Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Somali forces receive Turkey’s modern ALKAR 120mm mortar system for the first time.

The Somali National Army has reportedly acquired the ALKAR 120mm modern mortar system, manufactured by the Turkish defense industry company ASELSAN, as part of the deepening military cooperation between Somalia and Turkey. The ALKAR 120mm...

Somaliland Police Launches Instructor Training Programme to Build a New Generation of Trainers

The Commander of the Somaliland Police Force, Brigadier General Abdirahman Abdillahi Hassan, has officially opened a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme designed to prepare police officers to become instructors capable of training future generations...

Al-Shabaab abducts Aid workers in the Bay region.

Members of Al-Shabaab abducted nearly ten aid agency workers in the Raar area—located 10 km from Buur Hakaba district in the Bay region—while they were transporting aid, according to various sources who spoke to...

Somalia: Bashaqle is transforming into a strategic military zone.

Bashaqle, located between Adale and Warsheikh in the Middle Shabelle region, is reportedly being transformed into a strategic military zone, with security infrastructure being constructed in the area in connection with the Turkish Space...

Security Council reveals the number of ISIS fighters in Somalia.

The operational capabilities of ISIS-Somalia is reported to have been weakened significantly following last year’s armed clashes with Puntland forces, who drove the group out of key areas in the Al-Miskaad Mountain range. The fighting...

Opinion

Editorial

The Qatarization of Somaliland

  An unholy alliance between Mogadishu and Doha, which observers have warned of, could make things extremely bad. The warning comes after the past weeks witnessed...

World

Business

Somaliland Launches Islamic Banking Overhaul: Central Bank and Commercial Bank Set...

In a significant move to modernize and Islamize the country’s financial system, the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Somaliland, Hon....

Somaliland

Somalia

Djibouti

Ethiopia

Ethiopia withdraws its AUSSOM troops from the district of Buurhakaba.

Ethiopian Defense Forces, specifically those that are serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have officially withdrawn from Buurhakaba...

Kenya

Videos

Sports

UEFA appoints Omar Artan to referee European Super Cup 2026

 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has announced that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the UEFA Super Cup in 2026. The match...

Technology

Retailers set sights on Facebook, Google ad revenue

BERLIN/CHICAGO  - People with hay fever hate dust. That was the premise of a marketing drive launched by British vacuum cleaner maker Dyson with...