Somalia 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 ...
Read moreDetailsThe Kampala Summit Meets a Somalia Mission With an Expiry Date
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Uganda's chief of defence forces opened the Kampala summit on Wednesday by telling the region something its ...
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The Somali Future Council Puts Legitimacy on the Kampala Agenda
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The Somali Future Council has stopped arguing with Villa Somalia and begun arguing about it. In an ...
Read moreDetailsHassan Sheikh Reaches the Kampala Summit With Nothing to Show
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The federal government needed a signature before the Kampala summit, and it did not get one. Mediation ...
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Al-Shabaab Waits Out a Retreat Somalia Cannot Afford
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Al-Shabaab has spent nearly two decades learning one lesson about its enemies: they leave. Governments turn over, ...
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Somalia’s Federal Government Fights Its Own Regions as Foreign Backers Walk Away
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The letter that may end Somalia's foreign-backed war came on July 1. It read less like a ...
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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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