Ethiopia distances itself from truckloads of illegally smuggled weapons seized in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Ethiopia has distanced itself truckloads from weapons illegally smuggled into Somalia last week, which ended up in the hands of clan...
Somalia’s govt gives green light to fresh Ethiopian troop deployment
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s government has given permission for the deployment of thousands of fresh Ethiopian troops in Hiran region to help the scheduled...
Death toll from Ethiopian landslides rises to 157, official says
The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen sharply to 157 and the number could increase further, a government official said...
Somalia’s police arrest prominent journalist, drawing condemnation
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s police on Monday arrested a prominent local journalist Ali Nur Salad, drawing condemnation from opposition and activists, hours after he...
Militants launch simultaneous attacks on 3 army bases in south Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Fighters of the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab on Monday launched simultaneous dawn raids on military bases housing Jubaland paramilitary forces and...
Police, troops seal off Ugandan opposition headquarters ahead of protest
Soldiers and police sealed off the headquarters of Uganda's biggest opposition party on Monday in what a police spokesperson called a precautionary move ahead...
Army officers stage mutiny at key base in Somalia’s capital
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Dozens of Somali army officers staged mutiny at Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, citing instructions from...
Somalia’s president slides country back to civil war era, says MP
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has plunged the country into chaos similar to the one experienced in 1991, when the civil...
Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone...
AU peacekeepers behead two civilians in south Somalia, triggering protests
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Ugandan African Union peacekeepers have beheaded two civilians and injured another in the town of Bulo Mareer in south Somalia’s Lower...