Somali Guardian

MOGADISHU (Somaliguadian) – Heavy urban warfare escalated across Somalia’s capital for a second consecutive day on Thursday, as federal government forces deployed heavy artillery – originally supplied by international partners for counter-insurgency operations – to bombard positions held by political opposition factions.

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Heavy gun battles erupted in Somalia’s capital on Wednesday after federal government forces launched an assault on the residence of prominent opposition figure and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, sparking fears of a descent into protracted civil conflict.

The afternoon cl...

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The streets of Mogadishu hummed on Tuesday night with the low, electric tension of a city that has known war too well and fears, with a dread rooted in lived experience, that it is being pulled once again toward its edge. Somalia’s opposition forces seized strategic positions across the capital – some within literal striking dista...

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – A major new report to Congress shows how the US hands win to Somalia by explicitly reaffirming Washington’s official recognition of Mogadishu’s total sovereignty and territorial integrity over the region of Somaliland.

The policy confirmation, delivered in a formal report to Con...

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The United Nations, the European Union and 17 countries – all Western except Kenya – have jointly called on Somalia’s feuding leaders to urgently agree on an electoral roadmap, as a bitter power struggle between the president and opposition threatens to tip the fragile Horn of Africa nation into armed conflict.

The appeal c...