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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Casualties from Monday’s Al-Shabaab attack on Somali army forces in the country’s southwest continued to climb, as authorities opened an inquiry into the military’s worst reverse in years. An estimated 2,000…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – African Union peacekeepers will withdraw from four forward operating bases in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region next week as the mission scales back under severe financial strain, local media reported on…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has canceled a planned trip to Russia this week because of mounting security and political pressures at home, the Somali Stream reported on Tuesday. The decision…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – About 2,000 Somali National Army (SNA) troops with more than 200 military vehicles came under a militant ambush on the road linking Baidoa and Mogadishu on Monday, causing heavy casualties in what observers say…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Heavy fighting erupted on Monday on the outskirts of Baidoa between the Somali National Army and forces loyal to Abdiaziz Laftagareen, the former president of Southwest State. An official from Laftagareen’s…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia faces renewed fears of political instability after former intelligence chief Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbalolshe said his Hawadle clan intends to establish a new regional administration in Hiran, raising…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia could face the emergence of Ethiopia-style guerrilla factions in several regions as political rivalries deepen and competing power centres reportedly seek military backing, former Somali intelligence…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal government sent more than 200 military vehicles toward Burhakabo on Saturday, after forces loyal to former Southwest president Abdiasis Laftagaren seized the town last week. Officials have…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s opposition has come under scrutiny after several of its prominent figures congratulated Liban Ahmed Hassan on his election as leaderof Galmudug state, despite having long opposed similar electoral…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Hassan Abdulkadir, the former internal security minister of Southwest State and a key figure behind Laftagaren’s forces, escaped unharmed from an alleged Turkish drone strike on Wednesday night, as his forces…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Supreme Court has given the federal government until Thursday to present its defense in a case filed by opposition leader Sharif Sheikh Ahmed seeking to annul a controversial new constitution.…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s parliament speaker, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, on Sunday accused Kenya of harbouring terrorists, as Mogadishu appears angry with neighbouring countries following rebel advances in Southwest state. Nur…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal government is furious with Ethiopia for refusing to intervene in the conflict in South West State, where Mogadishu lost five strategic towns in a week to the forces of former state leader…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s police entered two Hormuud company premises in Mogadishu on Sunday, including its headquarters in Bakara Market and its main management headquarters on the road leading to the airport, with…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has rejected calls for negotiations with opposition leaders over the country’s upcoming elections, insisting that his government’s plans will proceed as intended.…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal government has lost all major towns in Bay region except Baidoa to forces of former Southwest leader Abdiasis Laftagaren, in a speedy counter-offensive that has unexpectedly reversed the gains…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Forces loyal to Somalia’s former Southwest State president, Abdiasis Laftagaren, seized another strategic town in Bay region on Thursday, deepening the federal government’s territorial losses. The assault on…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia has agreed to buy JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan, a Turkish defence outlet reported, but neither government has confirmed that a contract exists and no price, aircraft number or delivery date…
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi said on Tuesday that authorities had removed 260 armed men from opposition leaders’ homes in the capital Mogadishu, accusing them of threatening security. Fiqi said the men were in…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Former United States Ambassador to Somalia Larry André Jr. has called on the international community to intensify pressure on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government to halt conflict and civilian…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Sunday, June 28, 2026, disputed an account by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) that armed men under his command attacked its personnel in…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Large numbers of government forces have been deployed around the residences of Somalia’s former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire near Mogadishu airport. Local media…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Al-Shabaab militants have severed a vital army supply road in central Somalia, and Jubaland forces have wrested a southern town from federal control, leaving the government in Mogadishu with three territorial…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Northeast State has dismissed social media reports that its president, Abdulkadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, known as Firdhiye, escaped an abduction attempt on a plane that flew him out of Mogadishu airport on…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Opposition leader and former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has warned that threats of force and military mobilization against political opponents risk pushing Somalia toward “chaos or authoritarianism.” He…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Forces loyal to Abdiasis Laftagaren, Somalia’s former Southwest leader, captured the strategic town of Qansah-dhere in the Bay region on Thursday without a gunfight, local media reported. The town, 90…
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – Eritrean soldiers drove through the northern Ethiopian town of Adigrat on Wednesday, two witnesses told Reuters, days after the Horn of Africa neighbours severed diplomatic ties, raising fears of outright…
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal government is closely monitoring flights from Ebola-affected African countries and has deployed health staff at Mogadishu airport, after neighbouring Kenya reported its first case of the virus…
CAIRO (Somaliguardian) – The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan have issued a consequential joint declaration on Somalia’s sovereignty, Sudan’s unity, Red Sea governance and Nile water security, creating a new framework for…
SANAA (Somaliguardian) – Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have secured effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani told Reuters on Monday, though fighting continues with Houthi forces…