BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – People in the Somali capital of Mogadishu took to the streets on Friday to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and to show solidarity with Palestinians. Protesters, including religious figures, youth, and women, chanted slogans against Israeli aggression and in support of Palestinian struggle for freedom. Some of t...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali said Thursday that its forces backed by local militias had killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in central Galmudug state. Information Minister Daud Aweis told reporters that the fighting took place around Wisil and Shabelow districts, where the troops inflicted heavy casualties and “the terrorist bodi...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Defense Minister Aden Duale said Wednesday that Kenya troops will completely withdraw from Somalia by December 31, 2024. “The last troops are expected to leave Somalia on 31 December 2024 as per the AU (Africa Union) and UN Security Council resolution and plan,” Duale told the Senate. He said Kenya began...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali government has claimed that it killed 1,650 al-Shabaab militants and injured more than 550 others in the last two months during several military operations in the south-central regions. At least 19 high-ranking militants were among those killed in the recent operations in the Horn of Africa country, a...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Somalia has announced that it apprehended a senior al-Shabaab operative responsible for procuring weaponry and explosives from foreign sources. The spy agency said Sakaria Kamal, better known as Saki, is responsible for procuring weaponry “solely to arm the...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Several security personnel were injured when double car bombings hit Somalia’s central town of Dhusamareb, an official said. Ibrahim Gedi, a security officer in the town of Adado in the central state of Galmudug, told the media over the phone that one car exploded on the airport road while the second […]...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 70 al-Shabaab men were killed Sunday in a military operation conducted by the Somali National Army backed by local militias in north-central Mudug province. The joint force raided al-Shabaab hideouts and gathering places in the town of Aad. Ringleaders of the group were among those were killed in the [&...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 18 people, including 10 security personnel, were killed and more than 40 others wounded in a suicide bombing in central Somalia, police said late Saturday. Police spokesman Sadik Aden Ali Doodishe told Anadolu a truck full of explosives exploded at a security checkpoint in Beledwayne, killing 18 people,...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali army has claimed to have killed 27 rebel fighters during a military operation in the central state of Galmudug. “Over 27 Khawarij militants were eliminated in a successful operation by the Somali National Army,” the Defense Ministry said in a brief statement posted on X. The operation took place […]...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The European Union (EU) has suspended funding for the World Food Program (WFP) in Somalia after a UN investigation that discovered “widespread theft” and misuse of aid meant to avert famine in the country. “In Somalia, WFP has been forced to end life-saving aid for 2.6 million people. This is what [&...