Washington — More than 20 people were killed and more than 10 others were wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces in Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday. In an interview with VOA’s Somali Service, Brigadier General Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed, spokesman for Puntland security operations, said 15 Islamic State … Read more
Washington — Somalia announced that obstacles to Ethiopia’s participation in the new African Union Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have been cleared, and the finalization of the structure and size of Ethiopian forces is expected to be resolved shortly. Somalia had earlier threatened to expel Ethiopian troops from the African Union peacekeeping mission unless Ethiopia abandoned … Read more
Officials in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed after Islamist fighters attacked security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack began with a suicide bombing that targeted an area in the village of Dharjale in Puntland’s far eastern highlands, where security forces and officials were camped. In an audio … Read more