MOGADISHU – The commander of Sector 5 of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Brig. Gen. Michel Ndenzako, visited key facilities at Jowhar Airport on Friday to assess security conditions and strengthen measures to protect personnel and criti…

Jowhar – Taliyaha Qaybta 5-aad ee Hawlgalka Midowga Afrika ee Taageerada iyo Xasilinta Soomaaliya (AUSSOM), Sarreeye Guuto Michel Ndenzako, ayaa Jimcihii kormeer ku tagay xarumo muhiim ah oo ku yaalla Garoonka Diyaaradaha Jowhar, si uu u qiimeeyo xaaladda amniga una xoojiyo ta…

Ciidamada ammaanka ee magaalada Beledweyne ayaa ka hortagay fal argagixiso oo la sheegay in ay qorsheynayeen labo xubnood oo ka tirsan kooxda Al-Shabaab, kuwaas oo doonayay in ay weerar ka geystaan xaafadda Xaawo-taako ee magaalada Beledweyne.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United States military carried out an airstrike targeting Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia’s southern Jubbaland regional state on July 8, the U.S. military said on Friday. In a statement, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said the strike was conducted appro…

A senior Al-Shabaab commander has reportedly been captured during a military operation conducted by Somali special forces near the Kenya-Somalia border. According to sources privy to the information, the operation was carried out in Baghdad town, about 42 kilometres outside Ho…

Ciidamada Amniga Soomaaliya oo kaashanaya saaxiibada caalamiga ah ayaa howlgal qorsheysan oo ka dhacay agagaarka xadka ay wadaagaan Soomaaliya iyo Kenya waxay ku soo qabteen hoggaamiye sare oo ka tirsan kooxda Al-Shabaab, halka sarkaalkaas la qabtay xilli ay socdeen howlgalada…

MUQDISHO – Hoggaamiye sare oo ka tirsan Al-Shabaab ayaa la sheegay in lagu qabtay howlgal ay fuliyeen ciidamada gaarka ah ee Soomaaliya, kaas oo ka dhacay deegaan u dhow xadka Soomaaliya iyo Kenya. Sida ay sheegeen ilo xog-ogaal ah, howlgalka ayaa laga fuliyay deegaanka Baqdaa…

Nairobi (WDN) – Kenyan security forces have disrupted what authorities describe as a suspected plot to carry out attacks in Nairobi and Garissa, arresting several armed suspects, including a Somali national allegedly involved in an illegal weapons trafficking network. The arre…

(ERGO) – Violent clan conflict that erupted in Madah-lagu Hoor in Somalia’s Sool region in early June has forced hundreds of families into displacement and wiped out the homes and livelihoods they had worked hard to build up. Sahra Faah Ali owned a small café in Madah-lagu, wh…

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – On December 31, 2026, the United Nations Support Office in Somalia will stop bankrolling the African Union force that fights al-Shabaab. Washington sealed that fate in a July 1 letter, ending its payments to UNSOS and vowing to block any further UN logisti…

A major military construction project is reportedly under way at Berbera Airport in Somaliland, with the facility being converted into a strategic military hub serving the interests of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the United States, according to an investigation …

Muqdisho – Wasaaradda Gaashaandhigga Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa si adag u diidday warbixin ay dhowaan soo saartay Hay’adda Caalamiga ah ee International Crisis Group (ICG) oo ka hadlaysay xaaladda dagaalka lagula jiro Al-Shabaab, iyadoo ku eedeysay warbixinta ina…

MOGADISHU, July 7 – The command of the Darawiish forces of Somalia’s Northeastern regional administration has denied reports that soldiers and a military vehicle defected to Somaliland, dismissing the claims as false. In a statement dated July 6, the force accused Somaliland o…

Wasiir Ku-xigeenka Wasaaradda Amniga iyo DDR-ta Dowladda Puntland, Mudane Cabdiraxmaan Yuusuf Dujaana, ayaa maanta shir-guddoomiyay kulan…

Garowe (WDN) – In a dramatic turn of events that underscores the deepening political tensions in Puntland, traditional elders from the Nugaal region on Tuesday publicly presented camels to the Danab Special Forces stationed at the Lilge military base outside Garowe, in what ob…

Hay’adda Boqortooyada Ingiriiska u qaabilsan la socodka amniga maraakiibta ganacsiga (UKMTO) ayaa sheegtay inay heshay warbixin ku saabsan weerar lagu qaaday markab shidaal oo marayay biyaha u dhow dalka Cumaan.

BERBERA – French newspaper Le Monde has reported that a new military base is under construction in Berbera, Somaliland, funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and is expected to be used […]

Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) says it has killed a senior Al-Shabaab commander accused of overseeing the group’s mortar attacks and roadside bomb operations during a security operation in the Basra area of the Middle Shabelle region. The operation,…

Wafdi uu hoggaaminayo Wasiir Ku-xigeenka Wasaaradda Amniga Dowladda Puntland, Cabdiraxmaan Yuusuf Dujaana, ayaa safar shaqo ku…

A new study lays out how al-Shabaab turns humanitarian aid into a weapon of propaganda in Somalia. The report comes from the Hiraal Institute and the Centre on Armed Groups. It maps two decades of the group’s messaging on relief. In al-Shabaab’s telling, foreign aid is “empty …

(ERGO) – Families displaced by fighting over farmland in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region are struggling to survive after fleeing their homes with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. More than 50 families have sought refuge in Buufow-Ba’ad village since early May, accord…

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Turkish F-16 fighter jets carried out a series of air strikes against Al-Shabaab targets in southern Somalia on Tuesday, killing about 35 militants and wounding more than 20 others, Somali Defense Ministry said. The strikes, conducted in coordinati…

(ERGO) – More than 400 households who had already been displaced by conflict are facing severe hardship after being displaced again by Juba River floods in May. Asho Ali Adan and her family of 12 have been living beside a road near Baar-Sanguuni in Lower Juba region after floo…

(ERGO) – Ali Hassan Malin lost one of his wives and his one-year-old daughter to malnutrition in March after months of struggling to feed his family of 18. Poverty prevented him from seeking medical treatment for them in time. His family is among around 50 farming households w…

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Mogadishu is building attempting to build second center of power inside Puntland, according to Puntland and FGS officials. Mogadishu has been recruiting militias in Puntland with the apparent aim of challenging the authority of the state in the guise of expan…

Muqdisho — War-saxaafadeed xalay ka soo baxay Hay’adda Nabad-sugidda Soomaaliya (NISA) ayaa lagu sheegay in duqeymo cirka ah lagu dilay ilaa 41 ka tirsan maleeshiyada Al-Shabaab. NISA waxay sheegtay in duqeymaha dhanka cirka ah ay ka dhaceen deegaannada Boos-Hareeri iyo Jambal…

Muqdisho — Barnaamijka Bandhigga VOA toddobaadkan wuxuu diiradda saarayaa xaaladda guud ee shacabka Muqdisho, gaar ahaan dhinacyada dhaqaalaha, amniga, iyo nolosha inta lagu jiro bisha Ramadaan. Wariyaha VOA ee Muqdisho, Cabdicasiis Axmed Barrow, ayaa soo jeedinaya.

Ciidamada amniga ee dowladda Soomaaliya iyo kuwa maamulka Hirshabeelle ayaa ku guuleystay inay soo afjaraan rag ka tirsan kooxda argagixisada ah ee Al-Shabaab, kuwaas oo shalay weerar ku qaaday hotel ku yaalla magaalada Beledweyne.

Ugu yaraan 50 xubnood oo ka tirsan Al-Shabaab ayaa lagu dilay howlgal duqeyn ah oo laga fuliyay deegaanka Damasha Shabeelow ee gobolka Shabeellaha Dhexe, sida uu sheegay Taliska Ciidanka Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed (CXDS).

Beledweyne — Ugu yaraan lix qof, oo ay ku jiraan laba nabadoon oo caan ka ah Galbeedka Beledweyne, ayaa ku dhintay, shan kalena way ku dhaawacmeen weerar qarax ku billaawday oo rag hubeysan oo ka tirsan kooxda argagixisada ah ee Al-Shabaab ay saaka aroortii ku qaadeen hotelka …