The UN Security Council has extended AUSSOM’s mandate in Somalia to 31 December 2026, urging stronger financial support as funding gaps threaten gains against Al-Shabaab and broader stabilisation efforts.
South West State’s October 14 Brigade seized 10 landmines in the Number 50 area, blocking an alleged Al-Shabaab plot to bomb Mogadishu amid tightened pre-election security.
Troops intercepted the suspects in the Harboole area of Janaa Abdalle, a known transit corridor used by Al-Shabaab to move fighters and equipment. Four Feykon motorcycles, commonly used for off-road movement in the region, were confiscated.
A military court in Mogadishu has sentenced three traditional clan elders to a five-year prison sentence for cooperating with Al Shabaab.
The traditional elders, Omar...
Airstrikes conducted by US military command in Africa have killed 30 al-Shabaab fighters in central Somalia.
In a statement, Africon said U.S. conducted a collective...
