Puntland News
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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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No Government Claims the Air Strike on the Nugaal Coast
EYL, SOMALIA – Four men died on Tuesday afternoon when a drone destroyed the small boat carrying them near Garmaal...
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The Presidential Visit That Shrank to Baraxleey
Galkayo, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Monday visit to Galkayo reached one neighbourhood of the city, the southeastern quarter...
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Two Presidents in Galkayo and a City Cut in Half
Galkayo, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reached south Galkayo by road on Monday, three days after Galmudug President Ahmed...
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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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Devin Kennington Is Nominated to Mogadishu While Washington Deals With Bosaso and Hargeisa
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – The White House sent the Senate the nomination of Devin Kennington on Monday 14 September, naming...
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