Female Employee At Somalia’s Spy Agency Assassinated: MP
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A female employee at Somalia’s spy agency was “assassinated” over politically sensitive information after she had been duped into returning to...
Somalia Army and AU Peacekeepers At Odds over Military Operations
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A dispute between Somalia’s army and African Union peacekeepers has escalated over the past weeks, heightening concerns that it could undermine...
US Carries out First Air Strike in Somalia Since Biden Took Office
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - US military has conducted its first air strike in Somalia since Joe Biden came to office in January, after the Islamist...
Senior Somali Police Official Escapes Deadly Car Bomb in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A deadly suicide car bombing targeted a senior police official in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu on Saturday, officials said, but he escaped...
Puntland Leader Postpones Somalia Presidential Run to Meddle in Polls: Minister
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The leader of the northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland Saeed Abdullahi Deni postponed to announce he is running for Somalia’s president...
Al-Shabaab Takes Back Town in Central Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Al-Qaeda-aligned militants have taken back a town in central Somalia following fierce clashes with government troops and local paramilitary forces, hours...
Al-Shabaab Takes New Villages, Encroaches on Key Somalia Towns
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Islamist militants have retaken a strategic area in central Somalia, days after carrying out an attack that left more than 30...
US Urges Somalia’s leaders to Cooperate to Hold ‘Peaceful’ Elections
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - US State Department has called on Somalia’s federal and regional leaders to continue cooperation on efforts to hold “peaceful” elections in...
Puntland Accuses Somalia’s President of Defending Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland has accused Somalia’s president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of funding a smear campaign aimed at defending...
Somalia to Choose President on Oct. 10, Says PM
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia will choose a new president on Oct. 10 in an indirect election, the prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said on...