Somali National Army
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Aug- 2026 -18 AugustAfrica
Somalia Rebuilds Army With 3,000 Recruits After Historic In-Country Military Training
The Somali National Army has graduated approximately 3,000 soldiers at the Xananbuure camp in Galgadud, marking the largest number of personnel trained in the country since the central government collapsed in 1991.
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Jul- 2025 -28 JulyAfrica
Key Somalia Town of Maxaas Falls to Al-Shabaab
Islamist militants took control of the strategic town of Maxaas in central Somalia on Sunday after heavy fighting with the army and local militias, military sources said.
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Sep- 2020 -8 SeptemberAfrica
Car Bomb Kills 5 Somali Troops, Wounds US Adviser: Officials
A suicide bomber killed five Somali soldiers and seriously wounded an American military adviser in Somalia on Monday in an attack claimed by the Al-Shabaab group.
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Apr- 2020 -6 AprilAfrica
US targets al-Shabaab with 3 airstrikes near Mubaraak, Somalia
The US conducted three airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants in the Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, AFRICOM said
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Mar- 2020 -17 MarchAfrica
Somali National Army launches action to oust al-Shabaab from Janaale
The Somali National Army and elite Danab forces launched an operation to capture the town of Janaale from al-Shabaab militants
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Feb- 2020 -12 FebruaryAfrica
Somali troops still vulnerable to al-Shabaab outside Mogadishu, Pentagon says
A US-backed Somali operation to secure areas south of Mogadishu from Islamist al-Shabaab militants has made little progress in recent months
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