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Hiiraan Online (HOL) is a website dedicated to news and information about Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It was founded in 1999 to deliver news to the growing Somali diaspora and is also based in Somalia. [1] [2] [3] It is published in English and Somali and discusses Somali news and affairs.
The Jubaland crisis is an ongoing armed conflict in southern Somalia.Stemming from a constitutional dispute between the Somali Federal Government (led by President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre) and the autonomous state of Jubaland, following Ahmed Madobe's re-election to serve for a third term as Jubaland's president.
Ras Kamboni battle was the first battle of Jubaland crisis after Somali forces launched a failed attack on Jubaland regional forces in the Marnani area near Ras Kamboni on 11 December 2024.
24 December – The federal government imposes a flight ban on Jubaland, particularly affecting the cities of Kismayo and Doolow. The ban is initiated amid ongoing political tensions and military engagements after Jubaland forces reportedly defeated the Somali military in several locations, including Ras Kamboni , Kulbiyow, and Dolow.
On 23 November at least one security officer was killed and two others were injured in a gunfight between Jubaland police and security guards in Kismayo, [24] After rival candidates backed by the federal government announced a parallel election amid a disagreement on the electoral procedure for the presidential election. [25] [26]
SNTV broadcasts 24 hours a day, and can be viewed both within Somalia and abroad via terrestrial and satellite platforms. [9] Somali National Television is the principal public service broadcaster in Somalia. Headquartered in Mogadishu, the nation's capital, its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting throughout the country.
On October 26, 2016, fighters aligned with the Islamic State captured the small port town of Qandala in Puntland's Bari region.This was the first town Islamic State had taken control of in Somalia, the first notable expansion of their influence beyond their usual mountainous hideouts.
Brig Gen Jamal Arab Yusuf Jibril (Arabic: جمال عرب يوسف) is a Somali politician and military official who was served as Director of the Puntland TV and Radio, [1] He was appointed and replaces Abdiqafar Elmi Hange as the Puntland Minister of Planning and succeeded by Mohamed Said Farole.