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    Djibouti arrests woman for Quran desecration

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Djibouti police officers stand beside two detained women accused of desecrating the Quran, following their arrest in Gabood district. Authorities...

    Lawmakers call for intervention over governance concerns in South West State

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Lawmakers and political leaders from South West State gather in Mogadishu to discuss governance concerns and electoral challenges in the...

    Somali forces maintain control of El Ali Ahmed area after Al-Shabaab attacks

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali federal government has confirmed that the Somali National Army (SNA) and local forces remain in...

    SoDMA delivers emergency aid to displaced families in Middle Shabelle region

    Tuesday March 4, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has dispatched eleven trucks carrying emergency food supplies and medical aid to...

    Somalia and Ethiopia makes progress on talks for port access

    Monday March 3, 2025Port of Berbera in the breakaway region of Somaliland (file image courtesy DP World)Ethiopia and Somalia are on a path...

    UN expands maritime inspections to cut Al-Shabaab’s weapons smuggling

    Sunday March 2, 2025 A U.S. Navy vessel displays thousands of seized assault rifles, machine guns, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) on its deck after...

    Puntland forces kill foreign ISIS fighters in Bari region clash

    Sunday March 2, 2025Puntland security forces patrol rugged terrain in Somalia’s Bari region during a counterterrorism operation targeting ISIS militants. The region, known...

    Somali army, backed by international allies, strikes Al-Shabaab in Middle Shabelle, killing 44 militants

    Sunday March 2, 2025FILE - SNAMogadishu (HOL) — Somali government forces, supported by international partners, carried out airstrikes in Middle Shabelle’s Biyo Cadde...

    ONLF accuses Ethiopia of violating 2018 peace deal, threatens ‘alternative avenues’

    Sunday March 2, 2025Somali regional administrator Mustafa Omar (center) reportedly meets with individuals presented as Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) representatives in a...

    Ex-Puntland election chief: Deni allowed ISIS to strengthen for six years

    Sunday March 2, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The Puntland administration’s failure to act decisively allowed ISIS to entrench itself in the Bari region over...

    Somalia’s IED crisis escalates as nearly 600 attacks kill 1,400 and UNMAS increases support

    Sunday March 2, 2025'Officials from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the Somali government attend a handover ceremony in Mogadishu, where...

    Outspoken Somali political commentator Ali Adan Mumin arrested on security charges

    Sunday March 2, 2025Somali police have arrested social media commentator Ali Adan Mumin, accusing him of threatening national security and defaming government officials....

    Somali forces, militias expand offensive against Al-Shabaab in Middle Shabelle

    Sunday March 2, 2025Somali government forces and allied local militias mobilize near Biyo Adde, Middle Shabelle, as part of an ongoing military offensive...

    Somalia weighs Indian Ocean port access for neighboring Ethiopia

    Sunday March 2, 2025By Mohammed Omar Ahmed(Bloomberg) —Somalia may grant landlocked Ethiopia access to a port on the Indian Ocean, a step that...

    Dr. Mohamed Yusuf, Somalia’s war surgeon, laid to rest in Mogadishu

    Saturday March 1, 2025Dr. Mohamed Yusuf Hassan, the longtime director of Medina Hospital in Mogadishu, dedicated his life to saving thousands of lives...

    Egypt’s foreign minister delivers Sisi’s message to Eritrean president

    Saturday March 1, 2025Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty meets with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara on February 2025-...