Somalia
Airstrikes destroy livelihoods in a Lower Shabelle farming village
Saturday April 18, 2026 Adan Gedi Mohamed sits in a neighbour’s compound after his own house was destroyed in airstrikes/Muna…
Lower
East-Africa
Drought-hit Lower Juba pastoralists flee toward Somali-Kenyan border
Tuesday April 14, 2026 Displaced families grapple with food, water shortages/File Photo/Ergo Pastoralist families uprooted by drought in southern Somalia’s…
Somalia
Somali intelligence agency kills nine al-Shabab militants in Lower Shabelle
Saturday April 4, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somali security forces struck at the heart of al-Shabab’s bomb-making machinery on Saturday,…
Somalia
Somalia Lower House Speaker arrives in Baidoa to oversee Southwest elections
Tuesday March 31, 2026 Baidoa (AX) — Somalia’s Speaker of the House of the People, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur Madoobe,…
East-Africa
Somali forces and AU troops kill more than 42 al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle
Friday March 27, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — More than 40 al-Shabab militants were killed on Thursday when the group tried…
East-Africa
Somali forces, AU troops kill 42 al-Shabaab fighters in Lower Shabelle
Friday March 27, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) – A fierce clash in southern Somalia left more than 40 al-Shabab militants dead…
Somalia
Somali president marks Eid al-Fitr with troops in newly liberated Lower Shabelle town
Saturday March 21, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Marking Eid al-Fitr on Friday, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud prayed alongside Somali…
Somalia
Lower Shabelle Farmers Struggle Amid Conflict, Drought, and Encroaching Sands
SHALANBOOD, Somalia — The sand moves like a tide here, swallowing lanes, schools and low-slung homes on the edge of…
Somalia
Somalia’s NISA says over 40 al-Shabaab militants killed in Hiiraan, Lower Shabelle operations
Somalia says NISA raids kill more than 40 Al-Shabaab militants in Hiiraan, Lower Shabelle MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s National Intelligence…
Somalia
Jubaland Four-Day Offensive Kills 60+ al-Shabab Fighters in Somalia’s Lower Juba
KISMAYO, Somalia — Jubaland security forces killed more than 60 al-Shabab fighters, including senior operatives, in a four-day operation targeting…
Somalia
Somali Danab and Jubaland troops kill 14 al-Shabab militants in Lower Juba
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s elite Danab Special Forces, operating with Jubaland state security units, killed 14…
