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Forces loyal to an ousted regional leader captured several key towns in southern Somalia, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday, dealing a significant blow to the federally backed local government.
Several states in the deeply fragmented country oppose President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s control, and in March his government sent troops to oust the head of South West State, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen.
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), allied with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has claimed advances in Sudan’s southeastern Blue Nile State, while the Sudanese army says it repelled an attack by the coalition near the Ethiopian border.
According to Sudan Tribune, the SPLM-N said on Sunday that allied forces captured Al-Kadalou, a strategic border area in Roseires locality near Ethiopia, after clashes with government forces. The group claimed it seized eight positions, captured 20 military vehicles and took several soldiers prisoner, saying its forces planned to advance toward the state capital, Ed Damazin.
Yemen’s government forces have claimed that more than 200 Houthi fighters were killed or wounded in fierce clashes between government troops and Houthi rebels in the southwestern governorate of Taiz. According to the military, a drone was shot down during the fighting, while several military vehicles and tanks belonging to the Houthi group were destroyed or damaged.
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political and military coalition, including the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group, which has captured vast areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Kabila introduced the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) at a news conference on Monday at his residence in the eastern city of Goma, which the M23 has controlled since January 2025.
Ukrainian forces have struck a Russian attack drone storage and launch facility near Donetsk, along with several military logistics depots in the Donetsk region, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In a statement on October 14, the General Staff reported that Ukrainian Defense Forces had targeted multiple Russian military facilities during operations conducted on October 13 and overnight into October 14, 2026.