The views expressed herein reflect the editorial stance of Garowe Online and are based on factual analysis of the situation in Puntland and Somalia.

The US Africa Command trains and equips the Danab Special Forces of the Somali National Army but this contingent has had minimal input in Puntland’s fight against ISIS and Al-Shabaab due to the ...

Since President Hassan’s call for national dialogue at his Eid-ul-Fitr address, the response has been mixed.  The call lacked ...

GAROWE, Somalia - Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the semi-autonomous Puntland region in northeast Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force ...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has rejected an attempt by the central government to give the US exclusive control ...

"The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) confirms a tragic aircraft crash 24km southwest of Mogadishu. The DHC-5D Buffalo ...

The Somali military eliminated dozens of members of the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS, banned in Russia) as a result of ...

A French journalist kidnapped while producing a television documentary about human trafficking in Somalia said he is "quite okay," and has been allowed to use a mobile phone to talk to his girlfriend ...

Somali Air Force in coordination with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) killed 82 al-Shabaab terrorists in airstrikes ...

As Puntland State’s counterterrorism operations against Daesh (ISIS) enter their fourth month, several countries have… Sii akhri ...

Aden Mohamed, 28, who was born in Kenya’s norther region of Wajir was accused of fighting for Islamic State (IS) affiliate in Somalia since 2017, according to Garowe Online. Mohamed was ...