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by BRIAN ORUTAThursday June 4, 2026 Former Somalia president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo/HANDOUT Former Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has sharply…
Thursday June 4, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — More than 10 hours of intense fighting between Somali government forces and armed…
Somalia: Fiqi accuses former PM, ex-president of ‘coup attempt’ amid Mogadishu clashes MOGADISHU, June 4, 2026 – Somalia’s government on…
Thursday June 4, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Heavy gunfire that erupted in Mogadishu on Thursday drew sharp concern from the…
Somalia is pushing ahead with reforms aimed at improving governance, tightening public financial controls, and rebuilding independent oversight. But corruption…
Gunfire in Mogadishu has done what weeks of warnings could not: it has laid bare the hard political truth that…
Thursday June 4, 2026 Ismail Jama Ali by the shack where he and his family now live after diabetes forced…
Thursday June 4, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Wednesday accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud…
Wednesday June 3, 2026 Bosaso (AX) — Puntland State security forces have detained a foreign ISIS fighter in the Calmiskaad…
Wednesday June 3, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Gunfire erupted Wednesday afternoon at Dabka junction in Mogadishu, where government forces exchanged…
