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The US has announced a $10m reward for information on ISIS-Somalia financiers amid warnings of extremist plots in Kenya.
A Turkish vessel carrying military supplies for Somalia's armed forces has been forced to divert to Djibouti after ...
Somalia’s creation of a new federal state has sparked hope for marginalised regions—but also escalated tensions with Puntland ...
Coastal communities in Somalia's Bari region are facing mounting tensions after the Puntland Minister of Fisheries, Abdirisaaq Cabdullaahi Xagaa, authorized the entry of foreign trawlers into local ...
It’s true that what the U.S. has been trying for decades has yielded very limited returns. But it is equally true that ...
The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...
Mohamed Abdirahman Dhabancad, Puntland's former finance minister, explained to us: "Our intel people found there has been ...
This press release marks three years and three months since the election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. It offers a comprehensive assessment of Somalia's current condition, the progress and ...
Recent clashes in Somalia's semi-autonomous Jubaland region are alarming experts, exposing cracks in the country's federal ...
The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back during Operation Hilaac, an ...
In any case, Islamic State in Somalia’s ranks have increased steadily, from an estimated 200-300 fighters in 2016 to about 1,000 as of February 2025, according to reports. Puntland pushes back ...
Puntland’s success in combating a growing Islamic State group presence in the northeastern region is particularly notable given the relative lack of success of the central Somali government’s ...