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...
Somalia PM inaugurates diaspora conference in Qatar
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Monday inaugurated Somalia’s diaspora conference held in Qatar’s capital Doha amid the presence of Qatari...
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...
Somalia anti-money laundering committee slaps sanctions on top Al-Shabaab leaders
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s anti-money laundering committee on Thursday slapped new sanctions on 8 Al-Shabaab officials, including the deputy leader of the Al-Qaeda-aligned insurgency,...
Ware sides with IGAD secretary amid dispute with Somalia
Tensions have reached a boiling point over the recent dismissal of the head of the IGAD Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (ICPAC). The decision,...