Puntland News
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AFRICOM Lands in Mogadishu With a Message Villa Somalia Did Not Want
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The head of AFRICOM flew into Halane on Thursday to talk about al-Shabaab. He left having talked...
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Puntland Surrounds a Federal Force in Galkayo and Calls It Law Enforcement
GALKAYO, SOMALIA – Puntland troops have surrounded a camp in Galkayo held by Puntland Security Force personnel who draw their...
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Somalia’s Federal Budget Runs on Money Mogadishu Does Not Raise
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's finance minister told an audience in Mogadishu on Tuesday that between 450 and 600 million dollars...
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The Somali Future Council Puts Legitimacy on the Kampala Agenda
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Somali Future Council has stopped arguing with Villa Somalia and begun arguing about it. In an...
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Puntland Sovereignty Does Not Distinguish Between ISIS and other Rebels
GAROWE, SOMALIA – On 21 July Puntland moved troops off the Cal Miskaad front and sent them down to the...
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Somalia’s Federal Government Fights Its Own Regions as Foreign Backers Walk Away
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The letter that may end Somalia's foreign-backed war came on July 1. It read less like a...
Read moreDetailsBosaso Port’s Shutdown Tests the Limits of Puntland’s Independence
BOSASO, SOMALIA – The Bosaso port has sat idle for nine straight days. There is still no end in sight....
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Puntland Blocks General Takar as Mogadishu’s Military Play Stalls
GAROWE, SOMALIA – General Takar is stuck in Lasanod, and with him the most ambitious federal attempt yet to plant...
Read moreDetailsPuntland Strips Hassan Sheikh of Federal Legitimacy Amid Mogadishu Turmoil
GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland has torn up its recognition of the federal government, declaring that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and...
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Mogadishu’s Campaign to Destabilize Puntland Turns Military
GAROWE, SOMALIA – On June 24, Puntland's Ministry of Security accused the federal government of smuggling weapons into the region...
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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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