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Mogadishu, Somalia — Local militia fighters known as Macawiisley have launched a large-scale operation against Al-Shabaab militants in areas surrounding Nuur Dugle in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, local sources said on Sunday.   The offensive, described by residents as intense, involved a large number of community fighters who attacked suspected Al-Shabaab positions in rural areas under Nuur Dugle. Witnesses said clashes...

Las Anod, Somalia — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday met with traditional elders from Puntland in the northern town of Las Anod, underscoring the role of customary leaders in safeguarding national unity and advancing peace and state-building.   The meeting brought together elders, traditional chiefs and community leaders led by King Burhan Boqor Muse, who were in Laasacaanood to...

KAMPALA - Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected to a seventh term, the country’s electoral commission has announced, after a tense campaign marked by an opposition crackdown and internet blackout.   Museveni, 81, won with 71.65 percent of the vote, the commission said on Saturday. He defeated his main challenger, 43-year-old Bobi Wine, who received 24.72 percent of the vote, according...

HIIRAAN - Macawiisleyda deegaanka ayaa hawlgal ballaaran ka fuliyey deegaano hoostaga deegaanka Nuur Dugle ee gobolka Shabeellaha Dhexe, kaasi oo lagu beegsaday xubno ka tirsan kooxda Al-Shabaab.   Hawlgalka oo ahaa mid xooggan ayaa waxaa ka qeyb qaatay tiro badan oo ka mid ah Macawiisleyda deegaanka, iyagoo weerarro ku qaaday xubno Al-Shabaab ah oo ku sugnaa deegaannadaasi.Ilo deegaanka ah ayaa sheegaya...

KAMPALA - Madaxweynaha Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, ayaa ku guuleystay xilkiisii toddobaad kaddib doorashooyinkii dalkaas ka dhacay, sida ay shaaciyeen natiijooyinka rasmiga ah ee la soo saaray Sabtidii. Museveni ayaa helay 71.65% codadka, isaga oo ka adkaaday musharraxa da’da yar ee mucaaradka oo ololihiisa ku saleeyay isbeddel kaddib in ka badan afartan sano oo hal xukun ah.   Musharraxa mucaaradka ah ee...

Ciidamada Amniga iyo Kuwa Difaaca Puntland ayaa hawlgallo qorsheysan oo muddo socday ka fuliyey buuraleyda Calmiskaad ee Puntland, kuwaas oo lagu guuleystay in lagu soo qabto maxaabiis ajaanib ah oo ka tirsanaa kooxda argagixisada ah ee Daacish (ISIS).   Maxaabiista la qabtay ayaa la xaqiijiyay inay u kala dhasheen dalal kala duwan, oo ay ka mid yihiin Turkiga, Sucuudiga, Marooko, Itoobiya,...

Laasacaanood – Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa kulan la qaatay qaar ka mid ah odayaasha, isimmada iyo cuqaasha dhaqanka Dowlad-goboleedka Puntland, kuwaas oo uu hoggaaminayey Boqor Burhaan Boqor Muuse. Kulankan ayaa ka dhacay magaalada Laasacaanood, xilli ay isimmadu ka qayb-galayeen munaasabadda caleemo-saarka hoggaanka Dowlad-goboleedka Waqooyi Bari Soomaaliya.   Madaxweynaha ayaa hoggaanka dhaqanka ku adkeeyey muhiimadda ay leeyihiin...

Laascaanood — Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa Sabtidii ka qeyb galay munaasabadda caleemo-saarka Madaxweynaha Dowlad-goboleedka cusub ee Waqooyi Bari Soomaaliya, taas oo ka dhacday magaalada istaraatiijiga ah ee Laascaanood, sida ay sheegeen masuuliyiin.   Munaasabadda ayaa waxaa isugu yimid masuuliyiin sare oo ay ka mid yihiin Ra’iisul Wasaare Xamse Cabdi Barre, wasiirro ka tirsan Dowladda Federaalka iyo...

LAS ANOD, Somalia — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday attended the inauguration of the president of the newly formed Northeast State of Somalia in the strategic town of Las Anod, officials said.   The ceremony brought together senior figures including Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, federal ministers and leaders from Somalia’s federal member states, underscoring Mogadishu’s backing for the...

KAMPALA - Ugandan police denied allegations by opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party that he had been arrested by soldiers as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide reelection.   Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Friday night an army helicopter landed in his compound in Kampala and “forcibly took him away to an unknown destination”. The claim, however, could...