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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said a military offensive against al Shabaab aims to eliminate the al Qaeda-linked group in the next five months, but security experts question the timeline ...
A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday. Somalia's federal ...
Somalia had previously said it could expel them over the Somaliland deal. Throughout last year, tension was high after Ethiopia announced plans to build a naval base in Somaliland .
Buulo-Mareer is a strategic town in the region of Lower Shabelle, and was captured by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces during Operation Indian Ocean in August 2014, after being an Al-Shabaab stronghold since November 2008.
The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) will serve as the African Union's new peacekeeping and stabilization operation in Somalia. [1] Succeeding the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), that operated from 2022 to 2024, AUSSOM began on 1 January 2025 and is headed by Mohamed El Amine .
The smuggling of charcoal has been an important source of income for the group since it first gained control of Somali port cities, especially Kismayo. [53] Calculating that al-Shabaab was earning between $15 million and $50 million annually from illegal trade, the UN banned Somali charcoal imports. [ 264 ]
Thousands of security cameras have been installed across Somalia's capital to monitor the movement of al Shabaab militants and reassure residents, but they have also made business owners fearful ...
It controls a small, sparsely populated area in northern Somalia’s mountains and was officially recognized by IS leadership as Somalia Province ("Wilayat al Somal") in December 2017. While cells have periodically appeared in southern Somalia and Kenya, the primary area of operations for ISS is the part of the Al-Madow mountains in Puntland state.