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The Somali army deploys vehicles in Buurhakaba, where fighting kills combatants and soldiers.
3 articles from 25 October to 27 October 2026 · 🇸🇴 Somalia
Dozens of Somali soldiers were reportedly killed in clashes with Al-Shabaab in the south of the country, according to two military personnel quoted by Reuters. Somalia’s Defence Ministry, meanwhile, announced the deaths of about 75 group fighters and reported 56 wounded in the Jameeco area of Buurhakaba district.
Source: Sowetan
Dozens of Somali soldiers were reportedly killed in clashes with Al-Shabaab in the south of the country, according to two military personnel quoted by Reuters. Somalia’s Defence Ministry, meanwhile, announced the deaths of about 75 group fighters and reported 56 wounded in the Jameeco area of Buurhakaba district.
🇸🇴 Somalia · 11:37
The Somali army says it killed nearly 75 Al-Shabaab fighters and wounded 56 others during an offensive in Jameeca, in Buurhakaba district, on 26 October. The death toll, announced by Somalia’s Ministry of Defence, has not been independently verified.
🇸🇴 Somalia · 05:43
Somalia’s federal government has sent more than 100 military vehicles towards Buurhakaba, in Bay region, for operations against Al-Shabaab and forces loyal to former South-West president Cabdicasiis Xasan Maxamed, known as Laftagareen. The convoy follows the city’s seizure by those forces the previous week, according to Caasimada Online.
🇸🇴 Somalia · 04:30
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