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JAMAAME, Somalia — Somali special forces carried out a planned operation against Al-Shabaab fighters in Lower Juba region, targeting militant hideouts near the town of Jamaame, military officials said on Tuesday.   The Danab commandos, part of the Somali National Army’s 16th Brigade, launched the raid in the Maanbile area, where the Al-Qaeda-linked group had established dugouts and defensive positions. Officers who...

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s army chief General Ibrahim Mohamed Mahmoud held talks with the United States defence attaché to Somalia, Colonel Wills, on Tuesday, focusing on strengthening security cooperation and intensifying operations against Islamist militants.   The meeting in Mogadishu centred on enhancing joint efforts in the fight against the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group, which has waged a long-running insurgency against the federal...

ADDIS ABABA — Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday to attend the 39th African Union summit, set to officially open at the bloc’s headquarters in the Ethiopian capital.   The annual gathering of African leaders will this year focus on “Achieving Sustainable Water Access and Safe Sanitation Systems to Realise the Goals of Agenda 2063,”...

CAIRO - Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, iyo Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Masar Jeneraal Abdul Majeed Saqr, ayaa ka qeyb galay munaasabad lagu soo bandhigayay ciidamo loo diyaariyay inay ku biiraan howlgalka Midowga Afrika ee taageerada amniga iyo xasilloonida Soomaaliya (AUSSOM).   Munaasabadda oo ka dhacday xero militeri oo ku taalla Masar ayaa lagu muujiyay cutubyo ka tirsan ciidamada qalabka sida ee dalkaas,...

RIYADH — Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi visited the headquarters of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) in Riyadh on Tuesday, as Mogadishu seeks to bolster international cooperation against militant groups.   Fiqi, who is on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, was received by IMCTC Secretary-General Major General Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Moghedi, according to Somali officials. Talks focused on...

CAIRO - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and General Abdel Mageed Saqr, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and minister of defence, attended the lineup of Egyptian troops assigned to the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Egypt’s military spokesperson said Wednesday.   The ceremony underscored Cairo’s continued engagement in African peace and security efforts, particularly in backing Somalia’s...

Jamaame, Jubbada Hoose — Ciidanka Kumaandooska Danab ee Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed, gaar ahaan Ururka 162-aad ee Guutada 16-aad, ayaa howlgal qorsheysan oo ka dhan ah Al-Shabaab ka fuliyay deegaanka Maanbile, oo hoostaga magaalada Jamaame ee gobolka Jubbada Hoose.   Howlgalka oo ahaa mid si xeeladaysan loo qorsheeyay ayaa lagu bartilmaameedsaday godad iyo fariisimo ay Al-Shabaab ka qoteen deegaanka, kuwaas oo ciidamada...

Algiers, Aljeeriya — Wasiirka Cadaaladda iyo Arrimaha Dastuurka ee Xukuumadda Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya (JFS), Mudane Xasan Macallin Maxamuud, iyo Wasiirka Cadaaladda Dowladda Aljeeriya, Mudane Lotfi Boudjemaa, ayaa magaalada Algiers ku kala saxiixday Heshiis Is-afgarad (MoU) oo lagu xoojinayo iskaashiga dhinacyada garsoorka iyo caddaaladda ee labada dal.   Heshiiskan Is-afgarad ah ayaa ku saleysan xoojinta xiriirka walaaltinimo iyo iskaashi taariikhi ah ee...

Muqdisho, Soomaaliya — Taliyaha Ciidanka Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed (XDS), Sareeye Guuto Ibraahim Maxamed Maxamuud, ayaa kulan muhiim ah la yeeshay U Qeybsanaha Arrimaha Difaaca ee Safaaradda Mareykanka ee Soomaaliya, Col. Wills. Kulanka ayaa diiradda lagu saaray xoojinta iskaashiga amni ee u dhexeeya Soomaaliya iyo Mareykanka, gaar ahaan dardargelinta dagaallada ka dhanka ah argagixisada iyo la-dagaallanka kooxaha Al-Shabaab.   Labada dhinac ayaa isla...

Riyaad, Boqortooyada Sucuudi Carabiya — Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Axmed Macallin Fiqi, oo booqasho ku jooga Boqortooyada Sucuudi Carabiya, ayaa maanta booqday xarunta Isbahaysiga Wadamada Islaamka ee La-dagaallanka Argagixisada (IMCTC), halkaas oo uu ku soo dhaweeyay Xoghayaha Guud ee xarunta, Jeneraal Maxamed bin Saciid Al-Moghedi.   Kulanka ayaa diiradda lagu saaray xoojinta dadaallada wadajirka ah ee la-dagaallanka fikirka xagjirka...