Somalia: Somali Police Commander Visits Injured Soldiers At Rajab Dayib Erdogan Hospital

Somalia: Somali Police Commander Visits Injured Soldiers At Rajab Dayib Erdogan Hospital

Major General Asad Osman Abdullahi, the Commander of the Somali National Police Force, alongside Deputy Commander Major General Osman Abdullahi Mohamed, paid a visit to the Rajab Dayib Erdogan Hospital (formerly known as Digfeer) in Mogadishu to check on the soldiers who sustained injuries during an ongoing military operation in the city.

How the small autonomous region of Puntland found success in battling Islamic State in Somalia

Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces. Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesOn Feb. 24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State group. The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back duri…

From Substate Governance to Constitution-building at the Centre: A View from Somalia

From Substate Governance to Constitution-building at the Centre: A View from Somalia lishag Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:57 */ /*-->*/ Back to publication Contents ​ From Substate Governance to Constitution-building at the Centre A View from Somalia Download PDF ​ Author(s) Winluck Wahiu and Adem Kassie Abebe Executive summary Since the effective collapse of central authority in Somalia in 1991, local systems have offered crucial platforms for gover…