Somalia death toll in fighting between army and former allied group rises to 120
MOGADISHU (SMN) - Fighting in Somalia’s Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a militia, has killed...
Puntland goes to the polling stations for first democratic election
GAROWE - Puntland has held its first democratic local elections on Monday, the first of its kind since its inception in 1998.
The election took...
Amisom, Somalia media lobby launch election awareness campaign
MOGADISHU - The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has launched a sensitisation campaign on the need for fair coverage of elections, raising the...
Jubaland troops foil a bomb attack in Kismayo
KISMAYO - Jubaland forces carried out an operation in the past few hours inside the coastal city of Kismayo, the capital of the...
Tension remains high in central Somalia
GURIEL - At least 30 people were killed and over 100 injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally...
Uganda’s president says deadly blast likely a terrorist act
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An explosion at an eatery in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday.
Museveni said...
Ahlu Sunna officials wounded in battle nabbed from hospital
GURIEL, Somalia - Reports from the town of Guriel say that sporadic fighting is still going on in the town today between the federal...
Somali trade minister meets with business community in Turkey
ISTANBUL - Khalif Abdi Omar, Minister of Trade and Industry of Somalia, who has been in Turkey for the past few days, held...
At Least 20 Killed as Somalia Troops Battle Moderate Islamist Militia
MOGADISHU - At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded on Saturday when a moderate Islamist group clashed with Somali government...
Somali forces clash with Ahlu Sunna to recapture Guri’el
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali National Army (SNA) and Galmudug regional forces retook Guriel town in central Somalia from a paramilitary group Saturday following a...