Ahmed Moalim Fiqi Declares Somalia Ready as the Money for AUSSOM Runs Out
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi opened Somalia's National Internal Security Conference on Tuesday 1 September with the ...
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Basra Is Thirty Kilometres From Villa Somalia and Still Being Fought Over
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Somali Armed Forces announced on 30 August that they were running a major operation against al-Shabaab ...
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Uganda Sets the Date Its Soldiers Leave Somalia
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Uganda has put a date on the end of the longest foreign deployment in Somalia's war. General ...
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The African Union Authorises the War It Wants No Part Of
BAIDOA, SOMALIA – The African Union has authorised its Somalia mission to join federal military operations against al-Shabaab and against ...
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AUSSOM Loses Its Support Structure Before Anyone Funds the Exit
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Ten civilian staff of the joint African Union and United Nations information team in Mogadishu have been ...
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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 ...
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Mogadishu Sends Its Army Into the Bay Region Against the President It Removed
BAIDOA, SOMALIA – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has ordered the Somali National Army to mount an operation driving forces loyal...
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