Somali Guardian

Top Somali govt cleric says “non-Muslim enemy forces” are targeting Somali troops and destroying their military assets, in reference to #Ethiopia|n army strike on NISA HQs in Dolow last night. He claims that the federal system is being used as a weapon to dismantle #Somalia.

Clashes have erupted for the fourth time in ten days in Balad Hawo, a town in southern #Somalia’s Gedo region, as the conflict between Somali govt and Jubaland intensifies. Similar skirmishes occurred on Sunday night in the nearby Dolow town.

Tense #Somalia-#Ethiopia meeting as Ethiopian forces strike Somali base somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

#Somalia: Video captures the sound of gunfire and explosions at a weapons depot within a Somali intelligence agency base, reportedly struck by Ethiopian army artillery in Dolow town, Gedo region on Sunday night, as regional tensions continue to escalate.

Video shows flames and a plume of smoke rising from a weapons depot at a base belonging to #Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), following an artillery bombardment by #Ethiopia|n forces, as Somalia’s president and his intelligence chief visit Addis Ababa.

#Somalia’s president arrives in #Ethiopia as Al-Shabaab retakes key town in Hiran region somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

Al-Shabaab seized control of the strategic central #Somalia town of Mahas, more than a decade after losing it to a joint Ethiopian military and Somali army offensive, in a coordinated and deadly assault launched from multiple directions on Sunday. somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

Al-Shabaab militants seize central #Somalia’s Mahas town in deadly assault somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

Al-Shabaab claims to have captured the central #Somalia town of Mahas following an attack from multiple fronts, in which it says 63 government troops were killed — including a top commander — and 84 others were wounded.

Clashes erupt on the outskirts of Mahas town in central #Somalia as Al-Shabaab insurgents close in on the strategic central Somali town. caasimada.net/deg-deg-doogga…

Al-Shabaab advances on central #Somalia’s Mahas town amid crumbling govt resistance somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

#Somaliland dismisses #Somalia PM’s UK protest call as sign of ‘desperation’ over its recognition bid somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

#Somalia’s president plans to appoint pro-Turkish minister as army chief in move likely to rile Washington somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

#BREAKING: Heavy fighting has erupted between #Somalia’s army and Jubaland forces at UK Camp, a military barracks on the outskirts of Balad Hawo town, where Somali federal government troops have been under siege for days.

Al-Shabaab says it overruns #Somalia army, Ugandan military bases near Mogadishu somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

Al-Shabaab has released images purporting to show its fighters in control of the town of Sabid near #Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, claiming to have overrun Somali army and Ugandan military bases in a dawn attack on Friday.

#BREAKING: Al-Shabaab claims to have overrun bases housing Ugandan peacekeepers and Somali government troops in the town of Sabid, approximately 40km southwest of #Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, following a dawn attack on Friday.

#Somalia’s govt airlifts fresh troops to Gedo region after deadly clashes somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-n…

#Somalia's government has reportedly airlifted hundreds of Turkish-trained Haram’ad police officers to the country’s southwestern Gedo region, days after fighting broke out in the contested town of Balad Hawo near #Kenya's border.

#Somalia’s state-building project is in tatters economist.com/middle-east-an…