Somalia’s government loses Burhakabo to ousted Southwest leader’s forces
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Forces loyal to Somalia’s former Southwest State president, Abdiasis Laftagaren, seized another strategic town in Bay region on Thursday, deepening the...
Somalia agrees to buy Pakistani JF-17 fighters
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia has agreed to buy JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan, a Turkish defence outlet reported, but neither government has confirmed...
Somalia says 260 armed men removed from opposition leaders’ homes
MOGADISHU - Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi said on Tuesday that authorities had removed 260 armed men from opposition leaders’ homes in the...
Larry André calls Somalia’s government ‘illegitimate,’ urges action to halt Southwest conflict
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Former United States Ambassador to Somalia Larry André Jr. has called on the international community to intensify pressure on President Hassan...
Somalia: Former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed denies his guards harassed NISA officers
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia's former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Sunday disputed an account by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) that armed...
Somalia: Government forces mass near opposition leaders’ homes
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Large numbers of government forces have been deployed around the residences of Somalia's former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former Prime...
Somalia’s govt loses three towns in 48 hours as rivals advance
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Al-Shabaab militants have severed a vital army supply road in central Somalia, and Jubaland forces have wrested a southern town from...
Somalia’s Northeast state denies president escaped abduction plot
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s Northeast State has dismissed social media reports that its president, Abdulkadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, known as Firdhiye, escaped an abduction attempt...
Sharif calls for ‘united national front to save Somalia’
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Opposition leader and former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has warned that threats of force and military mobilization against political opponents risk...
Somalia: Laftagaren forces take Qansah-dhere, west of Baidoa
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Forces loyal to Abdiasis Laftagaren, Somalia's former Southwest leader, captured the strategic town of Qansah-dhere in the Bay region on Thursday...