The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia has this Tuesday expressed its rejection "in the most forceful terms" of Somaliland's decision to accept the credentials of the ambassador of Israel and to lay the first stone of its future diplomatic headquarters in Hargeisa, the capital of this Somali secessionist territory,...
The Uganda Army reported this Monday the start of a phased withdrawal of all its troops deployed in Somalia against the jihadist organization Al Shabaab. This pullback, announced in August by the Ugandan Chief of the General Staff and agreed with the Somali authorities, is scheduled to conclude in 2027.At...
Israel has given a new boost to the formalization of its diplomatic ties with the Somali separatist state of Somaliland through the presentation of the credentials of its ambassador, Michael Lotem, before the president of this self-proclaimed independent territory, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, 'Irro'. The ceremony took place at the Presidential...
The Somali authorities have confirmed the death of a prominent official in the financial apparatus of the jihadist group Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda, during an operation carried out last week "in coordination with international partners" in the Lower Shabelle region, near the capital, Mogadishu.According to what the National...
The Somali Executive reported this Tuesday the death of 75 alleged members of Al Shabaab in a series of clashes that took place in the Bay region, in the south of the country, after the Islamist militia, allied with Al Qaeda, claimed to have caused more than 300 casualties in...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has expressed his recognition of the UN mission in Somalia for the work done, less than a week before the end of its two-year mandate, highlighting the complicated circumstances it has had to face in the unstable Somali political scenario.The United Nations...
The United States Army announced this Tuesday the execution of a new airstrike against alleged positions of Al Shabaab, an armed group linked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, in the area near an airport located in southern Somalia, close to the border with Kenya.According to details provided by the...
Prominent figures of the opposition in Somalia have lashed out in recent hours against the dissemination of the new electoral calendar, which places the legislative elections in April 2027 and the presidential elections in May of the same year. The opponents interpret it as a "unilateral" design by President Hasan...
The electoral commission of Somalia confirmed this Thursday that the legislative elections will be held on April 15, 2027, and the presidential elections on May 15 of the same year, after a postponement motivated by the political crisis surrounding President Hasan Sheij Mohamud, who continues in office under a mandate...
The Executive of Somaliland received this Tuesday as a key boost to its aspirations for independence the words spoken yesterday by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who referred to this territory, which Somalia considers an inseparable part of its State, as "a country".Trump's statements took place during...
The Somali authorities have confirmed the death of a prominent official of the intelligence and covert operations apparatus of the jihadist group Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda, during an operation carried out last week "in cooperation with international partners" in the city of Jilib, in the Middle Juba province,...
The United States Army has reported the execution of new airstrikes "in coordination" with the authorities of Somalia against alleged Al Shabaab enclaves, a group associated with the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, in various areas of the African country, in a context of increased operations of this kind in recent...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed this Wednesday its "deep concern" over reports pointing to the death and injuries of several minors during the latest fighting recorded in Baidoa, in the southwest of Somalia. These incidents occur amid a new escalation of violence in a country plagued by a...
The authorities of the semiautonomous region of Puntland have reported that five crew members of the tanker 'MT Honer 25', captured by pirates in April off the coast of Somalia, were killed by the kidnappers just before security forces managed to free the ship last Tuesday.The Puntland Maritime Police Force...
The authorities of the semiautonomous region of Puntland, in northeastern Somalia, reported this Tuesday the release of an oil tanker that had been captured by pirates in waters near the country's coast, with no victims reported so far.In a statement released on social media, the Puntland Maritime Police Force indicated...
The United States Army has reported the execution of a new airstrike in Somalia against alleged positions of Al Shabaab, a group linked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. The operation was carried out this time in the south of the African country and, for the moment, no casualty balance...
The Somali Executive stated this Monday that its armed forces have dealt "a great defeat" to Al Shabaab, a group linked to the terrorist network Al Qaeda, and to "militias" associated with a former regional leader near the city of Baidoa. The area has been the scene of several rounds...
A military court in Somalia has sentenced to death this Sunday a former member of the Army for the murder of a civilian during a dispute recorded in July in the town of Garasbaaley, in the center of the country, after the accused attempted to flee and hide perched in...
The Somali authorities have reported the death of four alleged members of Al Shabaab, including a "commander" of the organization linked to Al Qaeda, during new operations carried out "in cooperation with international partners" in the Shabelle Medio region, north of the country's capital, Mogadishu.The National Intelligence and Security Agency...
The United States Army has reported a new airstrike against positions of the jihadist group Al Shabaab, affiliated with Al Qaeda, in northern Somalia. On this occasion, the target was "a weapons warehouse" located in the Sanaag region, with no data communicated yet about possible casualties.According to details provided by...
A freighter with the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis has run aground off the coast of Somalia after registering a malfunction that caused water to enter the hull, according to Somali authorities. For the moment, the causes of the incident have not been specified and no casualties have been...
The Somali authorities have reported the dismantling of several cells of the jihadist group Al Shabaab, an ally of Al Qaeda, that operated "covertly" in Mogadishu and in areas near the capital. The operation has resulted in the detention of more than a dozen alleged members of these networks.In a...
The Chinese authorities have censored this Wednesday that leaders from the Somali region of Somaliland referred during a recent trip to the United States to their ties with Taiwan, in the context of the close relationship between both territories, which support each other in their efforts to gain recognition and...
The United States Army has announced the execution of a new airstrike against "a facility" belonging to the jihadist group Al Shabaab, linked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, in southern Somalia, an operation that would have been carried out "in coordination" with the Somali authorities.In a brief note, the...
The United States Army has reported the execution of new airstrikes in Somalia against supposed enclaves of Al Shabaab, a group associated with the terrorist organization al Qaeda, as part of what it describes as coordinated operations with the Somali authorities.According to the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), on September...