HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) – President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of Somaliland held talks on Thursday with a high-level US delegation, including diplomats and military officials, amid speculation about a potential US military base in the strategic port city of Berbera. The discussions...
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Published on: 2025-06-19
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Somalia Guardian-2
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran would “pay a heavy price” after a hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attack on Thursday, while his defence minister said Iran’s supreme leader would be “held accountable”. “This morning,...
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Published on: 2025-06-19
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Abdullahi Sheikh Hassan, a prominent Somali opposition leader, warned on Wednesday that the opposition would take up arms if President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud remains in office beyond his legal term without a consensus-based election. Ismail held the...
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Published on: 2025-06-18
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Somalia Guardian-2
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the nation would never surrender as demanded by President Donald Trump and warned the United States it would face “irreparable damage” if it intervenes in support of its ally. The speech came...
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Published on: 2025-06-18
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – At least 14 Ugandan peacekeepers and six Somali soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack targeting their convoy near Afgoye town in the Lower Shabelle region, as they launched an offensive to retake key towns...
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Published on: 2025-06-18
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre declared on Tuesday that Somalia’s federal system was “imposed” on the country and requires restructuring to align with national needs and resolve persistent conflicts between the federal government, parliament, and regional states. ...
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Published on: 2025-06-17
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday opened the National Consultative Conference, which he convened weeks ago despite opposition leaders boycotting the event. The opposition criticized the meeting as “unproductive” and its agenda “misleading.” President Mohamud described...
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Published on: 2025-06-16
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland captured an ISIS fighter identified as Hassan Atar, a Turkish national, on Sunday, as authorities close in on the insurgents’ last hideouts. The foreign militant was apprehended while attempting to collect water...
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Published on: 2025-06-16
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Somalia Guardian-2
Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn on Monday, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that the confrontation could lead to a broader regional conflict. At...
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Published on: 2025-06-16
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Puntland leader Saeed Abdullahi Deni said on Sunday that no one is refusing dialogue, but criticized President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s planned meeting as an attempt to mislead the international community. Deni called for a genuine and inclusive...
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Published on: 2025-06-15
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday personally oversaw the handover of responsibilities between the outgoing and incoming directors of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) — a role traditionally managed by the Minister of...
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Published on: 2025-06-14
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Somalia Guardian-2
WASHINGTON (Somaliguardian) – U.S. Congressman Scott Perry announced on Friday that he has introduced the Republic of Somaliland Independence Act, a piece of legislation aimed at formally recognizing the breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state. “I just introduced...
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Published on: 2025-06-14
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Somalia Guardian-2
Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon. Air raid sirens sounded across...
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Published on: 2025-06-14
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday inspected the Turkish oil exploration vessel Oruc Reis, which has completed months-long seismic studies and oil exploration efforts off Somalia’s coast. “H.E. President @HassanSMohamud inspected the Oruc Reis Research Vessel...
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Published on: 2025-06-12
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Somalia Guardian-2
More than 100 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, one of the country’s worst aviation disasters. The...
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Published on: 2025-06-12
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government has declared the international partner group known as C6+ outdated and obsolete, calling for its disbandment as a measure to stop external pressure on Mogadishu to open dialogue with the opposition amid a deepening electoral...
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Published on: 2025-06-12
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Somalia Guardian-2
Deployment of three Turkish T129 helicopter gunships to Mogadishu significantly boosts Somali army fire power. Analysts, however, divided on whether it can significantly change combat dynamics. Increased airstrikes will likely force AS to move away from mechanised, fixed/static troop concentration...
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Published on: 2025-06-11
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s government has reversed a ban on Taiwanese passport holders entering the country, in a move widely seen as a response to mounting pressure from the United States. The ban, imposed in April, cited what Somali authorities...
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Published on: 2025-06-11
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Somalia Guardian-2
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s regional leaders will not attend a political meeting scheduled for June 15 by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the federal government announced Tuesday, amid heightened political tensions in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Mogadishu,...
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Published on: 2025-06-10
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Somalia Guardian-2
