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Somalia: Senior NISA commander defects to Al-Shabaab, raising fears of intelligence breach

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A senior commander of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) paramilitary Duufaan unit has defected to Al-Shabaab, in an escalating…

Somali Guardian · 23 min ago

Somalia Future Council welcomes supreme court ruling on president’s term extension

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s opposition Future Council on Sunday condemned what it described as an aggressive takeover of the Supreme Court by the country’s…

Somali Guardian · 2 hrs ago

Somalia chief justice says president threatens his security after court ruling

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Chief Justice, Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, said on Saturday that he no longer felt safe in the capital, Mogadishu, alleging that his personal security…

Somali Guardian · 1 day ago

Hawadle clan chief issues sweeping call to arms against impending federal offensive in central Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The Hawadle clan chief on Friday issued a sweeping call to arms, urging members of his clan to take up arms in defence of their ancestral territory,…

Somali Guardian · 1 day ago

Somalia seeks 20,000 foreign troops as Turkey pledges 15,000 to bolster defences

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Alarmed by the abrupt withdrawal of Ugandan forces, which reportedly caught the Somali government off guard, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has…

Somali Guardian · 2 days ago

Somalia supreme court nullifies constitutional amendments, orders elections within 90 days

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared null and void amendments to the country’s 2012 Provisional Constitution, invalidating the consequential…

Somali Guardian · 3 days ago

Somalia’s president dismisses chief justice to forestall ruling on constitution

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday dismissed Chief Justice Bashe Yusuf in a surprise move, days after the latter had taken up an…

Somali Guardian · 4 days ago

Turkey intensifies air campaign to shore up embattled Somali president as civilian death toll mounts

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – An elderly Somali woman, Hawo Madow, is among the latest civilian victims of Turkey’s intensifying aerial campaign across southern and central Somalia,…

Somali Guardian · 4 days ago

Somalia opposition agrees to talks with president in test of readiness for electoral breakthrough

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s opposition National Salvation Forum has agreed to give President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud one final opportunity to resolve the country’s…

Somali Guardian · 5 days ago

Ugandan troops hand over Barawe and Shalanbood to Somali army in major security test

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Ugandan troops have handed over responsibility for security in the strategic towns of Barawe and Shalanbood in southern Somalia to the Somali National…

Somali Guardian · 5 days ago

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