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Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) – Recent operations by the the Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) against militia groups in HirShabelle State of Somalia have led to the recovery of a variety of weapons, destruction of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arrests, surrender…

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) - Somalia's international partners welcome the 16 February announcement that the Technical Committee representing the Federal Government and Federal Member States has identified technical solutions to issues that have delayed implementation of the 17 September electoral model,…

Remarks by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, to the media in Dhusamareb

Hargeisa ( Agencies + Somalia) - Delegation from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation opened two hospitals in the Somaliland administration in northwestern Somalia to provide medical humanitarian aid to the Somalis.

Mogadishu ( Radio Dalsan + Diplomat.so) - The Somali national army and AMISOM on Saturday recaptured Rageh Elle 90 from the capital Mogadishu from Al-Shabab a joint operation.

Kampala (Reuters + Diplomat.so) - Ugandan soldiers working as part of a peacekeeping force in Somalia have killed 189 al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters in an attack on one of their camps, the Ugandan army said.

Mogadishu (Agencies + Diplomat.so) - U.S. Africa Command launched its first airstrike against al-Qaida-aligned militants in Somalia since announcing days ago that it had completed its withdrawal of ground troops from the country.

Nairobi (AP + Diplomat.so) - The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump's presidency.