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NAIROBI - Kenyan Security officers from the anti-terror police unit killed two terrorists during an ambush in Mandera on Monday.   According to the Counter Terrorism Policing, officers from the elite Special Operations Group (SOG), acting on intelligence, launched an operation in the wee hours of the night in Mandera and ambushed the terrorists as they were planning to launch an...

NEW DELHI, India – Airports are built for departures, but some goodbyes—like leaving your hometown—carry more than luggage. They carry a life’s worth of meaning.   At Aden Adde International, I watched the familiar coastline of Mogadishu fade into a distant shimmer. It was my first time holding a passport stamped for another country. My first time seeing my home from above...

MIDDLE SHABELLE, Somalia – Somalia’s federal government has deployed significant military forces to the Middle Shabelle region in a bid to retake towns and districts controlled by Al-Shabaab militants, security sources reported Tuesday.   Large contingents of federal troops have been mobilized to key areas, including Wargaadi, Cadale, and other strategic bases, as part of a final push to recapture the...

SHABEELLAHA DHEXE, Soomaaliya – Warar ka imanaya gobolka Shabeellaha Dhexe ayaa sheegaya in dhaqdhaqaaq ciidan oo xoog leh uu ka socdo, iyadoo ciidamo badan oo ka tirsan dowladda federaalka Soomaaliya la geeyay gobolka si ay dib ula wareegaan deegaanno iyo degmooyin ay gacanta ku hayaan kooxda Al-Shabaab.   Ciidamada la geeyay waxaa ka mid ah kuwa loo diray deegaannada Wargaadi, Cadale,...

BALAD-XAAWO, Somalia – Somalia’s federal government launched military operations in the Gedo region, with a significant show of force in Balad-Xaawo district, where senior officers of the Somali National Army held a military parade on Tuesday.   Heavily armed troops, equipped with both light and heavy weaponry, were showcased in Balad-Xaawo, a district that has seen heightened political tensions in recent...

Balad-Xaawo, Gedo – Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa dhaq-dhaqaaqyo ciidan oo horleh ka bilowday gobolka Gedo, gaar ahaan degmada Balad-Xaawo, halkaas oo maanta lagu qabtay dhoolatus iyo bandhig ciidan oo ay sameeyeen saraakiil sare oo ka tirsan ciidanka xoogga dalka Soomaaliyeed.   Ciidamo si buuxda u hubeysan, kuwaas oo wata qoryo culus iyo kuwa fudud, ayaa lagu soo bandhigay degmada Balad-Xaawo, taasoo...

WASHINGTON — Dowladda Mareykanka ayaa sheegtay in dowladda Soomaaliya ay ka laabatay mamnuucidii dhawaan ku sameysay baasaboorrada Taiwan, tallaabo la rumeysnaa inay halis gelin karto booqashada wasiirka arrimaha dibedda ee Taiwan uu ku tagi lahaa Somaliland.   Troy Fitrell, oo ah mas’uul sare ka tirsan Waaxda Arrimaha Dibedda ee Mareykanka, ayaa toddobaadkan ka sheegay Aqalka Senate-ka in Muqdisho ay ka noqotay...

WASHINGTON — The United States has welcomed Somalia's reversal of a recent ban on Taiwan passports, a move that had threatened to block an upcoming visit by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister to Somaliland.   Troy Fitrell, a senior official at the U.S. State Department, told the U.S. Senate this week that Mogadishu had rescinded the directive that barred the use of Taiwanese...

Mogadishu, 10 June 2025  - The Federal Government of Somalia has strongly rejected recent claims circulating on social media and a fake news website alleging that members of Somalia’s official delegation to the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva had “disappeared in an attempt to seek asylum in Europe”.   In an official statement issued by the Ministry of Labour and...

GALKAYO, Somalia – Several elders and prominent businessmen from the Digil and Mirifle clans have been detained for a third consecutive day in Galkayo, a city in the central Mudug region, sources said on Tuesday.   According to local residents and community leaders, the detainees — including well-known merchants and traditional elders — are being held in the Siinaay neighborhood by...