The Somali National Army Graduates Its Largest Class Since 1991
Xananbuure, SOMALIA – Roughly 3,000 soldiers passed out on Sunday at the Xananbuure training camp in Galgadud, the largest class ...
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Al-Shabaab Owns the Road Between Two Bases in Lower Shabelle
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A military truck carrying Somali soldiers between the garrisons at Awdhegle and Mubarak was destroyed by a ...
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Buurhakaba Changes Hands Before the Money Runs Out
BUURHAKABA, SOMALIA – Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union mission handed their base at Buurhakaba to the Somali National ...
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UNSOS Starts Selling the Somalia Mission for Parts
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The United Nations Support Office in Somalia has begun hiring auctioneers to sell the equipment that keeps ...
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Somalia’s Bid for the Mecca Agreement Has No Official Author
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The loudest Somali argument for joining the Mecca Agreement is coming from a man who does not ...
Read moreDetailsSomalia Applauds a Defence Pact It Was Not Invited to Join
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, and Somalia's defence ...
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AUSSOM Chiefs Approve an Offensive Plan Nobody Has Funded
Mogadishu, SOMALIA – Defence chiefs from the countries that supply AUSSOM met in the Somali capital this week to approve ...
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The Kampala Speech About Southern Somalia Mogadishu Called Betrayal
KAMPALA, UGANDA – The frankest public account of southern Somalia to emerge from the troop contributors summit came from a ...
Read moreDetailsThe Kampala Communique Hassan Sheikh Edited Before It Was Signed
KAMPALA, UGANDA – The draft Kampala communique was read aloud to the heads of state on Friday, and Hassan Sheikh ...
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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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Mogadishu Counts Laftagareen’s Dead as Al-Shabaab
BAIDOA, SOMALIA – The federal government has told the country that the men killed in Monday's battle for Baidoa were...
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