes His Command Meeting to Galkayo After the Camps Fall
GALKAYO, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni drove into Galkayo on Saturday and spent the day with the officers who...
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Puntland Absorbs the Army Mogadishu Recruited Against It
GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland's two day ultimatum to the armed units that had signed themselves over to the federal government...
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Chinese Arms Sent to the Somali Police Force Surface in Galkayo
Galkayo, SOMALIA – Weapons and equipment donated by China to the Somali Police Force were among the matériel Puntland forces...
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Garmaal Buries Fishermen the First Reports Called Pirates
GARMAAL, SOMALIA– A drone strike that Puntland security sources first described as a clean hit on fleeing pirates has come...
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