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Dozens of Soldiers Die at Jameeco and the Defence Ministry Reports Only Al-Shabaab’s Losses
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Dozens of Somali soldiers were killed and more than a hundred wounded when al-Shabaab ambushed a federal...
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Danab Fight at Leego as the Army Opens Operation Banooda on the Road to Buurhakaba
The army opened Operation Banooda on 24 October; Danab commandos fought at Leego on the road to Buurhakaba and the...
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Federal Column Leaves Baledogle for Buurhakaba on a Road Al-Shabaab Has Mined
WANLAWEYN, SOMALIA – More than two hundred federal military vehicles, armoured personnel carriers, troop and supply trucks and technicals among...
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Speaker Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Asks Nairobi and the Peacekeepers to Answer for the Bay Towns
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Speaker of the House of the People, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, told a dinner for South West...
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Laftagareen’s Forces Take Bardaale District a Day After Buurhakaba
BAIDOA, SOMALIA – Forces loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen entered Bardaale district in the Bay region on...
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Laftagareen’s Darawish Claim Buurhakaba District Two Months After the Ethiopians Handed It Over
BUURHAKABA, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen attacked federal troops and forces of President Aden...
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NAMLC Adds Laftagareen and Taliye Shub to the List That Names Al-Shabaab’s Leaders
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Committee (NAMLC) on Tuesday 13 October added former President Abdiaziz...
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Laftagareen’s Darawish Take Qansaxdheere and Part of Its Garrison Goes to the Ethiopian Camp
QANSAXDHEERE, SOMALIA – Fighters loyal to former President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen took Qansaxdheere, a district town in the Bay...
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Al-Shabaab Attacks Reported at Jannaale, Bariire and Qoryooley as the Army Says Nothing
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab fighters launched a heavy attack on a government base at Jannaale on the night of Thursday...
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Ethiopia Plans an ENDF Pullout From Somalia and Mogadishu Says It Was Not Told
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Ethiopia is preparing to pull more than 3,000 soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) out...
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Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan Tells Hawadle Soldiers There Is No Government to Defend
BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA – Ugaas Yusuf Ugaas Hassan, the traditional leader of the Hawadle, told the clan's soldiers in the Somali...
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