The SNA Brigade That Fell at Teedaan Was Starved of Ammunition
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The SNA brigade that collapsed at Teedaan was pleading for ammunition and running out of water and ...
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Puntland Forces Overrun the PSF Camp in Galkayo at Dawn
GALKAYO, SOMALIA – Puntland forces stormed the PSF camp on Galkayo's northern edge at dawn on Wednesday and, by mid-morning, ...
Read moreDetailsA Galkayo Weapons Shipment Exposes Mogadishu’s Hand in Puntland
GALKAYO, SOMALIA – Clan militiamen in south Galkayo seized part of a federal weapons shipment on Tuesday. The cargo was ...
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Washington Signs in Bosaso and Leaves Mogadishu Waiting
BOSASO, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni met the officer who runs American special operations across Africa in Bosaso on ...
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Deni Draws a Line Against the Clan Militias Forming Inside Puntland
GAROWE, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni has warned the clan militias taking shape inside Puntland, and he named the ...
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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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Hassan 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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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 ...
Read moreDetailsBosaso Port’s Shutdown Tests the Limits of Puntland’s Independence
BOSASO, SOMALIA – The Bosaso port has sat idle for nine straight days. There is still no end in sight. ...
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Puntland Blocks General Takar as Mogadishu’s Military Play Stalls
GAROWE, SOMALIA – General Takar is stuck in Lasanod, and with him the most ambitious federal attempt yet to plant ...
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Mogadishu Says It Knew About the MV Lutuf Strikes and Names Nobody
GAROWE, SOMALIA – Somalia's state minister for defence has told reporters in Mogadishu that the federal government knew in advance...
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