The Somali National Army, especially the Danab Commandos, in collaboration with international partners, carried out a planned airstrike in Awdheegle district of Lower Shabelle region.
The airstrike operation specifically targeted strongholds and shelters where leaders and militias of the Al-Shabaab group were hiding.
A press release from the Somali Ministry of...
The Somali People's Political Organization has recently appointed a committee to select members of the organization to participate in the local councils of the districts and the parliament of the Banadir region. The committee, which consists of 5 members with a deputy chairman and members, has begun its work...
The Somali National Army has successfully carried out a planned operation in Omar Beerre and surrounding areas in the Lower Shabelle region, according to the official media of the Federal Government.
The operation, which aimed to eliminate the threat and suffering posed by Al-Shabaab to the local population, destroyed illegal...
The United Nations has expressed deep concern over the lack of humanitarian funding for Somalia. A new UN report says Somalia has received only 17% of its planned humanitarian funding this year.
The United Nations says Somalia has been allocated $1.42 billion this year to help 4.6 million people, but...
Further reports have emerged of a major attack by Al-Shabaab militants on a base of Federal and South West government forces in the Barujed area on the outskirts of Baidoa city, the capital of Bay region.
The group reportedly launched a bomb attack, followed by a fierce battle between Al-Shabaab...
The list of MPs for the Northeastern Somali administration was officially announced last night, following a dispute over the credibility of the verification and approval committee appointed by the Federal Government of Somalia.
The number of MPs announced last night reached 83 MPs, making the Northeastern Somali administration one of...
Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has strongly warned against a plan he said was being pursued by the Federal Government of Somalia to close the United Nations Political Office (UNSOM) in the country.
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed described the move as a threat to the integrity of the upcoming elections...
The Kenyan government has identified the need for international support to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in Somalia, with particular focus on the urgent need to fill the gaps left by some African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) led by its Chief of Staff, General Charles...
The Chinese Embassy in Somalia said that Senator Ted Cruz’s letter asking Trump to “recognize” Somaliland was an attack on China-Somalia relations and a clear interference in Somalia’s internal affairs.
The embassy said that this incident shows the authoritarian and oppressive political behavior of some US politicians towards the Somali...
Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, former Prime Ministers Hassan Ali Khayre and Mohamed Hussein Rooble, and politician Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame held a private meeting last night at Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s residence in Mogadishu.
The meeting, which took place in secret, was said to be of particular importance to the...