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Page: Feed: --- ## [Somalia: LUTUF cargo ship hijacker says he’s a US citizen](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-lutuf-cargo-ship-hijacker-us-citizen/) _2026-08-27 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A man identifying himself as one of the Somali pirates holding the hijacked cargo vessel M/V LUTUF off the coast of Somalia told local media he came from the United States and intends to return there once he receives his share of the ransom, in an interview that also disputed official accounts \[…\] ## [Unknown armed men abduct principal of a teacher training college in Somalia’s Hiraan region](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/unknown-armed-men-abduct-principal-of-a-teacher-training-college-in-somalias-hiraan-region/) _2026-08-27 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ MOGADISHU—The principal of the Hirshabelle Teacher Training College was abducted by unidentified armed men on Wednesday while travelling with federal education officials carrying examination papers for teacher-trainees sitting their final exams in Beledweyne, officials and local sources said. The College Principal Hassan Ali Abdikarim, also known as Shanle was taken after armed men stopped the \[…\] ## [Somalia moves closer to reintroducing shilling after 35 years of dollar dependence](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/somalia-moves-closer-to-reintroducing-shilling-after-35-years-of-dollar-dependence/) _2026-08-26 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ The Central Bank says the reintroduction of the shilling remains a national priority. ## [Somalia electoral commission accepts Galmudug election rerun](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-electoral-commission-accepts-galmudug-election-rerun/) _2026-08-26 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s electoral commission said Wednesday it has accepted a Supreme Court ruling ordering a rerun of the Galmudug municipal and regional parliamentary elections held on July 30, after the court found irregularities in the vote that it said could not be corrected. The commission said it had reviewed the Supreme Court’s August \[…\] ## [Gachagua’s DCP Tightens Grip on Mount Kenya as Jubilee Members Defect, Sideline Uhuru Kenyatta’s Influence](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/gachaguas-dcp-tightens-grip-on-mount-kenya-as-jubilee-members-defect-sideline-uhuru-kenyattas-influence/) _2026-08-25 · Wangui Ngugi · KULAN POST_ Jubilee members are leaving, DCP is expanding, and Uhuru Kenyatta’s once-dominant influence in the Mountain is being actively contested and, in key respects, displaced. ## [Pakistan-Somalia defence pact: Is Islamabad preparing to send troops? What we know](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/pakistan-somalia-defence-pact-troops/) _2026-08-25 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Pakistan and Somalia have struck their broadest defence agreement in more than three decades, sending army, navy and air force commanders into direct talks in Rawalpindi and reopening a military relationship last defined by the bloodshed of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. But despite weeks of speculation over how far that relationship \[…\] ## [Somalia Supreme Court nullifies Galmudug election results, orders fresh vote](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/somalia-supreme-court-nullifies-galmudug-election-results-orders-fresh-vote/) _2026-08-24 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ Chief Justice Baashe Yusuf Ahmed declared last month's Galmudug election results null and void, ordering a fresh electoral process under the law. ## [Somalia security crisis: UN layoffs, asset auctions signal AUSSOM’s endgame](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-security-crisis-unsos-layoffs-asset-auctions-aussom-endgame/) _2026-08-24 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The scaffolding holding up Somalia’s international security operation is coming down, piece by piece, not on a battlefield but inside termination letters and auction notices moving quietly through United Nations procurement channels. The United Nations has begun issuing layoff notices and lining up buyers for mission property in Somalia, the clearest operational \[…\] ## [Gunfire, bulldozers and f-16 jets: Inside Somalia’s bloody midnight raid that emptied a Mogadishu slum](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-mogadishu-slum-eviction-raid-f16-jets/) _2026-08-24 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s federal security forces killed at least five people and wounded more than ten others in Mogadishu on Sunday, local media reported, during a violent operation to forcibly clear the Tookiyo settlement in the capital’s Yaqshid district – one of the bloodiest eruptions yet in a widening campaign of slum demolitions that \[…\] ## [Somalia defends Turkish drone strike Puntland says killed civilians](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-defends-turkish-drone-strike-puntland-civilians/) _2026-08-23 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s State Minister of Defense, Omar Ali Abdi, on Saturday broke the federal government’s silence over alleged Turkish drone strike that killed at least four people off the coast of Garmaal, in Puntland’s Nugaal region, defending the operation while questioning Puntland’s account that the victims were civilian fishermen rather than pirates. Speaking \[…\] ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sOIpVEGrkSLe) _2026-08-23 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [OPINION—Aden Duale: Kenya’s King of the North](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/opinion-aden-duale-kenyas-king-of-the-north/) _2026-08-22 · Guest Columnist · KULAN POST_ To call Duale the de facto “King of the North” is therefore not flattery. It is a fair reading of his current influence. In the politics of northern Kenya, authority is rarely handed over. It is negotiated through trust, tested through loyalty, and proven in moments of crisis. ## [Somalia moves to block Somaliland precedent after speaker’s TRNC gesture, clarifies Cyprus stance](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-blocks-somaliland-precedent-trnc-cyprus/) _2026-08-22 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A single sentence of gratitude, posted by Somalia’s newly elected parliament speaker to an official of a government Somalia does not recognize, has forced Mogadishu into a four-day diplomatic scramble – and handed critics fresh ammunition against the federal government’s own case for territorial sovereignty. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, Speaker of the House \[…\] ## [Puntland condemns reported Turkish airstrike that killed 4 civilian fishermen in Garmaal](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/puntland-condemns-reported-turkish-airstrike-killed-4-civilian-fishermen-garmaal/) _2026-08-22 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Puntland authorities have strongly condemned an airstrike near Garmaal on Somalia’s northeastern coast that killed four people and wounded two others, saying the victims were civilian fishermen and warning that attacks against civilians could seriously damage cooperation between Puntland’s security agencies and international partners fighting piracy. The Puntland… ## [Somalia ex-FM accuses Turkey of Puntland ‘massacre’](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-ex-fm-accuses-turkey-puntland-massacre/) _2026-08-20 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Abdisaed Muse Ali, accused Turkey on Thursday of carrying out a “massacre” of Somali nationals on Puntland’s coast, escalating a row over a drone strike that killed four suspected pirates near Garmaal, in the northeastern region’s Nugaal area. “The massacre of Somali citizens on Puntland’s coast is \[…\] ## [Somalia ex-president blames govt for Baidoa bloodshed that left 30 dead](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-ex-president-blames-govt-baidoa-bloodshed-30-dead/) _2026-08-19 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Tuesday placed sole responsibility for the deadly fighting in Baidoa on the federal government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, arguing that the violence was the direct consequence of a change of power imposed by force in Southwest State this past March. Sharif, addressing the escalating \[…\] ## [Somalia: Drone strike kills four pirates day after ship hijacking](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-pirates-drone-strike-mv-lutuf-hijacking/) _2026-08-18 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A drone strike killed four suspected Somali pirates near Garmaal on Puntland’s Nugaal coast on Tuesday, a day after gunmen hijacked the Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel MV Lutuf off Somalia’s northeastern coast, Daily Somalia reported on Tuesday. The general cargo ship was boarded by eight armed men at approximately 11:36 a.m. UTC on \[…\] ## [Defying Puntland warning, Somalia’s president visits Galkayo](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-president-defies-puntland-warning-visits-galkayo/) _2026-08-18 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived Monday in the southern, Galmudug-administered half of Galkayo, a city still bearing the tension of recent fighting, as Puntland President Saeed Abdullahi Deni remained stationed in the northern half under his administration’s control just kilometers away. The visit comes weeks after forces loyal to the two \[…\] ## [Somalia president calls for AU peacekeepers to leave](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-president-calls-au-peacekeepers-leave/) _2026-08-17 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared on Sunday that Somalia no longer needs foreign peacekeepers to guarantee its own security, telling African Union troops it was time to go home even as the continental mission they serve in faces the most serious funding crisis of its two-decade history. “We have reached a point \[…\] ## [Deadly clashes rock Baidoa as Somalia army battles forces loyal to ousted Southwest leader](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-baidoa-clashes-army-laftagaren-forces/) _2026-08-17 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Fierce clashes erupted Monday in Baidoa, the interim capital of Somalia’s Southwest state, between federal government troops and forces loyal to ousted regional leader Abdiaziz Laftagaren, whose spokesman claimed his fighters had entered parts of the city in an early-morning assault. Gunfire and explosions echoed across Baidoa through the morning, forcing families \[…\] ## [EALA legislator Falhada Dekow, nominated MP Umulkheir Harun clash over claims of NIS abductions in Liboi and Dadaab](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/eala-legislator-falhada-dekow-nominated-mp-umulkheir-harun-clash-over-claims-of-nis-abductions-in-liboi-and-dadaab/) _2026-08-16 · Wangui Ngugi · KULAN POST_ Nominated MP Umulkheir Harun and EALA MP Falhada Dekow traded barbs Sunday night over claims NIS is holding youths from Liboi and Dadaab on fabricated charges. ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iBwq1rvvDGzJ) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Somalia’s army graduates 3,000 troops in largest class since 1991 collapse](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-army-graduates-3000-troops-largest-class-since-1991/) _2026-08-16 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somalia’s national army marked its largest single graduation of security forces since the collapse of the central government in 1991, as roughly 3,000 newly trained soldiers passed out on Sunday in the central region of Galgadud under a Saudi-funded training program. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the ceremony in person, presiding over \[…\] ## [Somalis burn Turkish flag as resentment grows over Ankara airstrikes](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalis-burn-turkish-flag-ankara-airstrikes-resentment/) _2026-08-16 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A video circulating on social media this week shows Somalis in the country’s Southwest state setting fire to the Turkish flag while holding aloft the state’s own banner, a striking act of defiance that captures a rapid souring of public sentiment toward a country long regarded as one of Somalia’s closest allies. \[…\] ## [Somalia: Gen. Jimale Takar rejoins Puntland forces in major blow to Mogadishu](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/somalia-gen-jimale-takar-rejoins-puntland-forces/) _2026-08-15 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Gen. Jimale Takar, commander of the Somali National Army’s 54th Division, has rejoined Puntland’s security forces and agreed that Danab units under his command at the Ligle military camp in Garowe will no longer report to Somalia’s federal government in Mogadishu, officials and clan leaders told Somaliguardian on Saturday. The decision marks \[…\] ## [Museveni says Uganda’s Somalia mission was solidarity with Ethiopia, not Somalia](https://www.somaliguardian.com/news/somalia-news/museveni-uganda-somalia-mission-solidarity-ethiopia-not-somalia/) _2026-08-14 · Somaliguardian news · Somali Guardian_ MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda’s nearly two-decade military deployment in Somalia was driven primarily by solidarity with Ethiopia – whose forces invaded Somalia in 2006 to remove the Islamic Courts Union from power in Mogadishu – rather than by any direct stake in Somalia’s own stability. Museveni made the remarks last \[…\] ## [Falhada Dekow Backs National Conversation on Kenya’s Post-2030 Development Agenda](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/falhada-dekow-backs-national-conversation-on-kenyas-post-2030-development-agenda/) _2026-08-13 · Staff Reporter · KULAN POST_ East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member Falhada Dekow has welcomed President William Ruto’s call for a people-driven national conversation on Kenya’s development agenda beyond Vision 2030. Dekow said the next phase of Kenya’s transformation must be anchored in the Constitution and shaped by the aspirations and priorities of Kenyans across the country. She said the \[…\] ## [Ethiopian AUSSOM Troops Withdraw from Buurhakaba After Nearly 12 Years](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/ethiopian-aussom-troops-withdraw-from-buurhakaba-after-nearly-12-years/) _2026-08-11 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ MOGADISHU—Ethiopian troops under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have withdrawn from the strategic town of Buurhakaba in Somalia’s Bay region after nearly 12 years, formally handing security to Somali forces amid mounting uncertainty over the mission’s future. The Ethiopian contingent vacated its forward operating base on August 8, transferring technical \[…\] ## [Somalia’s international referee Omar Artan to make history as first non-European referee to officiate UEFA Super Cup after World Cup snub](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/somalias-international-referee-omar-artan-to-make-history-as-first-non-european-referee-to-officiate-uefa-super-cup-after-world-cup-snub/) _2026-08-11 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ MOGADISHU —Somali international referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan is set to write another remarkable chapter in African football history on Wednesday when he takes charge of the UEFA Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa in Salzburg. The 34-year-old will become the first non-European referee to officiate the UEFA Super Cup, putting a Somali official \[…\] ## [CS Mudavadi details how Kenya’s diplomatic gains are opening economic opportunities](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/cs-mudavadi-details-how-kenyas-diplomatic-gains-are-opening-economic-opportunities/) _2026-08-10 · Yunis Dekow · KULAN POST_ Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign and Diaspora Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi has defended Kenya’s expanding diplomatic engagement around the world. He said it is increasingly translating into trade, investment, jobs and development opportunities. Mr. Mudavadi outlined the government’s foreign policy achievements since 2022, including increased high-level engagements, strategic partnerships and… ## [Somalia MPs elect former ports minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Jama as Speaker, opposition groups rejects the vote](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/somalia-mps-elect-former-ports-minister-abdulkadir-mohamed-jama-as-speaker-opposition-groups-rejects-the-vote/) _2026-08-10 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ Opposition figures and some federal member states have raised concerns about the process, consensus and institutional legitimacy. ## [Director General of Basic Education Elyas Abdi proposes cutting school boards from 17 to 9, tells MPs current boards are ‘a crowd’](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/director-general-of-basic-education-elyas-abdi-proposes-cutting-school-boards-from-17-to-9-tells-mps-current-boards-are-a-crowd/) _2026-08-10 · Wangui Ngugi · KULAN POST_ Education Ministry Director-General Elyas Abdi told the National Assembly Committee on Education that the current boards are “a crowd.” ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BPOVYcckRVSU) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [International partners pledge support for Somalia’s electoral commission](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/international-partners-pledge-support-for-somalias-electoral-commission/) _2026-08-10 · Hassan Adan · KULAN POST_ MOGADISHU—International partners have vowed to support Somalia’s National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) as the country accelerates its transition to direct “one person, one vote” elections. The pledge came during a high-level meeting in Mogadishu, where NIEBC Chairman Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan briefed ambassadors and senior officials from the United States, United Kingdom,… ## [Wajir Women Rep grants record 100 driving licences to youth](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/wajir-women-rep-grants-record-100-driving-licences-to-youth/) _2026-08-09 · Staff Reporter · KULAN POST_ Beneficiaries described the programme as "a valuable opportunity to gain a practical qualification useful across the transport industry and beyond." ## [Asha Kiwi Meets Somalia PM Hamza Abdi Barre, Discusses Women Empowerment and Economic Inclusion](https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/asha-kiwi-meets-somalia-pm-hamza-abdi-barre-discusses-women-empowerment-and-economic-inclusion/) _2026-08-08 · Yunis Dekow · KULAN POST_ Asha Kiwi, Kenyan women’s rights advocate and political figure, held talks with Somalia PM Hamza Abdi Barre in Mogadishu on women’s empowerment, economic inclusion and current political affairs.