The armies of breakaway Somaliland and Puntland early Thursday engaged each other in heavy fighting, reports said.
Both sides reportedly employed light and heavy guns near Tukaraq District, about 1,100km northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Wednesday, 23 May, 2018
Libya: Clashes between army and Derna Mujahideen Shura Council (DMSC) figthers
Forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar engaged in fierce clashes around Derna, as two soldiers were killed in a car bomb and another was abducted from a checkpoint.
The fighting south-west of Derna was the most intense since Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) stepped up its campaign to take control of Derna, said Milad al-Zwai, spokesman for the LNA’s Special Forces.
Saturday, 19 May, 2018
Puntland: Puntland is preparing for war with Somaliland
Puntland cabinet has held an emergency session on Saturday at the state-house over the situation in Sool region and the latest clashes in the town of Tukaraq, Garowe Online reports.
At the end of the extraordinary meeting, the cabinet has announced that Puntland is preparing for war with the breakaway Somaliland and urged the public to take part in the liberation of the occupied territory.
Nigeria: Nigerian and Cameroon forces have killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents
Nigerian and Cameroon forces killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents during gun battles to clear the Lake Chad region of the violent group, officials said on Thursday.
A statement by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, spokesman of the counter-insurgency operation in the country’s troubled northeast, said a joint operation of Nigerian and Cameroonian forces in the southern Lake Chad Basin region on Wednesday engaged Boko Haram militants in fierce battle at various locations. The troops also recovered an arms cache, he said.
Wednesday, 16 May, 2018
Puntland: Puntland and Somaliland armed forces clash outside Tukaraq town
A heavy fighting between Puntland and Somaliland forces broke out Tuesday, May 15 on the outskirts of Tukaraq town in Sool region, north of Somalia, Garowe Online reports.
The battle erupted after Puntland troops at frontline came under ambush assault from the breakaway Somaliland soldiers early in the morning, according to the local residents.