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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 ...
The Jubaland crisis is an ongoing armed conflict in southern Somalia.Stemming from a constitutional dispute between the Somali Federal Government (led by President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre) and the autonomous state of Jubaland, following Ahmed Madobe's re-election to serve for a third term as Jubaland's president.
CNN reported that on 11 June 2017, that a US air strike killed 8 al-Shabaab militants in Sakow, the president of Somalia said that "This was a successful strike which destroyed a key al-Shabaab command and supply hub," and that "This will ultimately disrupt the enemy's ability to conduct new attacks within Somalia."
On May 31, 2024 U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in a semi-autonomous state in north-eastern Somalia aimed at taking out Abdulqadir Mumin, leader of the Islamic State in Somalia, who survived.
Somalia's spy agency NISA reported that they killed 40 Al-Shabaab members and injured many others. [ 43 ] Amun Abdullahi 49, a Swedish-Somali journalist, was shot dead by an unidentified masked group of men who were believed to be Al-Shabaab while staying at her farmhouse near Afgooye in the Lower Shabelle region.
On 19 October 2023, Somalia officially recognized SSC-Khaatumo as a federal member state. [64] After August 2023 there were only brief outbreaks of armed conflict between SSC and Somaliland. During November 2023, their forces clashed in the villages of Buq-Dharkayn and Yeyle.
The US, UN and Somalia experts say a key part of IS's financial infrastructure - the al-Karrar office - is based in Puntland, disbursing funds and expertise to other branches of the group in ...
Political situation in Somalia in July 2017. In February 2014, a delegation led by Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed met in Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to discuss strengthening relations between the countries. Ahmed commended Ethiopia's role in the ongoing peace and stabilization process in ...