Category: Somalia News & Reports in English
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Suspected KDF airstrikes target Somali town, civilians wounded
A wave of airstrikes carried out by suspected KDF aircraft targeted the Al-Shabaab controlled town of Ceel-Cadde in the Gedo region of Somalia. Four missiles that were fired from aircraft hovering overhead reportedly struck civilian homes in the town wounding two people, according to the pro militant radio station dubbed “Radio Andulus”, which operates in…
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Hirshabelle state requests federal intervention to quell clan conflict
Unaddressed grievances and a lack of grassroots reconciliation has led to rising clan conflict in the Hirshabelle region and the local authorities have taken notice. While speaking to the press, Abdi Dahir Guure, the Interior Minister for the Hirshabelle state called upon the Federal Government of Somalia to urgently act and take decisive action to…
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Jubaland leadership returns to the restive Gedo region
The deputy president of the Jubaland regional state, Mohamud Sayid Ali, arrived in the city of Luuq in the Gedo region with delegates from Kismayo. Mr. Ali is the highest ranking Jubaland official to visit the Gedo region in three years after the Jubaland regional state lost control of Gedo in 2020 following an armed…
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SSC forces fend off latest Somaliland attacks and advance towards Goojacadde, Somaliland’s main military base in Sool region
Troops loyal to the separatist administration of Somaliland in northern Somalia launched a ground assault targeting the Oodagooye locality as part of their latest futile attempts to crush the resistance in the SSC regions. Reports reaching the Daljir Media service desk reveal that at 10:00 am on Tuesday morning, secessionist troops launched a brazen attack…
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Liyuu Police killings and unrest sweep the Somali Region
A wave of anti government protests have erupted in two seperate districts in the Somali region of Ethiopia as a result of excessive force by local security forces targeting civilians. Liyuu Police paramilitaries shot and killed a civilian overnight in the town of Baladul Amin, situated near the district of Qalaafe in the Shabelle province.…
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Former President Trump vows to reinstate travel restrictions on Somalia
Former US President Donald Trump has made a new campaign promise while on the campaign trail, stating that he’d re-instate the travel ban on several countries, including Somalia. While speaking to supporters at an event n Bluffs, Iowa, the former president stated that he’d expand the travel ban restrictions witnessed during his first stint in…
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Al-Shabaab Blockade on Baidoa enters its eight day
The Al-Qaeda linked militant group Al-Shabaab have tightened the blockade on the city of Baidoa, the provincial capital of Somalia’s Southwest regional state. Insurgents have banned vehicles and lorries transporting commercial goods, including fuel from entering and exiting the city of Baidoa for eight consecutive days, sparking shortages on basic needs for many communities in…
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Over 30 foreign nationals put on trial for illegally fishing in Somalia
Over 30 foreign nationals where brought before an appeals court in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The foreign nationals numbering a total of 36 were previously convicted for illegally fishing in Somali territorial waters. The prosecutors office at the appeals court in Mogadishu stated that they’ll put fourth the evidence that proves their role in illegal…
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Somali Region police arrest and extradite murder suspect
The police force in the Somali region in Ethiopia have apprehended a murder suspect tied to the death of a man in the Puntland state of northeast Somalia. The murder reportedly occurred in the Mudug region of Somalia’s Puntland state, where Abdifatah Ali Warsame is alleged to have killed a man in the town of…
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Somalia: Farming town forced into isolation, following floods
Food shortages and fear grip the farming town of Labo-Jameeco, situated 90 kilometers from the Somali capital, Mogadishu in the neighboring Middle Shabelle region. Torrential rains caused water levels to rise and ultimately culminated in parts of the Shabelle river banks to burst and have nearly submerged the rural farming town of Labo-Jameeco. Flood waters…
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Land mine blast in Somalia leaves three dead
A blast from a land mine left three civilians dead in the Galgaduud region of Somalia, with the deadly incident occurring within the vicinity of Cali-Helle, situated near the recently liberated town of Galcad. All three victims said to be youth were riding on a two-wheeled motorcycle when they struck a land mine buried on…
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Gaas and Omar meet Hassan Sheikh as Garaad Jama Garaad Ali accuses the President of undermining SSC-Khatumo
Former Puntland President Abdiweli Ali Gaas and former Hassan Sheikh Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid, yesterday in Garoowe, presented to the people of Puntland a poorly written proposal they said would stave off bloodshed in Puntland. Immediately, the two politicians flew to Mogadishu to meet President Hassan Sheikh. Also, yesterday, meeting the Somali community in Nairobi,…