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At least three civilians were injured Saturday morning when several mortar shells struck residential and public areas in Mogadishu, including the National Theater and busy public squares, according to security officials and eyewitnesses. Four mortar rounds hit different locations across the Boondheere and Warta Nabadda districts, damaging property and injuring people in areas where civilians…
The African Union and the Somali federal government have authorized the deployment of 2,500 Ethiopian troops to join a new peacekeeping force in Somalia to bolster the fight against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The troops will serve under the African Union Support Mission in Somalia [AUSSOM], officially launched in January and will operate until the end of…
The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) has confirmed that an aircraft crashed in an area close to Jazeera locality, approximately 24km southwest of Mogadishu, capital city of Somalia today, 22 March 2025. The aircraft was a DHC-5D Buffalo, with serial number 109 and registration 5Y-RBA. Early reports indicated that the crash occurred at approximately 14:43Z…
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia met with elders, community leaders, commanders of local armed vigilantes knowns as “Ma’awisley”, federal government military forces and politicians from the region during his visit to Cadale District. They discussed best ways of speeding up the ongoing fight against Al-Shabaab fighters, they agreed to…
US President Joe Biden offered to delay Ukraine’s membership in NATO at the organization’s 2021 summit in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin spoke with reporters on Thursday after a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC) in St. Petersburg. Asked about rumors in the US about a proposal that would freeze the Russia-Ukraine conflict,…
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has said that he was just “meters” away when Israel struck an airport in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Thursday. While Ghebreyesus and his team were unharmed, they were forced to delay departure due to the damage to the runway. A delegation led by Ghebreyesus visited the war-torn Arab country to…
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is travelling out of the country. He is on holiday. But we were told that he has been briefed multiple times throughout the day on the situation in Yemen. Here at the UN headquarters in New York, they are also spending many hours trying to gather details about what transpired. We were…
CAIRO, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Egypt will contribute troops to an African Union Somalia peacekeeping mission, its foreign minister said on Monday, as ties between the two countries grow closer amid tensions with Ethiopia over recognition of Somaliland. “Egypt has decided to participate in the mission based on the Somali government’s request and welcoming of the African…
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and his Somali counterpart Ahmed Moalim Fiqi stressed Monday the need to facilitate the formation of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). During a meeting in Cairo, both sides urged the AU partners to provide the necessary and sustainable funding for AUSSOM and to…
Confirmed reports said that Al-Shabab fihters launched a deadly attack against Somalia’s federal government military base in locality close to Hawadley area, Middle Shabelle region of HirShabelle state administration, early Friday morning. Privately-owned Hiranonline reported. “The attack began with a car bomb explosion, followed by intense clashes between the militant fighters and soldiers stationed at…