Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government on Tuesday dismissed Arab Dheg Ahmed, the commander of the US-trained Danab elite force in Jubaland, just a day after he publicly criticized the federal government, amid intensifying dispute with Jubaland’s leadership that threaten to... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is set to embark on an official visit to Turkey at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with a key highlight being a high-stakes face-to-face meeting between Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s army and Jubaland forces are teetering on the edge of conflict, as the military buildup intensifies daily and tensions show no signs of de-escalating, Caasimada Online news website reported on Monday.  Jubaland forces have been massed... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, is set to travel to Raskamboni in the Lower Juba region, as government forces intensify their military buildup in a decisive campaign to dismantle the decade-long leadership of Jubaland President Ahmed... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government on Sunday accused Ethiopia of smuggling arms into the country for the fourth time this year, further alleging its involvement in supporting regional officials, subject to court warrants and actively pursued, in efforts to destabilize... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s parliamentary speaker Adan Mohamed Nur on Sunday imposed salary reductions on a number of MPs and suspended others from attending the next five sessions as a penalty for their alleged involvement in the recent disorder within... Read more

Syrian rebels announced on state television on Sunday that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, eliminating a 50-year family dynasty in a lightning offensive that raises the spectre of a new wave of instability in a Middle East gripped by war. ... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Jubaland forces on Friday launched anti-aircraft fire at a plane transporting logistics for Somalia’s government troops in Raskamboni, narrowly missing their target, as escalating tensions push both sides toward the brink of full-scale conflict, with each side... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The federal government of Somalia has imposed a ban on flights from Nairobi to Kismayo, the interim capital of Jubaland, as tensions with the region’s leader, re-elected for a controversial third term last week, have reached a... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government on Wednesday reinforced its military presence in the Lower Juba region by airlifting additional troops and weapons to Raskamboni, intensifying its strategic buildup in preparation for a potential clash with Jubaland forces, Caasimada Online news... Read more

FILE PHOTO: Burundian African Union peacekeepers in Somalia travel in armoured vehicle as they leave the Jaale Siad Military academy after being replaced by the Somali military in Mogadishu, Somalia. February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Al-Shabaab militants... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Richard H. Riley, accompanied by senior military officials, arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared independent region of Somaliland, on Tuesday, where he held meetings with both the outgoing and newly elected... Read more

Somalia arrests hotel manager over meeting held to support Jubaland leader  MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government arrested the manager of the upscale Maka Al Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu for permitting a meeting that supported the controversial re-election of Jubaland’s president... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The leader of Somalia’s Jubaland state Ahmed Madobe is rapidly amassing troops for a decisive offensive against the thousands of federal government soldiers airlifted to the town of Raskamboni in Lower Juba, as escalating tensions push both... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government has issued a directive to security officials at Mogadishu airport, prohibiting several opposition members of parliament from departing the capital, amid mounting political tensions across the country, Caasimada Online news website reported.  Among the MPs... Read more

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government said that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will not engage in a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed unless the latter rescinds a contentious sea access deal with the breakaway northern region of Somaliland, signed... Read more