MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The Turkish drillship Cagri Bey docked Thursday in Mogadishu, signaling a pivotal moment for Somalia’s anticipated entry into offshore oil exploration. Somali officials are expected to hold a formal welcoming ceremony for the vessel before it begins drilling an oil well off the nation’s central waters.

The ship is set to de...

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has wrapped up days of intensive meetings in Baidoa, capping a high-stakes effort to restore order in a city his government seized by force and to align fractious allies now competing for the region’s top political post.

The president arrived in Baidoa with a broad delegation of f...

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) The leader of northeastern Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, Saeed Abdullahi Deni, on Tuesday ordered regional forces to remain on high alert and prepare for a possible offensive by Somalia’s federal government, warning of a scenario similar to the one in which Southwest state leader Abdiasis Laftagaren was toppled.

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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal government is weighing a move to capture the strategic border town of Dolow along the country’s southern frontier with Ethiopia, following its recent takeover of Baidoa – the seat of power for Southwest state – in a military operation last week that ended with the ouster of regional President Abdiasis Laftagaren....

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Two civilians from the clan of toppled Southwest state leader Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagaren were killed and their bodies burned inside the home of Somalia’s parliament speaker, Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe, in what a former security official described as a reprisal attack following the federal government’s takeover of Baidoa last ...