The commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Gen. Michael Langley, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the United States will expand operations against ISIS in Somalia.
“The president and the secretary of defense have given me broad authority to target and strike with great force and speed,” Gen. Michael...
The Somali Police Command in the Banadir Region said that the Somali Police Force, especially at the Xamar Wayne District Police Station, arrested Abdirahman Suleyman Jama, the Chairman of the People's Political Organization.
The police statement stated that Abdirahman Suleyman is a suspect who committed acts against national security, although...
A conference between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and some of the heads of the country's regional states is set to open in Mogadishu on Friday.
The conference, which is a consultative meeting, will be attended by the presidents of Galmudug, Southwest, and Hirshabelle, while the presidents of Puntland and...
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has provided further details about an airstrike it carried out in areas southeast of Bosaso in the Bari region.
A statement from AFRICOM said the strike was carried out at the request of the Somali government on Tuesday, April 1.
The command also noted in its...
Reports are emerging that the Federal Government of Somalia has decided to expel Anna Saleem Högberg, the Consul and Head of Aid for the Swedish government, from the country, as quoted by Global Bar Magazine.
Although the Somali government has not officially commented on the matter, sources indicate that the...
Again, yesterday, Thursday, Abdimaalik Muse Coldoon, a humanitarian worker in Somaliland, was arrested in Berbera, although it was not clear what he was being held for.
Abdimaalik fled his home town of Burco on March 22 after he said he received news that he was going to be arrested while...
Reports from Lower Juba state that Jubaland forces and Danab commandos have achieved great success in a large-scale operation they carried out in the north of Lower Juba, where they targeted Al Shabaab members.
The reports add that the operation, which was carefully prepared, attacked Al Shabaab positions in the...
The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hamsa Abdi Barre, chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers today, Thursday, to discuss the fight against terrorist groups, especially the fight against the Al-Shabaab group in some regions of the country.
At this meeting of the Council of Ministers...
This morning, a tense situation was felt between the Jiicboor and Saax Quran areas in the western Mudug region, where two clan militias from Puntland and Galmudug were fighting yesterday.
Yesterday's fighting was reported to have killed more than 10 people on both sides, with many more injured.
Those injured in...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who visited Djibouti yesterday, met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh and discussed strengthening the fight against Al Shabaab.
The two Presidents focused on strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries by working together on security, economic, trade and political issues.
President Hassan Sheikh thanked the...