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Southwest State signs $500 million deal to develop Barawe seaport
Somalia’s Southwest State has reportedly signed a 25-year, $500 million agreement with Kuwait’s Arabi Holding Group to develop and operate ...Somali government forces say they cleared Al-Shabaab hideouts in Middle Shabelle region
Somali federal government forces, together with local militia, have cleared several areas in the Middle Shabelle region used by Al-Shabaab ...Somali parliament speakers visit Dhusamareb to support military offensive
The speakers of the bicameral federal parliament arrived in Dhusamareb, Galmudug State, on Thursday to show their solidarity with the ...Djibouti Defense Minister arrives in Mogadishu
The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Djibouti Hassan Omar Mohamed on Monday arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu ...Somali troops capture El Dheer district in Galgadud region
The Somali National Army (SNA) led an offensive on Tuesday that captured El Dheer district in Somalia’s central Galgadud region, ...Somalia is a ‘single state’, President Mohamud says
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Wednesday that Somalia is a “single state” and that the central government is fully ...ATMIS takes charge of Baidoa’s security ahead of reconciliation conference
Security forces in Somalia’s South West state have handed over the security of Baidoa city to African Union Transition Mission ...Somali army set to widen offensive against Al-Shabaab
The Somali National Army (SNA) is set to widen offensive against Al-Shabaab militants in the country’s central regions of Galgadud ...US sanctions Daesh members in Somalia targeting weapons trafficking
The United States has imposed sanctions targeting Daesh in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of ...President Mohamud reveals ‘new strategies’ to defeat Al-Shabaab
The President of Somalia has outlined “new strategies” if Somalia and its international partners should defeat Al-Shabaab. Speaking at the ...