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BAIDOA, Somalia — The office of former Southwest State president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen said regional Darwish forces had carried out an operation in Baidoa aimed at restoring security, stability and order in the city. In a statement, Laftagareen’s office said the operation targeted forces it referred to as “Salbalaar and Afbalaar”, accusing them…

Allegations of Turkish Airstrikes Risk Turning a Strategic Partnership Into a Political Liability Baidoa (WDN) — Somalia’s latest fighting in Baidoa is raising uncomfortable questions about Turkey’s expanding security role in the country, after the camp of former Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen accused Ankara of using Turkish F-16 fighter jets against his...

Terrorist attacks in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, have fallen by nearly 90% in recent years, Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi has said. Fiqi said a security assessment report presented at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mogadishu’s Daynile district on Saturday showed that terrorist attacks had declined by about 87%. He…

Ikhlaas Ibrahim Amin Had Been Missing for Two Days; Three People Detained as Police Investigate Her Death Baidoa (WDN) — A heartbreaking search for a missing five-year-old girl has ended in tragedy after the body of Ikhlaas Ibrahim Amin was discovered just meters from her family home in the Xaqsoor area of Baidoa, South West...

Prime Minister Says Voting Will Take Place Wherever Possible — But the Federal Government Still Faces a Political and Territorial Deadlock With Puntland and Jubaland Mogadishu (WDN)- Somalia’s federal government is pressing ahead with its election plans, but Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre’s latest comments have exposed a fundamental problem: Mogadishu is outlining how elections...