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Somaliland forces and Sool-Sanag-Cayn militia fought in May, and Puntland and Somaliland clashed in August. Proposed oil drilling north of Las Anod by a commercial partner of Puntland added to existing tensions. [23] The authorities in Puntland and Somaliland continued to exchange hostile rhetoric over the disputed regions of Sool and Sanaag.
Puntland - The Puntland administration released a press release, accusing Somaliland of provoking the clashes and of suppressing freedoms in the regional capital Las Anod. [19] Somaliland - In a press release, Somaliland denied provoking the clashes, and announced that the country was negotiating to defuse the ongoing conflict in Tukaraq. [20]
The Somaliland foreign ministry allege they are fighting foreign armed groups on the Las Anod side including the Somali National Army, Puntland Security Force, Liyu Police and Al-Shabaab. [ 95 ] [ 67 ] [ 96 ] These allegations have been dismissed by experts and observers as Somaliland President Muse Bihi seeking to blame his failures on ...
Sanaag region between Somaliland and Puntland. Somaliland armed forces laid siege to the town of Hadaftimo, creating a state of emergency in the area. However, the troops later withdrew into the city of Erigavo. In response, the self-declared Maakhir state bolstered its military presence in Erigavo. [1] [2]
11 January – Somaliland forces with the help of local militia captured the Jiidali town west of Erigaabo. [2] 15 January – Several ISIS fighters were killed and five were captured including foreign fighters in an offensive by Puntland Security Forces in Cal Miskaad mountains in the Bari region. The operation also lead to the destruction of ...
Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland said on Sunday it has withdrawn from the country's federal system and will govern itself independently until constitutional amendments passed by the ...
16 January – for the first time since the start of the campaign, the Islamic State dedicated a section to the conflict in Puntland in its weekly newspaper, al-Naba. Part of the article denied the Islamic State lost 20 men, and mocked the Puntland government by accusing it of fabricating 'Imaginary victories'. [70]
FILE - A Somali soldier controls the crowd as thousands of people attend a protest rally in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday Jan.3, 2024, after being angry with an agreement signed between Ethiopia ...