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AllAfrica.com
April 16, 2018
The commander of the Intelligence department in Hiran region, central Somalia, Abdulkadir Mohamud has been sacked in a new major security shake-up on Friday. The chief was fired in a statement released by the head of NISA - National Intelligence and Security Agency in the southern Federal StateÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
April 6, 2018
MEDIA reports on 2 April stated that 10 civilians had been killed when a landmine, emplaced by unidentified militants, detonated targeting civilians travelling in a donkey-cart in Bulo Burde town in Somalia's Hiiraan region on an earlier unspecified date, Radio Risala reported. No group immediately claimedÃâà...
Sunatimes
April 1, 2018
Over 100 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed and dozens of training camps were destroyed in operations conducted by Somali Army in Hiiraan region since mid-March, a military official said on Saturday. Hundreds of Somali troops backed by AU forces have advanced towards several villages betweenÃâà...
Mareeg Media
March 29, 2018
2008-05-12 14:31:43-Armed with vehicles and machine-guns propelled grenades Ethiopian soldiers have started to walk on guard in Beledweyne town the regional headquarter on Hiran region central Somalia. Some eyewitnesses confirmed Mareeg online that the soldiers have entered in some houses in the townÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 26, 2018
Over 98 police officers and other security personnel were trained in Kismayo, Baidoa, Beletweyne, the administrative capitals of Jubbaland, South West states and Hiiraan region respectively, with the most recent being in Adado, the headquarters of Galmudug state. The sessions in the four states drewÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 20, 2018
The clashes started after armed al-Shabab members tried to impose taxes on residents of villages around the town of Mahas, in the Hiran region. Residents said that government soldiers backing cattle herders engaged in more than six hours of battle with the militants. Somali government officials in MahasÃâà...
Xinhua
March 18, 2018
Ahmed Mohamed Teredisho, Somali Army Commander in Hiiraan region, told reporters that the fighting took place in Hiiraan region after armed Al-Shabaab members tried to impose taxes on villagers around Mahas town. "We have killed 32 Al-Shabaab militants at an area about 28 km to Mahas town inÃâà...
Horn Observer
March 10, 2018
"Today is a very important day for Beledywene and Hiiraan region. For the first time 30 local journalists have received media training here. We are very grateful to NUSOJ for this opportunity because our media really needed such training. I hope those who were trained will put into use the skills they gained,Ãâà...
Mareeg Media
March 3, 2018
Despite Somalia is currently a federal republic consisting of six states divided into eighteen administrative regions which in turn are subdivided into districts. Hirshabelle (also spelt HirShabelle), officially Hirshabelle State, is an autonomous region in south-central Somalia. It is bordered by Galmudug to theÃâà...
Theafricom
March 2, 2018
... a town in Hiran region on Wednesday morning after Al-Shabaab militants withdrew from the area. Last Friday, at least 45 people were killed and scores injured in twin auto bombings targeting the heavily fortified Presidential Palace and the Somalia's Intelligence Agency NISA headquarters in Mogadishu.
AllAfrica.com
March 1, 2018
Somalia's Federal Government forces took over a town in Hiran region on Wednesday morning after Al-Shabaab militants withdrew from the area. The Somali army backed by Ethiopian troops under AMISOM attacked the district from different directions during the night, forcing Al-Shabab fighters to pull outÃâà...
The Guardian
February 20, 2018
In once case in May last year, two clan elders in Beledweyne in Hiran region agreed to seek al-Shabaab justice to settle a case of rape. The attacker was found guilty and stoned to death. “We decided to go to the al-Shabaab court because the judge rules under the Islamic law and there is no nepotism andÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 20, 2018
New AWD/Cholera cases were reported from Kismayo in Lower Juba region, Beletweyne in Hiran region and 10 districts in Banadir Region where cholera has been confirmed since December, 2017. The number of measles cases decreased from 410 in week 4 to 277 cases reported in week 5. CumulativeÃâà...
Horn Observer
January 9, 2018
BELEDTWEIN (Horn Observer) AMISOM troops from Ethiopia and Somali National Army jointly liberated new villages from Al Shabaab in Somalia's Hiiraan region, officials said. SNA commander in Hiiraan region, Gen. Tawane Ahmed Gurey who spoke to the reporters in the town of Beletwein said thatÃâà...
Garowe Online
November 21, 2017
BELEDWEYNE, Somalia - Al Shabaab fighters attacked a Somali army base in central Somalia early Tuesday in the latest raid targeting SNA and AMISOM troops in the country, Garowe Online reports. The Al-Qaeda linked militants attacked the base in Maroodille area in Hiran region, the group said in aÃâà...
Garowe Online
June 14, 2017
MATABAN, Somalia- At least 10 people were reported to have been killed and scores injured when rival clan militias clashed in central Somalia, Garowe Online reports. An official, speaking to GO said the inter-clan fighting broke out in Benyaley vicinity near Mahaas town, in Hiiran region on Tuesday nightÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
Somalia National Army (SNA) backed by African Union forces recaptured new villages in Hiiraan region of central Somalia from Al Shabaab on Tuesday. Mohamed Nur Agajof, a military spokesperson in the region, told Radio Shabelle that the allied troops gained control of areas located betweenÃâà...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
MOGADISHU, April 17 (Xinhua) --Somalia National Army (SNA) said Tuesday its forces killed 30 al-Shabab militants in security operation in Hiiraan region of central Somalia. Army Spokesperson in Hiiraan region, Mohamed Noor Agajof said the SNA forces also recovered military equipment from theÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
Somalia National Army (SNA) said Tuesday its forces killed 30 al-Shabab militants in a security operation in Hiiraan region of central Somalia. Army Spokesperson in Hiiraan region, Mohamed Noor Agajof said the SNA forces also recovered military equipment from the insurgents following a fierce gunfightÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
Clashes in central Somalia between Somali army troops and al-Shabab militants have left at least 12 people dead, witnesses say. The clashes Thursday started after armed al-Shabab members tried to impose taxes on residents of villages around the town of Mahas, in the Hiran region. Resident DahirÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The security forces of Somalia's Federal government have launched a massive security operation in Beledweyne city, the regional capital of Hiran province on Tuesday. Hussein Osman Mumin, the deputy governor of Hiran region on security affairs told Radio Shabelle that the operation was aimed to beefÃâà...
