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6 June — Somalia is elected to become a two-year non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the first time since 1970. [29] 8 June: Al-Shabaab claims to have captured El-Dher after a dawn attack on a Somali National Army base, resulting in 59 casualties, including two high-ranking officers. [30]
7 November – Eleven Somali Army soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack near Wayaanta near Kismayo in southern Somalia. [50] 13 November – Three Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in an Al-Shabab improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a military vehicle in Mogadishu's Daynile district. [51]
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In August 2024, the Somali government announced that in January 2025, the Egyptian Armed Forces would replace the Ethiopian troops deployed under ATMIS. [40] Egyptian officials stated that they would send weapons including armored vehicles, artillery, radars, and drones to Somalia as part of the defense deal.
A constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30, 2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, and as a direct result, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself an independent state based on Article 4 of the ...
Seen from a larger regional perspective, the 2024 Somaliland election was one out of a total of five presidential elections in Africa in 2024 that ended with a transfer of power from the incumbent to the opposition (the others being Senegal, Mauritius, Botswana and Ghana). This was the most significant power transfer in a single electoral year ...
On 15 January 2025, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made a surprise visit to Ethiopia to deal with their diplomatic tensions. Both governments agreed to restore bilateral relations ties. Ethiopia's State Minister of Foreign Affairs Mesganu Arga Moach called the step "big milestone forward in our bilateral and brotherly relations".
Ras Kamboni battle was the first battle of Jubaland crisis after Somali forces launched a failed attack on Jubaland regional forces in the Marnani area near Ras Kamboni on 11 December 2024. [4] prior federal government deployed Somali troops from Mogadishu, Banadir region to Lower Juba region in an attempt to throw out President Ahmed Madobe.