At least two killed as fighting erupts between Somaliland, Puntland forces
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - At least two people were killed and five others wounded after heavy fighting erupted between troops of Somaliland and Puntland separatist...
Somalia’s president fires Mogadishu deputy mayor in purge against Farmajo allies
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday dismissed the deputy mayor of Mogadishu Ali Yare in an intensifying purge aimed to...
Somalia’s president meets officials in frontline towns
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday met elders and officials in frontline towns in the central regions of Hiran and...
Somali president heads to war’s frontlines to reinvigorate slowing offensive against Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is set to travel to war’s frontlines in the central regions of the country in an...
Somalia accuses UN of ‘double standard’ after extension of arms embargo
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations Abukar Osman has accused the Security Council of double standards after it extended three decades-long...
Somalia bans labor export to Middle East
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s government said on Thursday it had banned labor export to Middle Eastern and other overseas countries after receiving reports that...
Somalia’s federal, regional authorities tussle over $80 mln in World Bank aid
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s regional states said on Wednesday they had suspended cooperation with the federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications due to a...
Somali president says there is ‘no turning back’ in fight against Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Tuesday there is no turning back in the fight against the Al-Qaeda-aligned militant group...
Somaliland police deny reports of explosion in capital
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somaliland police on Tuesday denied reports of an explosion in the break-away region’s capital Hargeisa and warned local journalists against spreading...
US doubles bounties on three Al-Shabaab leaders in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United States doubled bounties on the heads of three Al-Shabaab leaders, its ambassador to Somalia Larry Andre said on Monday,...