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    Southwest State President signs law to safeguard humanitarian aid

    Sunday February 9, 2025Baidoa (HOL) – Somalia's Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has signed the Safeguarding of Humanitarian Assistance Law, marking...

    Scores killed in Somalia in clash between security forces, Islamic State

    By Mohamed Olad HassanThursday February 6, 2025A man sits beside the wreckage of burnt military supply vehicles used by suspected Islamic State fighters...

    Senior Islamic State Somalia commander captured in Puntland

    Monday February 3, 2025MOGADISHU, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state...

    US strikes stronghold of Islamic State affiliate in Somalia

    By Harun Maruf, Mohamed Olad, Jeff SeldinSunday February 2, 2025WASHINGTON — U.S. warplanes took aim at the Islamic State affiliate in Somalia, hitting...

    Southwest State holds security meeting to strengthen counter-Al-Shabaab operations

    Saturday February 1, 2025Baidoa (HOL) –  Southwest regional state President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen chaired a security council meeting in Baidoa on Saturday,...

    Somali State Minister urges Al-Shabaab youth to embrace Presidential amnesty

    Monday January 27, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali State Minister for Religious Affairs, Abukar Sheikh, on Sunday urged young people fighting alongside Al-Shabaab to...

    Ethiopian birr collapse doubles Hajj costs for Somali regional state residents

    Sunday January 26, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) — The cost of performing Hajj for residents of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State has skyrocketed this year, nearly...

    Puntland deploys Helicopter to support military offensive against Islamic State in Bari region

    Thursday January 23, 2025Garowe (HOL) –Puntland regional administration has on Thursday displayed a helicopter to assist its forces in their ongoing operations against the Islamic...

    Somalia and Somaliland delegations attend Somali Regional State anniversary in Jigjiga

    Thursday January 23, 2025Jigjiga (HOL) – Delegations from Somalia's Federal Government and the breakaway region of Somaliland arrived in Jigjiga on Thursday to...

    Former US diplomats Tibor Nagy and Peter Pham rejoin State Department amid Somaliland advocacy

    Friday January 17, 2025Hargeisa (HOL) – Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa and Ambassador to Guinea and Ethiopia, Tibor Nagy, has...

    South West state cracks down on social media indecency with arrests

    Tuesday January 14, 2025Captain Mohamed Yusuf Abdirahman, head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Bay Region, addressing the media in Baidoa regarding...

    Several Daesh fighters killed in Somalia’s Puntland state

    Tuesday January 14, 2025A member of the Somali security forces patrols along the coast of Qaw, in Puntland, northeastern Somalia on December, 18,...

    Southwest State rescues migrants in anti-trafficking operation

    Monday January 13, 2025FILE - Migrants and refugees crowd aboard a rubber boat sailing out of control in the Mediterranean Sea about 21...