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Somali forces were able to hold onto the base. [3] A Somali commander from a nearby town stated that seven Somali soldiers, including the base's commander, were killed in the attack. [4] This number later rose to ten soldiers killed. [3] al-Shabaab, immediately after the attack, claimed the deaths of sixty-three Somali soldiers. [5]
In 2012, with the support of the Somali government, [292] the United States began issuing bounties for al-Shabaab members under its Rewards for Justice Program. On June 7, the U.S. Department of State offered a total of $33 million in bounties for information leading to the capture of any of seven senior commanders, including $7 million for ...
Baledogle Airfield, also called Wanlaweyn Airstrip, is the largest military air base in Somalia, about 90 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu.The airfield was constructed in the 1970s for the Somali Air Force with assistance of the Soviet Union.
The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army's capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group. The ...
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 .
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Somalia will never accept Ethiopia's plan to build a naval base in its breakaway region of Somaliland, but would consider granting Ethiopia commercial port access if discussed ...
Somalia announced on Wednesday a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation's sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia's efforts to secure access to the ...
This cooperation among Islamic courts caused Somalian warlords and businessmen to band together and form the ARPCT, with the support of American and Ethiopian aid. [6] After this unification, the members began to mobilize in order to prevent an Islamic movement from taking full power over the capital city.