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    Somalia to hold first one-person, one-vote local elections in June

    Friday March 21, 2025FILE - Commission Chairman Abdikarin Ahmed HassanMogadishu (HOL)  — Somalia will hold its first one-person, one-vote elections for local governments...

    Puntland accuses federal government of secret military recruitment in its territory

    Friday March 21, 2025Bosaso (HOL) – The Puntland regional administration has accused Somalia’s Federal Government of secretly recruiting young men from its territory...

    Somali airstrike kills senior Al-Shabaab leaders and elders in Galguduud region

    Friday March 21, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali National Army (SNA), in collaboration with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), carried out...

    President Mohamud meets local leaders in Adale district to boost counterterrorism efforts

    Friday March 21, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with regional leaders, security officials, and community members in Adale town on Thursday...

    Somali President Hassan Sheikh returns to frontlines to oversee military offensive

    Thursday March 20, 2025Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrives at a frontline military base in Middle Shabelle, accompanied by elite Somali National Army...

    Somali forces kill Al-Shabaab commanders, repel attack in Lower Shabelle

    Thursday March 20, 2025FILE – Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers patrol a rural area in an undisclosed location in March 2022.Mogadishu (HOL)  —...

    Airstrikes kill senior Al-Shabaab commanders in Galgadud

    Thursday March 20, 2025Mogadishu (HOL)  — Somali forces, with the backing of international allies, carried out a highly coordinated airstrike in the Galgadud...

    Somali President meets UAE minister in Mogadishu to strengthen bilateral relations

    Thursday March 20, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with a delegation led by the UAE Minister of State for...

    Al-Shabaab attacks military bases near Afgoye in Lower Shabelle region

    Thursday March 20, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on Somali military bases in the Sabiib and Anole areas near Afgoye...

    Somali army launches large-scale offensive against Al-Shabaab in Middle Shabelle region

    Thursday March 20, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali National Army (SNA), backed by local forces, launched a major ground and air offensive against...

    Somalia deploys medical teams and aid to frontlines in anti-Al-Shabaab offensive

    Wednesday March 19, 2025A Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) ambulance navigates a dirt road at sunset while en route to frontline areas in...

    Mortar attack targets Mogadishu’s Halane compound, no casualties reported

    Wednesday March 19, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — A mortar attack struck the heavily fortified Halane compound near Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu,...

    Somalia and Serbia strengthen diplomatic ties in security, economic talks

    Wednesday March 19, 2025Mogadishu (HOL)  — Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, and his Serbian counterpart, Minister...

    Turkey expands media influence in Africa with TRT Somali launch

    Wednesday March 19, 2025ISTANBUL, Türkiye — Türkiye has launched TRT Somali, a new addition to the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)...

    Somalia sacks defence minister amid US pressure over his Turkey ties

    Wednesday March 19, 2025By Ragip Soylu in AnkaraSources tell MEE minister’s efforts to deepen military, energy and aerospace cooperation with Ankara unsettled WashingtonA...

    Journalist killed in Al Shabaab bombing targeting presidential convoy

    Tuesday March 18, 2025Somali journalist Mohamed Abukar Dabaashe at Radio Risaala in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2021. Dabaashe, an independent journalist and former reporter...