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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.
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.
Ethiopia and Eritrea are trading blame for confrontations in Tigray amid international calls for restraint. Their respective allies have the potential to catapult the conflict into a regional war.
Various sources have confirmed the presence of Eritrean armed forces in Ethiopia. An AFP report quoted a foreign security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, as estimating that 5,000 to 8,000 Eritrean soldiers were present in the northenmost state of Ethiopia, Tigray.
Pro-government forces have regained control of the capital of Tigray, they said on Sunday, dealing a major setback to the opposition alliance that rules the northern Ethiopian region.
The Tigray Peace Forces, a pro-government militia, said in a post on Facebook that its fighters controlled Mekelle.