Somalia Security News

Mogadishu, SOMALIA — Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi yesterday delivered inflammatory threats against political opposition figures, warning of military...

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

Garowe, Puntland — The Puntland Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs, and Democratisation today issued a comprehensive response to the Las...

Mogadishu/Garowe — Al-Shabab today recaptured the strategic district of Moqokori from government forces—a territory liberated with much fanfare in 2022—while...

Puntland Defence Forces today captured a Turkish national fighting alongside the Islamic State in Somalia (IS-Somalia aka ISIS) during ongoing...

A devastating suicide attack at Damanyo Camp recruitment center in Mogadishu this morning claimed the lives of more than 20...

Somalia’s National Consultative Conference (NCC) has shed its advisory skin and reemerged as the Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP), a...

In an unusually pointed intervention, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs took to X today to caution Somalia’s...

Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni used today’s graduation of new Special Forces from the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) to...

In a dramatic policy U-turn, the African Union and Somali government agreed to reinforce the African Union Support and Stabilization...