The Saudi government has approved a cooperation agreement between the Saudi Presidential Security Department and the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency, which concerns combating terrorism and its financing.
This came during a meeting of the Saudi Cabinet, chaired by King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, in Jeddah on Tuesday, May 20,...
Puntland has said it has killed a senior ISIS leader, Ahmed Muse Sidi. The leader, according to Puntland, was in charge of ISIS’s foreign relations and coordination.
The Minister of State for the Presidency of Puntland, Abdifitax Mohamed Nur, confirmed the killing of the leader in an interview with BBC...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today spoke extensively about issues related to the Hajj and the fees charged by airlines that the Ministry of Religious and Islamic Affairs has mandated to charge Somali pilgrims for their pilgrimage, and he instructed the Minister of Religious Affairs, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, to...
A number of mortar shells were fired early this morning in parts of Wadajir district in Mogadishu, with some of the shells reportedly hitting the AUSSOM command center in Xalane, located on the outskirts of Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu.
Witnesses near Aden Adde airport told the media that they...
Reports from Jowhar town in Middle Shabelle region indicate that an armed group killed Dr. Mohamed Abdi Ali, known as Dr. Gaalib, the Director of the Religious Affairs Department of the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs of Hirshabelle State, last night in the Hantiwadaag neighborhood.
The reports add that...
The Prime Minister of the Somali Government, Hamsa Abdi Barre, has launched a verbal attack on some of the opposition members of the government, saying that they are carrying messages from foreign governments that do not want stability in Somalia.
He accused the opposition members of appearing in public and...
The Governor of Mudug Region in Puntland, Faysal Sheikh Ali Jifo-jabsade, has accused the PSF of serving the Federal Government of Somalia and engaging in illegal activities that threaten the security of Puntland.
The Governor said that the military activities carried out by the PSF in Galkayo are specifically aimed...
The Somali government has said that Al-Shabaab fighters were defeated in fierce battles that lasted for hours in the border areas of Middle Shabelle and Hiran after the Somali National Army and the Somali National Army fought Al-Shabaab there.
The Somali Ministry of Defense, which issued a statement on the...
The government of Djibouti has begun arresting and deporting Yemeni, Somali and other Ethiopian nationals for violating residency and work permits.
The measures come as the security and economic situation in the countries from which the deportees fled has worsened, sparking international concern.
The Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti has...
Tensions are escalating between the PSF forces in Puntland and the Mudug regional administration in Galkayo, following security operations conducted by PSF forces in Galkayo city this evening.
The governor of the Mudug region of Puntland, Faysal Sheikh Ali (Jifo Jabsade), said that the PSF forces are not legally based...