🇸🇴#Somalia: A shootout in broad daylight between government forces in Mogadishu kills three, including an 11-year-old child.

“I think she's a disgraceful person. A loser...I think she's a disgusting person." —Donald Trump on Ilhan Omar

Five years ago today, seven doctors and a pharmacist were abducted from a medical clinic in #Gololey village in Hirshabelle, #Somalia by the Somali National Army (SNA) and were summarily executed.

The governor of the Somali Region in 🇪🇹#Ethiopia, Murtad Mustafa Cajar, denied that civilians were killed in the #DacawaleyMassacre by the Liyu Police, a clan-based militia under his command. He blames the violence on #Somaliland.

🇸🇴#Somalia: The former PM, Abdi Farah Shirdon, claims he came back to the country to offer advice on how to eradicate al-Shabaab. Shirdon's nephew was charged with six counts of terrorism in Canada and killed in U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.

Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs appeals for help, telling the international community that the Somali National Army (SNA) cannot defeat al-Shabaab on their own.

🇸🇴#Somalia: Ben Saul, The UN Special Rapporteur confirmed that clan militias (Macawisley) embedded within the Somali National Army (SNA) committed war crimes by beheading POWs.

🇸🇴#Somalia: Speaking at a news conference in Mogadishu, UN Special Rapporteur Professor Ben Saul stated that the government of Somalia cannot defeat al-Shabaab militarily.

PM @HamzaAbdiBarre might actually be the dumbest person in the Murtad administration. #Somalia

🇸🇴#Somalia: Osman Mumin Ahmed, a member of a clan militia embedded with the Somali National Army (SNA), seen here taking part in the beheading of POWs earlier this month, was killed today by #AS insurgents.

🇸🇴#Somalia: Abdi Goomey, a clan militia leader seen here boasting that he received $10,000 from the govt of Somalia for beheading a PoW, was killed by #AS insurgents in Ceel-Hareeri in the Hiran region.

🇸🇴#Somalia: Abdirahman Hujaale, a Somali National Army (SNA) commander, was killed by officers under his command. Earlier this month, Hujaale defended his troops for beheading POWs.

🇸🇴#Somalia: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud launched a new political party. A member of the new party is Mukhtar Robow, on whom the #USA🇺🇸 had a $5M bounty.

Update: After three weeks, @faisalroble19's nephew was released from an Ethiopian prison. He was held captive to pressure a family member to surrender to the authorities. Faisal was remarkably quiet. No opinion piece, no righteous condemnation on social media.

🇸🇴#Somalia: Govt forces and their clan allies are now recruiting and using children to fight the #AS insurgency.

🇸🇴#Somalia: #AS released new footage of the strategic village of #Aboorey in the Hiran region. The village was captured a month ago when govt forces were defeated.

🇸🇴#Somalia: Govt forces executed a man they claimed was a terrorist without a trial, mutilated his body, displayed it in the city center and encouraged residents to desecrate and burn his body.

lmao

🇸🇴#Somalia: No trials, no lawyers, no judges. An alleged murderer is gunned down by the victim's next of kin in an execution orchestrated by the government.