Galmudug, residents said, part of a string of incursions underscoring the group's gains amid

that security is worsening in Galmudug state.... The government accuses ASWJ of operating without

Tuesday and took over a nearby town, residents said. Residents of Amara in the Galmudug region said

MOGADISHU( Reuters)-A militia previously allied to the Somali government in its fight against militant group al Shabaab has captured two towns in central Somalia from federal forces, saying it was taking control where the government had failed to end the insurgency.... Al Shabaab is our common enemy," he said.... The group has not denied the army's accusation that ASWJ fighters had been fighting al Shabaab unilaterally....

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian has been sentenced to 15 years’ jail by a military court in Mogadishu for assisting the Al-Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia. The Press Attache of Somalia’s Embassy in Malaysia Abdimajit M. Osman said the sentence on Ahmad Mustakim Abdul Hamid was read out by the chairman of the Armed Forces Court, Colonel Hassan Ali Nur Shuuto.“ However, under Somalia’s justice system, Ahmad Mustakim has the opportunity to appeal his sentence, ” Abdimajit said. Ahmad Mustakim

MOGADISHU, Nov 6( Reuters)-Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113, 000 people and" temporarily affected" hundreds of thousands, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs( UN OCHA) said on Monday. About 10 people have died in the aftermath of the rains, and the government has declared a statement of emergency, Somali Disaster Management Agency said on its account on social media platform X. The rain comes a year after the Horn of Afric

Five people in Somalia have died after Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in the capital Mogadishu, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election. State TV reported that the victims, two of them children, were killed in two attacks on Wednesday, one at the police station in the Kahda district and another in the Darasalam district. The al Qaeda-linked militants carry out frequent attacks against the government and last