Somalia’s army captures key central town

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s army on Sunday captured the strategic town of Ba’adweyne in the central region of Mudug after weeks-long mobilization and advance. With...

Ethiopian military convoy ambushed in south Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Fighters of the Al-Qaeda-aligned militant group Al-Shabaab on Sunday ambushed a convoy of Ethiopian troops traveling near the border town of...

Clashes and airstrikes in central Somalia amid army advance

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s army and allied clan militias, with support of US air strikes, seized the village of Qodqod in Galgadud region after...

Somalia’s PM says troop withdrawal from central towns was ‘tactical’ move

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has said withdrawal of federal government troops from many towns in the central region of...

President of central Somalia’s Galmudug state survives car bomb attack

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - President of central Somalia’s Galmudug state Ahmed Abdi Qoorqoor on Friday survived a suicide car bomb targeting a military base in...

FGS delegation arrives in Lasanod as Somaliland threatens new offensive

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A high-ranking federal government delegation led by the Minister of Post and Telecommunications arrived in the northern Somalia town of Lasanod...

Somalia’s ex-president calls on Al-Shabaab to end fight against govt

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s former President Abdiqasim Salad Hassan on Wednesday called on the militant group Al-Shabaab to end the fight against the federal...

Casualties after car bomb explodes at security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint manned by military police in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday amid security...

Somalia: ATMIS says foils ‘attempt to breach security protocols’ at Mogadishu airport

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - African Union Transition Mission in Somalia said on Tuesday it had foiled an attempt to breach security protocols at Aden Adde...

SSC calls Somaliland claim about presence of Al-Shabaab fighters in Lasanod ‘ridiculous’

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Authorities of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) on Monday dismissed Somaliland claim that hundreds of Al-Shabaab fighters led by top militant...

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