Al-Shabaab Seizes Strategic Central Somalia Town of Mataban in Blow to Government
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Fighters loyal to the Al-Qaeda-aligned militant group Al-Shabaab have seized the strategic town of Mataban in central Somalia without resistance from...
Gunfire Heard As Somaliland MPs Clash with Police Officers Deployed to Break up Scuffle
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) - Gunfire has been heard at the headquarters of Somaliland parliament in Hargeisa on Monday after MPs clashed with police officers deployed...
Somalia’s Opposition Announces National Salvation Conference As Election Impasse Drags on
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s opposition announced on Sunday it would hold a national salvation conference after government had ignored its calls for delay to...
Blast Kills Four Burundian Peacekeepers in South Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Four Burundian soldiers were killed and another wounded after explosions targeted their military convoy in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, Al-Qaeda-linked militant...
Armed Drug Rings in Somalia’s capital Overpowered Security Forces, Mayor Says
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Mayor of Somalia’s capital Omar Mohamed Filish said on Saturday heavily armed drug rings overpowered security forces and warned that the...
Farmajo Critics Sound Alarm As Reports Surface over Turkey’s Armed Drone Sales to Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Reports of Turkey’s armed drone sales to Somalia’s government, whose to tenure expired almost 9 months ago, in violation of UN...
Two MPs Among Wounded in Bomb Attack in Somalia’s Jowhar Town
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - At least one person was killed and five others, including two MPs wounded after a blast targeted their gathering near a...
Somalia’s Opposition Calls for Election Delay as Fraud Claims Mount
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s opposition on Thursday called for delay to the ongoing elections following days of talks between its leaders, after fraud and...
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Thousands of Somali troops trained in Eritrea are due to return home to help seize key cities including Puntland’s adminstrative capital,...
Blast Hits Kenyan Military Convoy in South Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A blast targeted Kenyan military convoy near the coastal town of Ras Kamboni near Somalia’s southern border with Kenya, militants claimed...