Monday, April 20, 2026
The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hamsa Abdi Barre, who presided over the meeting of the cabinet, said that the government is sitting on the implementation of the agreement on the process of elections. Prime Minister Hamse described the implementation of the agreement on the electoral process...
The Uganda Defense Forces (UPDF), which consists of infantry and armed forces, said they have retaken control of the town of Buulo Mareer and the villages under it which were captured by the Al-Shabaab group recently. Brigadier General Peter Gaetano Omola, who is the commander of the 1st division, who...
More news is emerging from last night's artillery attack by Al-Shabaab on the camp of the African Union Peacekeeping Force (ATMIS) in Qoryoley district in the Lower Shabelle region. The attack that took place at midnight last night was widely heard in all the neighborhoods of Qoryooley district, and the...
The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, spoke on the phone with his counterpart, the re-elected President of Turkey, Rajab Dayib Erdogan. President Hassan Sheikh congratulated Rajab Dayib Erdogan on his historic victory in the election that took place in Turkey last Sunday. "The two presidents underlined...
The Prime Minister of the Somali government, Hamse Abdi Bare, said that the country will not tolerate an individual or a group that he described as wanting to be listened to and fulfill their interests. Prime Minister Hamse said, Somalia is tired of being singled out for a particular group....
The security forces of the Puntland administration today refused to allow the Somali president's envoy in charge of economic and commercial affairs to fly to Garowe airport. Envoy was on his way to Mogadishu. The authorities of Garowe airport were informed that Khadar Abdirahman Faroole, who was one of the four...
Jubbaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe met with the US Deputy Ambassador to Somalia Tim Trenkle in Mogadishu. The meeting was one in which the two officials discussed the general situation in the country, especially security, politics and the decisions of the National Consultative Council meeting to restore the power...
Reports from the Lower Shabelle region say that the Ugandan army, part of the African Union ATMIS mission, killed members of the same family yesterday afternoon. The death of the people of the same family, up to six children, came after the Ugandan army stationed in Ambareso area on the...
The National Consultative Council last night reached historic electoral agreements, with the agreement that next year there will be one person and one vote election, and the election will take place once every five years. Somali leaders have also agreed to remove the position of the Prime Minister, replacing it...
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has issued a message of condolence to all the families of the soldiers who died in the Al-Shabaab attack on the Ugandan army base in Buulo Mareer area. The President of Uganda said that they have formed a Board of Inquiry (BOI), saying that the...