Somalia, Pakistan sign defence cooperation pact in Islamabad

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia and Pakistan have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation in defence, security and military capacity building, Somalia's Ministry...

Al-Shabaab retakes Teedaan in Somalia’s Hiran region

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Al-Shabaab fighters recaptured the town of Teedaan in central Somalia's Hiran region on Sunday, seizing a position that has long served...

Somalia: US signs Bosaso base deal with Puntland, bypassing Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United States military has signed a new security agreement with Puntland, Somalia's northeastern federal member state, bypassing the federal government...

Somalia president forces Uganda to soften dialogue clause in AUSSOM communique

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud openly clashed with his Ugandan hosts on Friday at the close of an extraordinary summit of...

AFRICOM chief: Somalia must end political infighting or risk losing US military support

Key PointsAFRICOM commander Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson warns continued US engagement in Somalia depends on ending political infighting Anderson says the elite Danab...

Somalia joins Saudi coalition to counter Houthis in Red Sea

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia has formally thrown its weight behind a Saudi-engineered coalition designed to shield the Red Sea's arteries of global trade from...

Five Kenyan officers killed in Al-Shabaab ambush near Somalia border as Mandera’s deadly corridor claims more lives

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Al-Shabaab fighters ambushed a Kenyan police patrol near the Somali border on Tuesday, killing five officers from an elite counter-terrorism unit....

Emergency Uganda AUSSOM summit opens as U.S. funding threat puts Somalia mission at risk

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Countries contributing troops and police to the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) convened an extraordinary summit in...

Somalia: Puntland forces surround PSF camp in Galkayo as conflict fears rise

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Puntland regional forces have surrounded a camp in Galkayo used by Puntland Security Force (PSF) personnel aligned with Somalia's federal government,...

Galkayo on edge as Somalia govt, Puntland inch toward armed conflict

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke on Tuesday warned that Somalia risks sliding into another internal conflict as military...

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