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Edited By Ali Musa Axadle Times International–Monitoring In the early afternoon hours of Saturday, a day that felt like any other, the air was heavy with anticipation among the Somali National Army as they diligently prepared for a new phase in their ongoing battle against extremism. Situated in the Ado-Diidible area, Lower Shabelle, the military’s collective focus was abruptly shattered by an act of violence. It was here that the life of a committed leader came to a sudden and tragic end. The commander of the esteemed…

The busy streets of Mogadishu were eerily silent on Thursday night as a tragic event unfolded under the watchful gaze of the city's crumbling infrastructure. Abdullahi Sheikh Ahmed, a figure deeply embedded in the community and an instrumental leader within the Halane branch of Wadajir district, was unexpectedly taken from this world. Somali officials have confirmed the details of his untimely death, adding yet another page to Mogadishu's sorrowful narrative. The air was heavy with disbelief and a quiet rage as the…

A Libyan warlord, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was shot dead on Wednesday, March 24, in Benghazi, in the east. This is Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a member of the forces loyal to Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a strongman from eastern Libya and commander of the Libyan National Army. Al-Werfalli was the subject of two ICC war crimes arrest warrants.…