A Lower Juba Raid Cannot Mask Somalia’s Deepening Al-Shabaab Problem
KISMAYO, SOMALIA – A Lower Juba raid killed sixteen al-Shabaab fighters this week, and two of them were senior commanders. ...
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Foreign Firepower Is All That Keeps the War From Mogadishu’s Gates
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The latest American airstrike in Somalia landed at Farsooley, a village roughly 90 kilometres west of Mogadishu. ...
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Somalia’s Foreign Ministry Goes Dark as Mogadishu Runs Short of Cash
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The lights went out at Somalia's foreign ministry this week, and the reason was almost too plain ...
Read moreDetailsHassan Sheikh Launches Mogadishu Crackdown While Al-Shabaab Advances
Mogadishu, SOMALIA – The Mogadishu crackdown that erupted in early June has laid bare a devastating truth about President Hassan ...
Read moreDetailsVilla Somalia’s Troops March on Galmudug and Hirshabelle
Dhusmareb, SOMALIA – The federal government is airlifting weapons and soldiers into regional capitals to ensure that Somalia state elections ...
Read moreDetailsAUSSOM Funding Collapse Leaves Somalia Exposed to Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The African Union mission tasked with holding back al-Shabaab is running out of money, and the timing ...
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Somali and AU Forces Kill Dozens but Lose Troops to Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somali and African Union forces killed dozens of al-Shabaab fighters this week, officials say, but the gains ...
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Mogadishu’s ATMIS Reversals Explain Its Latest Security Promise
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Four years of Somali policy on foreign troops can be read off a single file, and the ...
Read moreDetailsMogadishu Plans an AUSSOM Handover It Cannot Pay For
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somalia's federal government intends to announce that it is taking national security duties back from AUSSOM, and ...
Read moreDetailsPuntland and Jubaland Walk Away From Mogadishu’s Election Talks
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Puntland and Jubaland walked out of Mogadishu's election talks this week, and no committee has stepped in ...
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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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