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Puntland Asserts Sool and Cayn as Its Sovereign Territory

July 17, 2025

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

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Al-Shabab Recaptures Moqokori as Mogadishu Undermines Puntland

by Jama

July 7, 2025

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

ANALYSES

Puntland’s Mountain Offensive Yields Turkish ISIS Fighter

by Dalmar

June 14, 2025

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

Somalia Security News

Damanyo Attack Reveals Security Gaps, Shaken Army Morale

by Jama

May 18, 2025

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

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NCC Rebranded as Ruling Party as President Launches Bid for Reelection

by Jama

May 14, 2025

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

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Mogadishu Warned Over Unilateral Reforms as Al-Shabab Gains Ground

by Jama

May 9, 2025

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

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President Deni Rejects NCC, Sets New Regional Priorities for Puntland

by Dalmar

April 26, 2025

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

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Somalia and AU Reverse Drawdown with Proposed 8,000-Troop Surge

by Jama

April 26, 2025

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

ANALYSES

Wargaadhi Base Briefly Overrun by Al-Shabaab

by Jama

April 24, 2025

Today morning, Al-Shabaab launched yet another calculated and devastating strike—this time against the Somali National Army (SNA) base in Wargaadhi,...