Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A top defense force in Kenya the commander on Friday visited several forward bases in Somalia among Mogadishu's claims that Kenyan troops have targeted civilians in the Gedo region of Jubaland. Sector II Commander Brigadier Jeff Nyagah, who is also the contingent commander of the Kenyan troops serving in Somalia during AMISOM, visited the Kenyan Armed Forces deployed in various advancing bases in Somalia. Brigadier Nyagah visited troops based in Kolbiyow, Ras Kamboni, Kuday, Abdale Birole, New…

ADDIS ABEBA - The Ethiopian Federal Government has identified a number of Ethiopian national defense forces top soldiers directly linked to ongoing crimes against humanity in the Tigray region, following pressure from members of the international community. For the past eight months, ENDF soldiers, along with those from Eritrea and the Amhara regional forces, have been camping in the Tigray region, where they have unleashed the Tigray People's Liberation Front. . However, reports show that the troops have also killed…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The US Africa Command has released the fifth civilian accident report on the Al-Shabaab war, which was presented for the first time in 2020, following complaints that the army sometimes targeted civilians in the raids on Al-Shabaab militants. The US military has been directly involved in the fight against the Somali-based militants who have wreaked havoc on innocent civilians, members of security forces and even senior government officials in the country. The latest report for the period ending…

KDF condemned for killing innocent civilians in Somalia's airstrikes MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has once again accused Kenya of the Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes in the Gedo region against civilians under the pretext of fighting extremists, in particular the Al-Shabaab group, which controls large parts of the countryside in central and southern Somalia. In a press release from the…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's outgoing federal government officials must satisfactorily clarify the security incident in which a convoy of former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was shot in Mogadishu. On Wednesday afternoon, the Custodial Corps, Somalia's prison guards, saw shooting at Mrs Mohamud's entourage. His allies have claimed it was an assassination attempt. But whether we agree with that etiquette or not, it is something that the federal government should investigate and provide adequate information not only to Mr…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A stalemate ensues due to the delisting of 67 officials, spy agents and Farmajo supporters from the polling stations to ensure transparency in the forthcoming Somali elections. Sources revealed to Axadlethat the commission commissioned by Prime Minister Roble to verify the allegations is facing disturbances from leaders in Villa Somalia who want certain disputed members to be reinstated. The Prime Minister, who was widely credited with concluding a historic electoral agreement with the leaders of…

Britain trains more SNA troops as Al-Shabaab war intensifies in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Britain has intensified training of the Somali National Army within Baidoa, the regional administrative capital of the southwest, before the planned withdrawal from the African Union Mission Forces from the Horn of Africa. After full implementation of the Somali transition plan AMISOM troops are…

Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud survives the assassination in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud survived a murder on Wednesday night, his aides said, in what could further worsen relations between the federal government and the opposition, which recently signed an election pact. Eyewitnesses said the former president's convoy came under attack from…

Muse Bihis Kulmiye on the verge of winning Somaliland's local votes HARGEISA, Somalia - The ruling Kulmiye party is on the verge of winning a majority in Somaliland's parliamentary and civic votes, based on the results released by the region's electoral commission . For the first time in history, at least 1 million voters got a chance to vote for their leaders in the secessionist region of…

Somalia defends its relationship with Djibouti MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali federal government has cleared doubts that her relationship with Djibouti may have been severed, following a series of incidents involving Mogadishu and Djibouti, in particular Kenya's strained relationship with the Horn of Africa. In February, a Djibouti committee sent by IGAD freed Kenya from alleged interference in…