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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Casualties from Monday’s Al-Shabaab attack on Somali army forces in the country’s southwest continued to climb, as authorities opened an inquiry into the military’s worst reverse in years.

An estimated 2,000 troops were advancing on the town of Burhakabo, which forces loyal to former Southwest State president Abdiasis Lafta...


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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – African Union peacekeepers will withdraw from four forward operating bases in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region next week as the mission scales back under severe financial strain, local media reported on Thursday.

The pullback follows Washington’s agreement to extend support for the mission by a year, until December 2027, aft...


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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has canceled a planned trip to Russia this week because of mounting security and political pressures at home, the Somali Stream reported on Tuesday.

The decision followed an ambush by Al Shabaab in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region on Monday that killed dozens of Somali soldiers.

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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – About 2,000 Somali National Army (SNA) troops with more than 200 military vehicles came under a militant ambush on the road linking Baidoa and Mogadishu on Monday, causing heavy casualties in what observers say is the deadliest attack the army has faced this year.

The convoy was attacked in the Jame’o area, on the road betw...


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MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Heavy fighting erupted on Monday on the outskirts of Baidoa between the Somali National Army and forces loyal to Abdiaziz Laftagareen, the former president of Southwest State. An official from Laftagareen’s faction said army units had been ambushed on the road.

The soldiers were travelling through the Burjed area, near Baid...


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